Description

I am a technology leader with over 15 years of experience driving complex business transformations, with a background that includes both enterprise consulting and software house leadership.

My experience ranges from system integration in large-scale projects, through architectural leadership in critical domains like healthcare, to designing scalable systems in telecommunications, and finally to strategic leadership of development areas, gaining a comprehensive 360° view of technological and organizational challenges.

I specialize in bridging strategic vision with operational execution, enabling core business transitions from legacy systems to modern services through tailored processes. I work closely with commercial and marketing departments to align technology offerings with market trends and strategic objectives.

I firmly believe that technical debt is a major challenge for many organizations, and solving it requires not the latest technologies, but sustainable architectural choices that enable business growth through solid foundations.

My key competencies can be summarized as follows:

• Leadership & Strategy: Technology team leadership, budget management, product roadmap definition, and technology strategy

• Architecture & Transition: Service-oriented architectures, legacy system transition, cloud-native solutions

• Processes & Methodologies: Agile development, TDD/BDD, cross-functional coordination across company departments

Open to technology leadership opportunities in innovative contexts.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Serbian
Native or bilingual
Italian
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Ardesia Srl
Head of Software Engineering & Technology Strategy
DIGITAL AND IT
May 2019 - Today (7 years and 1 month)
Vicenza, VI, Italy
In recent years, I have led the strategic transformation of the software house towards a Cloud/SaaS product-based business model.

My main activities include:
• Driving technological transformation by replacing the legacy ecosystem with a modern cloud-native architecture, creating a scalable foundation for the future
• Transitioning the business model from custom projects to a SaaS product line, which has become the new growth pillar
• Introducing integrated processes and cross-functional methodologies (development, marketing, sales) to align the organization with the product vision
• Growing the team through structured training, creating an environment that builds market competitiveness and attracts new talent
• Engaging directly with clients from needs analysis to delivery, supporting negotiations, and ensuring technical-commercial alignment

Key Projects Delivered:
• a.pecoffice: PEC management system (SaaS)
• acmp: User authorization and identity management platform (SaaS)
• Public Tenders Management: Specialized solution for the medical sector (Custom-Fit)
• Data Integration: Analytics and reporting platform for public entities (Custom-Fit)
• Electronic Invoicing Management: Integrated system for cost center classification (Custom-Fit)
• Document Management: Invoice lifecycle management with approval workflow (Custom-Fit)

Technologies, Architectures & Training:
• Stack & Architectures: API-First, Event-Driven, Actor Model, Hexagonal, DDD | Kotlin, Vert.x, React, TypeScript | PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka | Docker, Nginx, GitLab CI/CD, Linux
• Team Development Programs: PostgreSQL (Tuning), Vert.x (Event-Driven, Actor Model), Microsoft 365 Integration, UX/Design Thinking, Machine Learning (Classification), Cloud-Native (AWS), Hybrid Cloud
IT Strategy software architect Tech Lead Team management Business development
Exprivia Spa
Principal Architect & Technology Leader
DIGITAL AND IT
May 2017 - May 2019 (2 years)
Vicenza, VI, Italy
I led the technological and architectural modernization of the Healthcare suite for a multinational leader in Digital Transformation, driving a five-year renewal plan to tackle significant technical debt.

My activities included:
• Architectural standardization through training sessions and conferences on Hexagonal architecture and DDD, improving test coverage, and unifying technology choices across the organization
• Software quality elevation by introducing TDD and BDD practices through targeted training, ensuring robustness in a critical domain like healthcare
• Technical leadership and delivery of the Hospital Radiology Information System, a product deployed nationwide and designed to become the company standard
• Development pipeline modernization with CI/CD automation implementation and migration from SVN to Git

Technologies and methodologies: Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot, TypeScript/Angular, PostgreSQL/Oracle, Docker, GitLab CI, Agile/SCRUM, TDD/BDD
Software Architecture Infra as Code API REST Hexagonal Architecture Domain Driven Design
Open Sky Srl (BigBlu Broadband)
Lead Systems Analyst & System Integrator
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
March 2014 - April 2017 (3 years and 1 month)
Vicenza, VI, Italy
Telecommunications company and Eutelsat partner, active in collaboration projects with the European Space Agency. Initially tasked with internal system integration, I later became the reference point for highly scalable software architectures.

My activities included:
• Design and development of the Virtual Network Operator (VNO), a bandwidth distribution and targeting platform using distributed computing architectures for pseudo-real-time profiling
• Development of the Network Operation Center (NOC), a critical real-time data aggregation system integrated with advanced technological solutions from the collaboration between ESA and La Sapienza University's research department
• Implementation of the unified Ticketing system with an autonomous rule engine for intelligent ticket routing, integrating multiple platforms (Eutelsat WS, VNO, Asterisk)
• Development of internal middleware as an integration point between peripheral systems (Management systems, CRM, VNO, Ticketing)

Tech stack: Java/Java EE/Wildfly/Vert.x, Node.js, JavaScript/AngularJS/TypeScript/Angular4, ActiveMQ/ArtemisMQ/RabbitMQ, DB2/PostgreSQL/Couchbase/MongoDB, Docker/Docker-Compose/AWS
External API integration DevOps software architect Vert.x Java