Experience

Micro Digital Ltd.

• Croatia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Organization change | Product development | Solution delivery (CEO)

  • Feb 2016 - Present

  We help companies to go digital 1. Innovationship: - Partnership that transforms ideas into corporate products that customers really want. - Based on synergy between corporate and startup worlds: www.microdigital.eu. 2. Leading change: - Every business already solves problems, choose a challenging one, and ... - ... we will find and deliver right solution that works. - Engagement options: Interim manager or consulting. We help companies to go digital 1. Innovationship: - Partnership that transforms ideas into corporate products that customers really want. - Based on synergy between corporate and startup worlds: www.microdigital.eu. 2. Leading change: - Every business already solves problems, choose a challenging one, and ... - ... we will find and deliver right solution that works. - Engagement options: Interim manager or consulting.



Erste&Steiermärkische Bank d.d. (Erste Bank Croatia)

• Croatia
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PMO & BPM Director

  • Jan 2015 - Feb 2016

  ... Formalized PMI compliant project and portfolio management organization by defining stage gate governance, policies, procedures as well as portfolio and project managers' job positions.... Prepared software development processes (SDLC). Set up release management. Steered user acceptance testing (UAT).... Contributed to management team that was transforming IT into six-bank's regional provider.

• Deputy IT Division Director

  • Jul 2013 - Jan 2015

  ... Introduced strategic outsourcing, offshore (India) and nearshore (Macedonia). Carried out tender, contracting and onboarding geo dispersed multicultural teams, all in 4 months.... Steered core and internet banking software transformation as IT deputy. Promoted agile Scrum methodology. Assessed maturity to accelerate adoption.... Enhanced quality and agility using test automation tools.



Allianz Zagreb d.d.

• Croatia
• Insurance
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IT Director (CIO) + Digital Business Manager

  • Nov 2007 - Feb 2013

  Responsibilities: - IT Division manager - Online sales manager - Digital transformation country leader - Innovation manager Key accomplishments: ... Spearheaded digital sales. Launched new internal startup. Developed strategy. Radically simplified client journey, from user interface to back-end processes. Introduce local market novelty: quotation on the landing page. Brought in SEO, SEM and GA. Enabled traditional sales to boost their result by using digital services. Led cross-functional team of people from marketing, product management, sales and IT which celebrated 32% revenue growth against 20% target. ... Pioneered digital services such as customer self-service portal moj.allianz.hr (versions 2009-2013) as well as mobile app m-Allianz (versions 2011-2013), one of the first in the world for instant travel insurance contracting , "New & Noteworthy" featured by Apple and 5 stars rated by users. ... Governed strategic in-house development of core insurance system OPUS, leading standardized IT solution in Allianz CEEMA region: Fast time-to-market and reliable changes thanks to adaptable architecture, developers' culture and collaborative demand management. Completely integrated all lines of business and distribution channels, centralized customer data, claims and back office processing. ... Steered project for introducing Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse system implementation. Carried out IT segments of business projects such as CRM (Client contacts and sales campaign management, Customer segmentation and Customer 360° view) as well as Digitalized paperless processing in sales and underwriting. ... Improved IT operations. Built the earliest disaster recovery solution and procedures. Relocated data center without working hours' downtime. Implemented centralized printing management, reduced expenses by 12%. Introduced IT cost management by tracking OPEX, CAPEX and allocations. Negotiated and drafted new contracts with existing vendors by introducing SLA. Show less



Atlantic Grupa

• Croatia
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director of ICT (Group CIO)

  • Jun 2006 - Nov 2007

  Group level IT director responsible for strategic and operational development. ... Finished the last project phase of implementing Aldata Gold logistic system. ... Rolled out second generation of mobile sales force solutions with vendor Spica. ... Launched the earliest Atlantic Online Shop (shop.atlantic.hr). Group level IT director responsible for strategic and operational development. ... Finished the last project phase of implementing Aldata Gold logistic system. ... Rolled out second generation of mobile sales force solutions with vendor Spica. ... Launched the earliest Atlantic Online Shop (shop.atlantic.hr).



Privredna banka Zagreb d. d.

• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director of Central Data Processing Division

  • Feb 2004 - Jun 2006

  ... Orchestrated two data centres and 215 branches with 460 servers and 3.000 users.... Struggled and then improved quality of processing, printing and enveloping by 12%.... Constructed new modern data centre. Supervised in line with TIA 942 and ASHRAE standards.... Turned down year to year growing OPEX (15 mn EUR); -14% IBM HW, -29% IBM SW.

• Director of Open System Department

  • 2003 - 2004

  ... Implemented IT infrastructure monitoring system, IBM Tivoli.... Created document standards (technical documentation templates, naming convention, repository structure and handling rules) as participation in setting up bank's project organization.

• Deputy Director of Central Data Processing Department

  • 2002 - 2003

  ... Road mapped strategic infrastructure migration from Mainframe to Open systems.... Implemented high-end IBM servers, EMC enterprise storage and Oracle database for new core banking solution and Internet banking (for corporate line of business).... Managed the real accident as a crisis manager. Successfully recovered the whole corporate business segment in the backup center within 4 hours, with no data loss.

• Deputy Director of End User Support Department

  • 1999 - 2002

  ... Developed IT infrastructure for the earliest online Internet banking in the local market.... Devised concept and originated disaster recovery architecture and procedures for corporate's core banking.... Established intranet infrastructure & organization of services: MS Exchange and File servers.... Carried out IT segment of content management system project for www.pbz.hr site (CMS).

• IT Specialist

  • 1998 - 1999

  ... Led projects of bank’s Intranet implementation, the earliest anti-virus protection, and TCP/IP connected mainframe terminal emulation.



FER

• Croatia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research and Teaching Assistant

  • 1993 - 1998

  ... Designed and constructed motherboards and industrial computers based on Intel microprocessors. Developed own multitasking OS and software in assembler and C languages. Implemented that in real industrial processes and medical devices - high reliability and "bug free" solutions. ... Architected Information system for entrance examination process 1996 for Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb - The most advanced business features and processes by that time. ... Co-author of scientific and professional papers in industrial and medical electronics. Show less