Adi Behlulovic, Project Manager in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Adi Behlulovic

Verified Expert  in Project Management

Project Manager

Location
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Toptal Member Since
July 18, 2018

Driven by the passion to build awesome startup products, Adi uses his great experience and knowledge in the IT industry to make sure that projects are executed properly by also guiding the client and offering business advice. Throughout his career, Adi has managed numerous products ranging from turning initial concept ideas into real products, some of which raised over 2 million EUR in investment.

Project Highlights

WarOnCancer | Mobile Cross-platform Social Network
Successfully led the product through A round of investment from a product and a project manager role.
Valuit.io | Digital Blockchain-based Platform
Launched a web app that enabled users to buy VALU tokens through the app with either fiat, USDT, BTC, or ETH. Launched a landing page that acted as an entry point for any potential investors in VALU.
Taystr | iOS Social Media App for Food Tasting
Launched and managed the team from the discovery phase to the App Store publishing.

Expertise

Work Experience

Agile Project Manager

2018 - PRESENT
Toptal Clients - Freelance
  • Conducted dozens of discovery workshops with founders that had awesome ideas and needed help visualizing and turning them into actual products.
  • Led dozens of teams in actual product creation of the MVP versions of multiple startups.
  • Managed the remote teams from different continents and across different time zones intending to maximize efficiency and build scalable and successful startup products.

Product Manager

2017 - 2019
Ministry of Programming
  • Served as a product manager for a gaming industry product that is estimated to nearly 100 million EUR.
  • Worked as a product manager for a healthcare industry product that went through round A investment of over 3 million EUR.
  • Assisted in managing the creation of the custom cryptocurrency for a fintech industry scaleup product.
  • Prioritized tasks and features with the objective of increasing business growth.
  • Created product roadmaps according to the feedback obtained from partners and customers.
  • Managed teams of various sizes from two to 20 people.
  • Set up metrics to measure product success and a decision-making system based on the results.
  • Set up Jira, Trello, and Asana boards with the intention of task tracking for development teams.
  • Advised numerous startups on the ways to ensure growth and stability and also played the judge in a number of startup competitions.
  • Oversaw millions of dollars worth of startups in Europe.

Project Manager

2015 - 2017
Authority Partners
  • Served as a scrum master for more than nine teams and project manager for more than 11 projects in total with 60 developers across three continents.
  • Created a project roadmap and supervised more than 11 teams.
  • Developed budget and project scope for fixed-budget projects.
  • Compiled daily and weekly reports with success metrics for teams and projects.
  • Managed projects using Scrum, Kanban, and XP, depending on the project requirements.

Software Developer

2012 - 2015
BS Telecom Solutions
  • Developed web and mobile applications in Java, C#, JavaScript, HTML, XHTML, and CSS.
  • Prioritized tasks according to requirements and according to product goals.
  • Wrote accurate and detailed acceptance tests in order to aim for error-free products.
  • Created mockup designs for future features once all requirements had been obtained.
  • Developed a couple of back-end payment systems in order to satisfy the business requirements.

WarOnCancer | Mobile Cross-platform Social Network

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/war-on-cancer-social-app/id1317767189

Successfully led the product through A round of investment from a product and a project manager role.

WarOnCancer mobile application is the social network created for cancer patients, caregivers, and those who want to support those affected by cancer by reaching out and sharing experiences.

Valuit.io | Digital Blockchain-based Platform

https://valuit.io/

Launched a web app that enabled users to buy VALU tokens through the app with either fiat, USDT, BTC, or ETH. Launched a landing page that acted as an entry point for any potential investors in VALU.

Defined the scope of the Valuit platform, whose goal is to enable investors to convert their real-time assets into digital tokens and raise funding from the decentralized global market. I managed a team that designed and developed the initial ecosystem used for the purchase of VALU tokens.

Taystr | iOS Social Media App for Food Tasting

https://www.taystr.app/index.html

Launched and managed the team from the discovery phase to the App Store publishing.

I led the team of two developers, one designer, and one QA engineer through the discovery phase, where together with the client, we decided on the MVP requirements and defined the product's scope. After the project was continued, I managed the team through the MVP implementation phase, which ended with the official release of the iOS app in the App Store.

Fleisher's | Fully Responsive eCommerce WordPress Site

http://www.fleishers.com

Led a team that designed and developed a fully responsive WordPress site.

I managed a team of two developers, one designer, and a QA that eventually created this fantastic site for our clients. We had many change requests during the development and many changes in the project organization, but the end product still looks fantastic.

Plt4 M | Cross-platform Mobile and Web Fitness Platform

https://plt4m.com/

Launched and managed several Android, iOS, and web releases of the PLT4M applications.

Organized work for the entire development team in Sprints and scheduled a regular meeting cadence. I scheduled and held regular Sprint ceremonies, including planning, Sprint demo, and Sprint retrospective meetings. I kept the standardized format for all issue types, such as stories, bugs, epics, and more. I enabled regular syncs between the business and development to understand the logic behind all of the features that we worked on.

Naga Virtual | In-game Items Trading with Crypto Web App

Led the creation of an in-game item trading with a cryptocurrency web app, whose worth was eventually estimated at €100 million.

Defined the ROI and other important analytical goals for the product and features that are going to be built for the product based on the key prioritization factors such as business growth, user experience, user base growth, etc.

Led a team that created a fully functional web application that enabled users to trade their in-game items with other players of that and other games by using cryptocurrency and/or fiat.

War on Cencer | Search Engine by War on Cancer

Conducted project and product management of the search by WarOnCancer search engine.

Search by WarOnCancer is the search engine whose goal is to enable users that, by regular everyday searching, donate money and support cancer research. It is built with React Native with Go on the back end.

GoSelfMade

Led a team with the goal of the development of the product.

The idea behind the GoSelfMade is to be the place where artists in the making are going to be able to showcase their skills with the intention of making it to the "big scene." Through the voting system, the winner would be chosen who would in return, get the contract and the prize.

Location-based Service in Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.bhtelecom.ba/index.php?id=7292

Led the team of developers that developed software for a location-based service in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The project involved creating a product to track an individual's mobile phone and send SMS or MMS offers based on the location. For example, a nearby store would be able to offer great promotions and send them via SMS. The application was developed in Java, a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language.

BH Mobile Phonebook

https://www.bhtelecom.ba/pretraga-imenik.html

Led a team of four developers that worked on creating the BH mobile phonebook.

I worked as the software development lead developer for this project. I had four developers in my team. The goal of the project was to develop an application to display all contact details of BHMobile carrier users in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

We developed the application in Cordova/PhoneGap and the application was available for iOS, Android, and Windows phone.

Online Mortgage Software

Led a team of over 60 software developers that were responsible for creating software for a USA mortgage industry client.

The client wanted to move from manual, real paper documentation to digital and chose our company to create this software. I was the project manager that managed over 60 people on this project that came from three different time zones—Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States of America, and India. The project lasted for over two years. The teams were managed using the SAFe—Scaled Scrum Agile Framework.

MojCV

Defined the requirements, created product roadmap, assembled a development team, defined priorities, and scheduled releases.

I had a startup idea in 2016, and I assembled a team of developers, designers, and analysts that worked on this project.

I used my free time to orchestrate all of the activities and made sure that everything was done on time and within scope and budget.

Our project is still active but we are in the final stages of development.

SHIFF

Led a product development of SHIFF application.

SHIFF is an influencer social network whose goal is to connect the influencers with the marketing brands with the purpose of the brand promotion.

Car Appraisal Application

Managed a project with the goal of creating a mobile application for buying a new car.

I was the project manager of a fixed-budget project that involved creating a mobile application for a client from the USA. The purpose of the application was to have the functionality to offer a car at the best deal for the customer in exchange for an old car and an additional paid amount.

The project lasted for three months. I had two developers and one designer. We completed the project within scope and budget.

www.dzaba.ba

Created the mission and vision for this product from the initial idea that I had. Assembled a team to develop a website.

I had an idea to show all the discounts from my city in one place online so if someone wanted to buy something on sale, they can access the website and have all the information required.

This idea emerged in 2015, and we went live in 2016.

However, due to the high load of work on my other work at that time, I have to abandon this project and turned to work activities.

I can send videos or pictures upon request.
2008 - 2012

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems and Management

Sarajevo School of Science and Technology - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

DECEMBER 2016 - PRESENT

Professional Product Owner I (PSPO I)

Scrum.org

JULY 2015 - PRESENT

Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)

Scrum.org

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