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Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Location
Belgrade, Serbia
Toptal Member Since
November 8, 2018
Marko is on the mission of creating highly motivated and agile teams and helping them to become highly effective and efficient, delivering high value to the business. He uses his strong technical background, agile and coaching competencies to improve the processes, communication, and teams. He's adept at organizing, managing, coaching, teaching, and leading on projects, products, and organization levels.
Project Highlights
TomTom Bandit Action Camera
Led the process and multiple multifunctional, multicultural teams working on several applications within Camera ecosystem.
Sungard LEO
Introduced agile and Scrum to project stater teams. Created infrastructure for the project and developed initial component.
Sunflower
Launched the team, project setup, and architecture from the scratch. Delivered 500,000+ lines of code with one team only.
Expertise
Work Experience
Agile Coach
2022 - PRESENT
Bosch
- Conducted the State of Agility (Agility Maturity) and created a plan of improvements.
- Served the three pillars of BDO organization within PowerTools to improve agility.
- Coached the leadership and Scrum teams and conducted the organizational changes.
Agile Consultant and Owner
2018 - PRESENT
Agile Consulting
- Trained in agile principles, methodologies, and frameworks.
- Coached teams and individuals on software development lifecycle topics.
- Coached teams and individuals on system architecture and solutions.
- Mentored teams on agile organizations and practices.
Consultant
2018 - PRESENT
TMS
- Introduced agile and Scrum.
- Helped in forming new product backlog using Impact Mapping and Story Mapping approaches.
- Contributed to project artifacts definition and review the progress.
- Helped in team and individual definition.
COO and Senior Agile Coach
2018 - 2020
HubX
- Implemented an agile technology, worked in a scrum environment, and established new processes and practices.
- Helped in getting projects back on track. Restructured the backlog and the team's structure.
- Worked with the team on defining product backlogs on several projects.
- Managed the Serbian branch office with development teams of 30+ people.
- Worked on coaching teams and individuals on the process, productivity, and results improvements.
- Led whole Belgrade branch, being responsible for 40+ people. Seven leads reported directly to me.
Director of Engineering
2016 - 2018
ConveyIQ
- Consolidated the development process, including agile practices, quality, and got the product on track.
- Encouraged the creation of an agile environment, working with the executive team and the engineering teams on establishing agile practices and embracing agile principles.
- Delivered a new generation of a live product. We had a lot of performance issues that were killing the product. Leading the technology team and product management, we got the product back on track.
- Consolidated the product backlog; worked with the executive team and the product team on translating the company vision to product vision and product roadmap. Used themes and epics to groom the backlog and released a high-quality product backlog.
- Established high agile development standards in the product team and engineering.
- Established great communication between two teams, between product and engineering departments.
- Trained the engineering team in agile and coached the team and the individuals on a regular basis.
Senior Scrum Master/Release Manager
2014 - 2018
TomTom
- Took ownership of the teams' deliverables on cadence—worked with 10+ teams on five geographical locations and successfully delivered the most sophisticated product in the company's history.
- Managed 10+ people and directed their professional development.
- Introduced Agile and Scrum, taking care for the process.
Senior Software Engineer | Scrum Master
2013 - 2014
Sungard (now FIS)
- Transitioned and implemented agile for the teams working on the Leo project.
- Developed a custom big data module, domain-specific (software development).
- Developed an error handler module (software development).
Head of Software Department
2008 - 2013
BeotelNet
- Led agile transformation of the department.
- Delivered ERP size telco software (in an incremental manner) with half a million lines of Java code with a small team.
- Worked with a business part on moving towards business agility.
- Created complete system architecture in a microservices manner and trained all team members in best software engineering practices.
Senior Software Developer
2007 - 2008
Mogul (now AdNode)
- Led several software projects - mostly for Nordic media companies.
- Delivered several enterprise-level web applications using Java technologies.
- Led several project consolidation phases and saved the clients and helped to keep the contracts.
Senior Portal Developer
2006 - 2007
Qualysoft
- Delivered the pilot version of the most popular local social portal using PHP technologies.
- Delivered a new generation of social portal using Java technologies.
- Worked as an outsourced expert and consultant, led Qualysoft team within Accenture team working on Telenor ERP.
Software Developer/System Administrator
2003 - 2006
Telefonija A.D.
- Consolidated all hosting services (Microsoft and Linux) - including data provisioning, accounting, and billing applications.
- Delivered several smaller PHP applications to support business.
- Delivered enterprise web application for optical network system for national electrical power company.
Software Developer
2000 - 2002
Mikrokom
- Delivered ERP system (written in Delphi) for several Serbian companies.
Project History
HUBX Platform
I led the agile transformation of teams working on core company’s product in fintech industry in role of Senior Agile Coach.
The main purpose of the application is to connect companies and the investors. Data science was also used on the project to improve matching between two parties. I worked as part of the leadership team on increasing agility of the organization and the teams.
ELITE Platform
Team's transition to agile. Consolidation of product backlog. Putting the project back on track when needed.
Product to integrate/replace all others ELITE applications and services.
Convey Communication Platform
I led the project in role of Scrum Master and Director of Engineering in order to get revolutionary platform software in HR.
One of the main pain points of the recruiters is communication with the candidates and get the best ones on board in as short term as possible. I worked as part of the leadership team on transferring company vision to workable items.
Live Interviewing Platform
https://www.conveyiq.com/I led the process of reviving Live platform with teams and getting back it on track. Used Story Mapping and Impact Mapping.
Live interviewing platform, used by HR departments for the candidates. SaaS solution.
TomTom Bandit Action Camera
Led the process and multiple multifunctional, multicultural teams working on several applications within Camera ecosystem.
TomTom Bandit Camera was the most complex and the most sophisticated product in TomTom's history. Several teams were working in the ecosystem on the camera platform, the camera application, the desktop application, and mobile applications (iOS and Android), including the test team. The result was a successful $50+ million project.
Sungard LEO
Introduced agile and Scrum to project stater teams. Created infrastructure for the project and developed initial component.
LEO was the codename for the most important company's project at the time to serve post-trade derivatives and to be highly scalable.
Sunflower
Launched the team, project setup, and architecture from the scratch. Delivered 500,000+ lines of code with one team only.
Sunflower is ERP size project with ISP specifics. Built-in microservices manner using web technologies (Java, Oracle DB, REST etc.). Included a lot of flexible modules and interaction with external services (like Dynamics Nav for example).
Education
2009 - 2010
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications
School of Electrical Engineering of Applied Studies - Belgrade, Serbia
2008 - 2009
Degree in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication
School of Electrical Engineering of Applied Studies - Belgrade, Serbia
1991 - 1998
Undergraduate Degree in Telecommunciations
School of Electrical Engineering - Belgrade, Serbia
1987 - 1991
Mathematical-programming Associate Diploma in Mathematics and Programming
Mathematical High School "25. Maj" - Belgrade
Certifications
NOVEMBER 2023 - PRESENT
ICAgile Certified Professional | Coaching Agile Transformations (ICP-CAT)
ICAgile
OCTOBER 2023 - PRESENT
Advanced Certified Scrum Developer℠
Scrum Alliance®
SEPTEMBER 2023 - PRESENT
Enterprise Agile Coaching
ICAgile
DECEMBER 2019 - DECEMBER 2020
Certified LeSS Practitioner
LeSS
OCTOBER 2019 - PRESENT
Management 3.0 Foundation
Management 3.0
DECEMBER 2017 - PRESENT
Certified Agile Leadership I
Scrum Alliance®
DECEMBER 2011 - PRESENT
Business and Management Coach
European Coaching Association
OCTOBER 2011 - OCTOBER 2022
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Scrum Alliance®
MARCH 2009 - OCTOBER 2022
Certified Scrum Professional
Scrum Alliance®
DECEMBER 2008 - OCTOBER 2022
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance®
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