Highly skilled, very efficient and organized, with more than 17 years of professional experience in the software industry.
Over the years I have been working on software solutions for the Gaming, Financial, Betting, Health care, and Trading industries.
My expertise is with web oriented technologies, also I worked on a number of projects in other technologies as well. I performed in roles of software architect, technical project manager, team lead, product manager, and software developer.
I speak Serbian (Bosnian, Croatian), a bit of Russian, am highly proficient in English, and have solid skills with German.
Professional experience
Enterprise Architect
Global Blue, Vienna, Austria
April 2016 – current
Define strategies of enterprise architecture, solution architecture design, guidelines and principles, proof of concepts, infrastructure and operations Support.
Technical Project Manager
Greentube Internet Entertainment Solutions GmbH, Vienna, Austria
September 2013 – April 2016
As a generalist, I am working with software projects from many perspectives – system integration, guiding the development, conceiving new solutions.
Integrations of internal and external systems, scalability, system details knowledge, and having the big picture in mind all play a significant part in daily work.
Big part of the job is communicating with other departments to provide them information about the technical knowledge of the system. Creating documentation and specifications comes as a natural part of this. I am also working with partner companies on integrating our system with their products and vice versa.
I have owned a development of a big new product and platform, introducing various new solutions to support multiple systems and platforms integration, high concurrency, and innovative approach.
Responsibilities and applied knowledge: Software architecture, Project management, Product management, Integration, Services, SQL, C#, JavaScript, Release management
Software architect / Project manager / Product manager
TeleTrader Software GmbH, Vienna, Austria
May 2009 – September 2013
I played multiple roles – software architect, project and product manager.
I worked on the architecture and leading a team of experienced developers to build and maintain the web platform for TeleTrader financial market products.
All of the company web projects in the last couple of years are based on this platform. It’s very flexible while keeping high level of code reuse.
I successfully introduced Agile methodology, greatly improved development, build, and release processes and methodology. I am also a certified Scrum Master.
The job required the capability to see the big picture, realize creative solutions and to have a keen eye for the details of implementation. Communication, organization, work process optimization, and team leading were important parts of the job.
Additionally, I managed the software and product development of the TeleTrader.com financial portal, and was in charge of product management for a number of smaller projects.
Responsibilities and applied knowledge: Software architecture, Software design patterns, Coding standards, Project management, Product management, Scrum master, Agile development, Continuous Integration, Build process, Software development, Web development, Web services, C#, JavaScript, CSS, XML, Microsoft technologies.
Senior web developer
TeleTrader, Belgrade, Serbia
November 2007 – May 2009
I worked on development of advanced financial market products – stock exchange data presentation applications, funds and portfolio analysis tools. I innovated in development patterns, technology, source control patterns, build process, web technologies and standards.
Responsibilities and applied knowledge: Software development, Web development, ASP.NET, C#, AJAX, JavaScript, XML, Build process, Code generation, Library design, ASP, VBScript, XSLT, CSS, XHTML.
Senior programmer analyst
GTECH (formerly Finsoft), Belgrade, Serbia
February 2005 – November 2007
I worked on extending and maintaining web based sports betting applications, affiliate programs and online payment services integration.
I was member of the team that developed the product that brought Microsoft Gold Partner status to the company; we have successfully designed and developed content management systems for one the biggest banks in Serbia.
I have also involved with the quality assurance team to define the methodology and processes for testing on the products I was working on.
Responsibilities and applied knowledge: Software development, Web development, ASP, ASP.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, XHTML, XML, XSLT, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle.
Web developer
TeleTrader, Belgrade, Serbia
February 2000 – February 2005
I worked on financial market products for various clients. I was member of the team that developed the financial portal TeleTrader.com which was a starting point for products that were customized for other clients.
I have innovated in introducing interactive web components using JavaScript, and Flash based tools and related web services.
Responsibilities and applied knowledge: Web development, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, XML, CSS, Flash ActionScript, PHP, Microsoft SQL Server.
Personal features
Software development is a team effort, and I always work to have excellent communication within the team as well as with other stakeholders. Furthermore, I am always ready to share my experience and ideas, listen to others and brainstorm the solutions.
I consider myself communicative person, able to convey ideas, ready to discuss and affirm others, and create good relationships with colleagues.
I speak Serbian (Bosnian, Croatian), a bit of Russian, am highly proficient in English, and have solid skills with German.
I was born on 3rd August 1972 in Belgrade, Serbia.
I have bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Belgrade University (Engineer of Information Systems, FON, equal to “Betriebwirtschaft” by BM.W_F).
- Proactive person, I don’t wait for instructions but rather push on and investigate further.
- Capable to analyze, conceptualize and transform real world entities, relations and interactions to software context.
- Detailed knowledge of full application stack (data sources, business logic, client – user interaction, user interfaces).
- Ready to make decisions and take responsibility for results that come from them.
- Good communication skills, open, ready to listen, accepts suggestions.
- Responsible, open and honest personality, with a positive attitude.
- Constantly improving myself.
- Striving for excellence.
Skills & keywords
Software architecture, Team lead, Agile development, Certified scrum master, Project management, Product management, System analysis, Software design patterns, Software development, Programming, Information architecture, Continuous integration, Unit testing, Web development, Web design, Use cases, Build process, Code generation, .NET, C#, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET, JavaScript, ASP.NET Web Forms, LINQ, Entity Framework, AJAX, XML, XSLT, Web services, Database design, SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, ASP, VBScript, PHP, WordPress, Code Igniter, HTML, XHTML, HTML 5, CSS, HTTP, HTTPS