Jan 2024 – Aug 2024 · 7 mos · Varaždin, Croatia

• Responsible for the Content & Workflow Practice across our DACH locations. The practice consists of 80+ consultants, developers and architects in Croatia, Austria, and Germany. Practice uses the following partner technologies: Adobe Experience Cloud – AEM Sites, AEM DAM, AEM Guides, AEM Screens, Workfront, Contentful and Custom Cloud/MACH solutions. Practice Director is responsible for developing and executing the business plan for the unit. Managing the overall operational, budgetary, financial responsibilities and activities of the unit. Setting up, controlling, and adapting business processes, systems, and tools to improve quality, efficiency, and costs. Establishing and maintaining controls and feedback systems to monitor the operation of the unit. Providing support and guidance for the projects and teams within in the practice. Ensuring expertise development in the practice and defining roll-out for techniques, concepts, and processes. Leading know-how development, know-how exchange and expertise skill matrix. Implementing strategic projects and actions according to the company strategy. Define GTM strategy and ensure visibility of the practice and presence at fairs and client events. Supporting clients and sales by creating relevant offerings and initiatives to increase customer loyalty. Consulting and educating clients about latest trends and innovations. Creating a company culture where it's safe to fail and where talents can thrive. Ensuring that employees can voice their ideas and concerns, information flows are efficient.

Jul 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Varaždin, Croatia

• Responsible for the Adobe delivery department across our three locations. Leading a team of 8 line managers responsible for 60+ developers and architects in Croatia, Austria, and Germany. Being escalation level for resolving problems. Managing the overall operational, budgetary, financial responsibilities and activities of the line. Setting up, controlling, and adapting business processes, systems, and tools to improve quality, efficiency, and costs. Implementing strategic projects and actions according to the company strategy. Executing the business and hiring plan. Ensuring efficient onboarding and training of new employees. Supporting teams with expertise and constructive feedback. Securing high-quality standards in the delivery. Fostering interdisciplinary cooperation and company-wide understanding of practice needs. Encouraging employees and teams to voice their ideas. Creating a company culture where it's safe to fail and where talents can thrive. Defining standards and providing templates for estimations and implementations. Mapping the business value to the technical and functional digital platform capabilities. Researching new technologies and solutions. Ensuring that platform and development guidelines are applied across practice line. Guiding, helping, advising, and supporting developers, architects, and line managers.

Jan 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Varaždin, Croatia

• Leading a team of 20+ AEM / Java developers in Croatia. Hiring according to the business plan, working with HR to recruit, interview, select, and hire new employees. Ensuring onboarding and training of new employees. Ensuring that new employees are integrated into their roles and teams. Doing employee appraisal talks, salary talks, defining and evaluating targets, and KPI's for talents. Managing career paths to drive talents and approving goal agreements and career levels. Defining targets and demand for education and know-how. Addressing any gaps in performance expectations. Motivating people and ensuring an environment and culture where people can pay the most value. Providing recognition and constructive feedback on the work of the teams. Making sure that employees can voice their ideas and concerns. Reviewing individual and team workload and providing coaching and support as necessary. Creating technical concepts and providing technical definitions. Defining standards and providing templates for implementations. Planning, preparing, and running client workshops. Mapping the business value to the technical and functional digital platform capabilities. Defining technical aspects of user stories and acceptance criteria. Researching new technologies and solutions. Making sure that platform and development guidelines are applied. Guiding, helping, advising, and supporting developers.

Aug 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Varaždin, Croatia

• Web application development in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) using technologies: Java, JavaScript, HTML5 and HTL (Sightly). Time and task managing using Jira and Tempo, peer code review on Bitbucket (Git), writing documentation in English using MS Office and Confluence. Working in international Scrum teams developing web solutions for top European brands. Leading a local Scrum development team, providing supervision, mentoring, and training to junior team members. As team lead responsible for ensuring efficient ways of working in a cross-functional team. Main responsibilities include writing and implementing stories, customizing platform product, developing services, writing unit, and integration tests, documenting, resolving quality and performance issues, defining development guidelines, reviewing and supervising the work done by other developers.

May 2013 – Jul 2016 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Varaždin, Croatia

• Java Web business applications development and development of new features for Evolution Framework. Evolution Framework is a custom servlet-based Java framework with drag and drop UI for creating business Web forms. Constantly upgrading existing features, extending the UI, and working on performance enhancements of the framework using technologies: Java, JavaScript (jQuery), HTML, XML, XSL, and CSS. Time and task managing using Evolva TMS, writing documentation in English using MS Office, working in small development teams.

May 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Varaždin, Croatia

• Android and iOS mobile game and application development using native and multiplatform development frameworks. Web application development using technologies PHP, HTML, CSS, jQuery, and MySQL.
• Freelance projects:
• TvProfil is an Android and iOS application that represents a TV guide for all age groups. It provides you with a detailed overview of the TV program and TV content for all national and local, movie and sports, satellite and cable channels for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, and Macedonia.
• T-portal provides you with the latest news using the Android or iOS native applications or mobile web. See the latest news and most-read topics. Like, comment, and share news with your friends. With a multitude of topical sections, blogs, photo, and video galleries, T-portal provides useful links such as phone book, horoscope, weather, TV, video summaries MAXtv First League, UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and a variety of other services of Croatian Telecom.
• Quglitza (little ball) is an original game for Android and iOS. The player rotates the colored edges of the screen to match the color of the ball and bounces it onwards. This never-before-seen gameplay is intuitive and easy to learn, but infamously difficult to master.
• Dino's First Flight is an Android and iOS game featuring a young dino ready to take its first flight out of the mother's nest. The player collects fruit and earns power-ups, dino's looks, and landscapes.
• Lords of Strategy: Civilizations is a card strategy game for iOS & Android. The player builds structures and defense weapons to protect his base and raise armies to defeat the opponent.
• Radio 1 is a Web application for a regional radio station. Except for the standard WordPress CMS functionalities, the website provides services like live streaming, private advertising, public advertising, and news management.