Davorin Anton Dumančić
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Zagreb, Croatia
Toptal member since June 7, 2022
Davorin is an experienced product manager and business management consultant with 20+ years of professional experience, from application design, architecture, analysis, training strategies, and feasibility studies to management of departments, sectors, and companies. His experience includes successful projects in various areas: telecom applications, healthcare system architecture, collection societies networks, and consultancy in the judiciary, energy, and manufacturing sectors.
Project Highlights
Expertise
Work Experience
Director
Sciomagis
- Owned the complete management of the firm specialized in business consulting, document, and process management systems. Provided consulting services, project management, business case studies, development, and customer training.
- Led product management and development of several in-house projects, from creating business cases, market analysis, product roadmap, marketing, and sales.
- Worked with clients in manufacturing, legal, energy, food, and other industries.
- Contributed to several community, pro-bono projects by implementing web applications, digitalization, and marketing.
- Managed Sky.Flow, a cloud, on-premise platform that includes solutions for accounts payables, ordering, custom process management, and digitalization. It is AWS-based and has a blockchain for invoice processing and a mobile application in Flutter.
- Delivered an account payable system based on Alfresco DMS implemented in 13 companies in Lactalis South-east Europe. Analyzed needs and requirements, led interviews, wrote requirements, architected the system, and modeled the business process.
- Executed and presented a feasibility study on torrent usage and mitigation business case for the company's board. Developed torrent tracking software and analyzed available software, legal procedures, and marketing strategies in other countries.
- Provided consulting and development services on implementing geological cadaster databases. Owned all activities in the project, including business analysis, system architecture, and Microsoft SQL Server database architecture.
IT Consultant (Freelance)
Ramboll
- Acted as an expert on the project "Monitoring Dependence and Vulnerability of Energy Supply System with the Scope on Security of Supply," EuropeAid/128572/D/SER/HR.
- Owned the software and hardware analysis of the system used by the client and the quality and quantity of the system's data.
- Led user interviews needed for the analysis and prepared reports for the project's inception. Executed quality assurance activities on the project.
Director
DocArx
- Acted as the director and board member in digitalization services that included digitalizing and storing paper-based documents.
- Implemented an online shared document management system based on the Alfresco document management system using Java and MySQL, and a back-office web application written in PHP.
- Architected and installed different network protocols for access to the DMS repository and all hardware requirements like servers, storage, and network.
Training Expert and Consultant (Freelance)
European Dynamics
- Hired as training expert to provide IT training needs analysis, training strategy, and delivery of the training for all high courts in Croatia within an EU-funded TA project on harmonization and publication of case law (EuropeAid/125865/D/SER/HR).
- Created IT training presentations, user materials, and questionnaires and was rated as the best trainer by the trainees. Executed some development tasks for Documentum.
- Led a group of supreme court judges and judicial advisors on a study trip to Strasbourg and Luxembourg. Later on, the beneficiary/ministry contracted additional consulting for all other aspects of the system.
Director of the Development Department
Senso IS
- Managed the development sector specialized in enterprise content management, especially EMC2 Documentum which included making business plans, management reports, and other documents as well as organizing projects, head-hunting, and educating.
- Acquired new clients, held business and sales presentations, and wrote offers, tenders, and contracts. Organized annual conferences and other events and held key-note presentations.
- Reorganized the department that led to the certification for the EMC service enabled partner status. The process included complying with EMC quality control procedures and reorganizing the company documentation and processes.
- Organized and led client groups to annual technology-related conferences in Europe and organized and led team-building events in Croatia.
- Led the team in implementing applications based on an EMC2 Documentum system for the Croatian postal bank. Project-managed all activities, including risk-based products for corporate banking, which was later promoted as a success story by EMC.
- Spearheaded the team to implement applications based on the EMC2 Documentum system for the Croatian power company, including the salaries archive, the credit archive, and the report archive.
- Created and held presentations on the EMC2 Documentum platform for potential customers. Worked with business users to develop the business requirements for document management systems.
- Owned modeling license configurations and negotiated prices with the principal (mostly EMC).
Head of the IT Department in HDS-ZAMP
Emporion
- Managed IT development, business requirements, cooperation, training, hiring, and all aspects of the business working together with the CEO.
- Delivered an application for automatic registration of music played on radio stations: data gathering and analysis in radio stations and society internal systems, network protocols' definition for transmission, automated processing, and integration.
- Handed an application for automatic processing of generic data from different sources like works' registration, performance notifications, and distribution notifications.
- Provided an application for automatic registration of Croatia Records' music publishing, the largest publisher in the country, that included the integration of databases through a standard network protocol definition for database replication.
- Delivered various applications for data exchange and automated processing with foreign music societies following E4, M3, and F2 standards.
- Delivered various in-house applications for time tracking, education, and data processing, all implemented as web applications in Java or PHP with Microsoft SQL or Sybase databases in the back.
- Organized and established the company's intranet. Trained employees within the company and the company's group on basic office applications, tools, and internally developed applications.
- Coordinated inside and outside resources in applications' implementation. Performed infrastructure solution planning, redesigning the entire existing hardware and software solutions for four different outlets within the firm.
- Participated in the south-eastern Europe music societies workgroup, which involved a joint regional strategy, training newly created regional societies, infrastructures presentation, and the possibility of cooperation between countries.
- Created a business proposal, analysis, financial plan, and go-to-market plan for a new company in the group in the clothing industry.
Local Expert (Freelance)
SOFRECO
- Contracted by Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Europe) LLP together with Sofreco (France) for the CARDS project (no.96-022) around intellectual property rights in Croatia.
- Handled the development strategy for the IT development in Croatian collecting societies.
- Developed and implemented the IT system for private copying, consisting of an update of the current beneficiary database and the development of new functionalities through a new web interface based on Java with a backed Microsoft SQL database.
- Connected HDS with the CISAC network (CIS-net), owning the integration of HDS-ZAMP database implementation in the network of databases under CISAC organization: modeled architecture, defined business processes, and performed implementation.
- Co-authored society strategic documents and action plans regarding the security plan, database strategy migration to Microsoft SQL, and the IT system development strategy.
Web Developer (Freelance)
ArtRoyale
- Provided web application development within shopping procedures, credit card processing, and process optimization. Designed and implemented the complete system.
- Implemented a back-office application to synchronize employees, vendors, and artists, adding shipping and reporting functionalities.
- Installed and maintained a complete solution based on PHP and MySQL.
Chief Software Architect and Chief Engineer
Ericsson
- Owned the architecture of the primary health care system in Croatia: developed the architectural model and organized the implementation, led a group of six to implement communication layers into the system, and designed and implemented applications.
- Developed web shopping applications for VIPNet, a Vodaphone partner, namely one of the first global m/e-commerce and B2B solutions. Built meta-language used for different mobile devices and cinemas, theatres, and floral retail applications.
- Created part of the digital telegram system that replaced country's wired telegraphs.
Project History
Sky.Flow DMS/BPM
http://www.sky-flow.netManaged, architected, designed, and led development team and sales, including holding presentations on AWS Innovation Days.
I hosted it on Amazon AWS and integrated it with several AWS services. I also drove the pilot implementation of blockchain for invoice processing and developed a mobile application in Flutter. Owning the complete product management, I created the product roadmap, business case, architecture, resource planning, and marketing and sales. Besides, I handled regular LinkedIn publications on the product and led two conference sessions on AWS Innovation Days.
Accounts Payable BPM for Lactalis SEE Group
Led the design and development of a DMS/BPM system for accounts payable processing that scaled from a single company to 13 in seven countries.
writing user requirements, architecting the system, and modeling the business process and the training user.
This DMS system was implemented in companies in Croatia (Dukat, LALOG, KIM, and BPAC), Macedonia (Ideal Šipka, Lactalis MK, and Lactalis MK Logistika), Bosnia and Hercegovina (Lactalis BH and Inmer), Serbia (Somboled), Kosovo (Lactalis Prishtine), and Hungary.
Digitalization of the Payroll Archives and Production Lines
Delivered solutions for the digitalization of a 60-year-old payroll archive and a solution for a product line outdated critical application.
Torrent Usage and Mitigation for Collecting Societies
Led the feasibility study on torrent usage and mitigation.
SupraNova
Delivered training, analysis, event management, and other consulting services throughout the new IT legal system implementation for high courts in Croatia.
I was rated the best trainer by the trainees while creating IT training presentations, user materials, and questionnaires. I also executed some development tasks for Documentum and led a group of supreme court judges and judicial advisors on a study trip to Strasbourg and Luxembourg. Later on, the beneficiary/ministry contracted additional consulting for all other aspects of the system.
Risk Management System
Took over and led a team of five on a project stalled for years for a major bank in Croatia and delivered it within the following two months.
I acted as the project manager for all implementations, including the project for risk-based products for corporate banking, which was advertised as a success story by EMC later on. Being recommended by the client's board for this work, I developed the application for archiving clients' signatures based on EMC2 Documentum and ECM2 Webtop while holding 'train-the-trainers' education in the bank. I also built new proposals for the system architecture, applications, and services.
Checklists and RPA
https://www.sky-flow.net/checklistsRPA.htmlLed a crowdfunding campaign and the implementation of a system combining DMS/BPM with checklists like workflows, IoT, and AI and RPA functionalities.
I led the crowdfunding campaign, marketing on social networks, and direct marketing for the project. I worked with designers on the creation of graphical elements, presentations, and YouTube videos. I wrote the project proposal, core architecture, product roadmap, go-to-market plan, and proposal for investors.
Primus.LEX Management System for Law Firms
Led the design, development, and sales of a management system for law firms that enables users to schedule and organize law-related cases in organizations.
It's a cloud-based solution hosted on Amazon AWS and it enabled users to access documents anytime from anywhere, schedule meetings and hearings among participants in a firm, send notifications and warnings, and other features.
I was one of the founders of the company and took over product management along with the management of the development team. My role also included creating product and marketing strategies, financing, and sales.
Education
Master's Degree in Core Computing
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Engineering and Computing - Zagreb, Croatia
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Engineering and Computing - Zagreb, Croatia
Certifications
AWS Cloud Quest: Security
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
AWS Cloud Quest: Data Analytics
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
AWS Cloud Quest: Machine Learning
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
AWS Cloud Quest: Serverless Developer
AWS Training and Certification
AWS Cloud Quest: Solutions Architect
AWS Training and Certification
Machine Learning for Business Challenges
AWS Training and Certification
AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner
AWS Training and Certification
Complete UiPath RPA Developer Course
Udemy
Product Management Certification+Agile Product Owner+Scrum
Udemy
Crowdfunding Launch Formula For Kickstarter & Indiegogo
Udemy
Dart and Flutter: The Complete Developer's Guide
Udemy
Artificial Intelligence: Advanced Machine Learning
Udemy
Machine Learning for Business Professionals
Coursera
Small Business Lead Generation
Udemy
Orient DB
Orient DB
Digital Marketing
Shaw Academy
M101JS: MongoDB for Node.js Developers
MongoDB
M101J MongoDB for Java Developers
10gen
MongoDB for Developers
10gen Education
MongoDB for Administrators
10gen Education
VMware Sales Professional (VSP)
VMware
Documentum WDK Advanced
EMC
Documentum BPM Developer
EMC
Documentum BPM Designer
EMC
EMC Proven Professional – CMA Sales
EMC
Managing Time and Goals
IM&C
Strategic Management
IM&C
Presentation Skills
IM&C
Documentum WDK Fundamentals
EMC
Enterprise JavaBeans Programming
Sun
SQL Certification
Brainbench
Developing Server-side Applications in VisualAge for Java
IBM
C Programmer Certification
Brainbench
Architecting and Designing J2EE Applications
Sun
Java 1 Certification
Brainbench
XML Certification
Brainbench
Skills
Tools
Alfresco, Apache Tomcat, FreeMarker, Google Analytics, Board Reporting, ETL, Jira, Confluence, IBM Informix-4GL, Hibernate, Visual SourceSafe, VMware, Zoom, JBoss Application Server, Java Application Servers, Amazon Textract, Oracle ERP, MySQL Workbench, AWS IAM
Paradigms
Distributed Applications, Agile, Agile Product Management, Scrum, Agile Project Management, Marketplace Platforms, Iterative Development, Requirements Analysis, B2C, Agile Software Development, Low Code, Key Performance Metrics, HL7 FHIR Standard
Platforms
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), IBM WebSphere, Blockchain, WebSphere
Industry Expertise
Marketplaces, Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Music, Education Technology (Edtech), Insurance, Government, Healthcare, Health, Banking & Finance
Other
Eclipse, C, Java, MySQL, Amazon DynamoDB, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, SQL, XML, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), Ext JS, BPM, Documentum BPM, Management, IT Management, Product Management, Business Management, Business Unit Management, Employee Training, Sales, Digital Marketing, Crowdfunding, Presales, Dart, Business Consulting, Document Management Systems (DMS), Business Process Management (BPM), Quality Assurance (QA), Programming, Web Programming, Mobile, B2B, Strategy, Business Process Analysis, Business Analysis, Business Requirements, Marketing, Feasibility Studies, Financials, Project Management, Web App Development, Digital Transformation, Manufacturing, Reporting, Documentation, Web API, Business Process Re-engineering, Business Processes, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Process Optimization, Business Process Optimization, Business Transformation, Business Process Modeling, Process Management, Product Strategy, SaaS, Web Applications, Product Owner, Market Research & Analysis, REST APIs, System Integration, Project Planning, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Technical Leadership, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Product Roadmaps, Mobile App Development, Mobile Applications, Web Design, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Analytics, Product Analytics, Data Reporting, Data Warehousing, Management Consulting, Innovation, Design, Growth Hacking, Edtech Design, Marketing Strategy, Growth Strategy, Go-to-market Plans, MVP Design, Data Analysis, Digital Product Management, Data Collection, Data Products, Roadmaps, Websites, APIs, Data Protection, Product Launch, Launch Strategy, Feature Roadmaps, Feature Analysis, Resource Allocation, Budgeting, Cost Estimation, Scope, Project Estimation, UX Wireframes, Product Design, Product Ownership, Release Management, Inventory Management Systems, Financial Accounting, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), Product Consultant, Product Strategy Consultant, Startups, Early-stage Startups, Technical Requirements, Business Cases, New Product Business Cases, Lead Generation, Growth Marketing, Digital Marketing Strategy, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Content Marketing, Communication, Push Notifications, Process Automation, Scaling, Product Marketing, B2C Marketing, Content, Software as a Service (SaaS), Customer Success, Customer Experience, Transformational Leadership, Fintech, Customer Service, Stakeholder Management, Business to Consumer (B2C), Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Technology, Solution Architecture, Requirements & Specifications, Scope of Work (SOW), Discovery, Product Positioning, White Papers, Content Strategy, Enterprise Software, Product Vision, Internal Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, End-to-end Implementation (E2E), Discovery Workshops, Refactoring, System Requirements, Control Systems, Industrial IT, Technical Product Management, Sprint Planning, Agile Leadership, Workflow, Software Consulting, Consulting, Workflow Tools, Process Flows, Amazon Aurora, Feature Prioritization, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Cost Management, Product Growth, Apps, Messaging, User Requirements, Revenue Strategy, Social Networks, Social Media, Monetization Models, Omnichannel Marketing, Operating Models, Payment APIs, Integration, Third-party APIs, Vendor Selection, Product Discovery, Mobile Payments, Learning, Migration, Project Timelines, Product Comparison, Education, Commercial Banking, Algorithms, User Stories, Best Practices, User Interviews, User Feedback, User Needs, Wireframe to Product, SaaS Product Management, Wireframing, Strategic Planning, Workshops, Workshop Facilitation, Business Strategy, Microsoft Excel, Modeling, Financial Modeling, Technical Project Management, Technical Business Analysis, New Products & Services, New Product Development, Mobile Apps, Backlog Management, Distributed Team Management, UX Design, Web App UX, User-generated Content, Digital Product Development, Technical Consulting, Feature Planning, Staffing, Invoicing, Business to Business (B2B), CTO, Head of Product, Technology Strategy & Architecture, Investments, Accounting, Microsoft PowerPoint, Data Visualization, Intellectual Property Valuation, Financial Statement Preparation, A/B Testing, App Growth, Growth, Technical Writing, Writing & Editing, Databases, Data, Business Systems Analysis, IT Business Analysis, Vision Development, Presentations, Pitch Decks, Strategic Initiatives, Process Mining, Process Design, Digital Solutions, Use Cases, Team Leadership, Web & Mobile Applications, Negotiation, Estimations, Functional Requirements, Estimation & Planning, Requirements, Business Models, Media, Subscriptions, Software Development, Web, Startup Funding, Talent Management, Performance Analysis, Website Performance, Product Development Manager, Product Development, Fundraising, Cost Analysis, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Application Security, Privacy, Android, Chief Product Officer (CPO), B2B Product Management, Enterprise SaaS, Team Management, Data Analytics, Project Consultancy, Operations Improvement, Team Effectiveness, Chief Operations Officer (COO), Cloud, Pricing Models, Law, Software Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Online Payments, Diagrams, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), IT Product Management, Planning, Business Development, Software Development Management, Scope Management, Product Coach, Cross-functional Collaboration, Research, Specs, User Journeys, Computer Science, Stacks, User Research, Data Science, Customer Insights, Enterprise, Search Engines, UX Writing, UX Strategy, Design Strategy, Innovation Strategy, Beta Testing, Digital Project Management, Automation, Process Control, Regulations, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME), Digital Payments, Entrepreneurship, API Integration, Accounting Software, Dashboards, Cross-departmental Collaboration, Iteration Management, Technical Documentation, Version Control, Operational Risk, Digital Production, Early-stage Funding, Analytical Thinking, Process Ownership, Sales Pitches, Storytelling, Copywriting, Competition Research, Executive Presentations, Implementation Project Management, Software Implementation, Client Delivery Management, Contract Management, IT Project Management, Project Budget Management, Project Delivery, Risk Management, Vendor Management, Flutter, MongoDB, Sybase, IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MariaDB, Assembler, CSS, C++, Jakarta EE, Velocity.js, Ant Design, Machine Learning, OrientDB, Graphic Design, Event Planning, Event Management, Market Research, Go-to-market Strategy, Human Resources (HR), Payroll & Benefits, Finance, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Internet of Things (IoT), eCommerce, Google Cloud, Cybersecurity, Wearables, Trading, Healthcare IT, Medical Software, Branded Content, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python, Medical Applications, Health IT, Advertising, Backlog Grooming, Automation Tools, iOS, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Language Learning, Global Operations, Booking Apps, Kickstarter, Travel, GDPR, Distributed Computing, Documentum WDK, JavaBeans, VisualAge, XSLT, Credit Card Processing, Hiring, SQL Server 2008, CISNet, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Development, Web Development, App Integration, Architecture, IT Security, Risk Analysis, Database Migration, Development Strategy, Training, Needs Analysis, Analysis, Recruiting, Torrent, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EC2, Amazon Connect, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Grav, SAP, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Digital Services, Mobile Development, IT Systems Architecture, Delivery, Production Lines, Windows Driver Kit (WDK), IT Projects, UiPath, Learning Management Systems (LMS), AWS Cloud Computing Services, AWS Cloud Foundations, Cloud Platforms, Business, Cloud Architecture, AWS Lambda, Coding, Serverless Computing, LinkedIn API, Data Engineering, Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Lakes, Cloud Security, Data Security, Security Architecture, Security Management, Security, Serverless
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