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Software Engineering Leader & AI Advisor - Co-founder
Zagreb, Croatia
Germany +32
BSc, Computer Scienceinfo: Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, USA, Spain, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, South Korea
About me
Software architect with 20+ years across IT, telecoms and automotive in Europe and China, leading distributed teams on regulated vehicle programmes. Co-founder of Avoccado Tech in Zagreb, advising CEE law firms on where AI belongs in professional work and building the systems that follow.
Systems EngineeringAUTomotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR)Computer-Aided Software EngineeringProfessional Services AutomationScaled Agile FrameworkSoftware Engineering ProcessSoftware DesignSoftware EngineeringSolution ArchitectureSystems IntegratorEnterprise Application IntegrationAutomotive Software
AI Integration & LLM Workflows
LLM integration across all major providers, including Claude and Anthropic API and agent workflows. Retrieval and owned knowledge bases, conversational AI on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, as well as AI governance and EU AI Act awareness.
EE/SW Systems Architecture
Software architecture and design covering EE/SW systems architecture, multi-tenant cloud/SaaS architecture, CRM and booking-system integration, and fullstack development across automotive and professional-services domains.
Software Engineering & Programming
Hands-on engineering in Python, C++, C#, SQL, UML and Git, applied across telecommunications, automotive and SaaS product development.
Commercial Advisory & Solution Sales
Advisory to professional-services firms, solution sales, project management, and regulated-industry delivery including automotive homologation and legal-sector compliance.
Distributed Engineering Team Leadership
Leadership of distributed engineering teams across Europe, China and India, with C-level and board-level stakeholder reporting, Scaled Agile (SAFe) and PI planning, budget ownership, and Function Owner accountability.
Software Release & Issues Management
Software release management and issues management using UML, UDS (ISO 14229), Jira and Jama in regulated, homologated automotive environments.
Automotive Infotainment & Connectivity
EE/SW system design across infotainment, connectivity and diagnostics domains in regulated, homologated automotive environments, including protocols such as SOME-IP, CAN, CAN-FD, LIN and HTTP.
SaaS Product Ownership & Agile Delivery
Product ownership and Scaled Agile (SAFe) delivery including PI planning for cloud-native SaaS platforms, scaling to hundreds of users across multiple OEM clients.
LLM integration across all major providers, including Claude and Anthropic API and agent workflows. Retrieval and owned knowledge bases, conversational AI on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, as well as AI governance and EU AI Act awareness.
EE/SW Systems Architecture
Software architecture and design covering EE/SW systems architecture, multi-tenant cloud/SaaS architecture, CRM and booking-system integration, and fullstack development across automotive and professional-services domains.
Software Engineering & Programming
Hands-on engineering in Python, C++, C#, SQL, UML and Git, applied across telecommunications, automotive and SaaS product development.
Commercial Advisory & Solution Sales
Advisory to professional-services firms, solution sales, project management, and regulated-industry delivery including automotive homologation and legal-sector compliance.
Distributed Engineering Team Leadership
Leadership of distributed engineering teams across Europe, China and India, with C-level and board-level stakeholder reporting, Scaled Agile (SAFe) and PI planning, budget ownership, and Function Owner accountability.
Software Release & Issues Management
Software release management and issues management using UML, UDS (ISO 14229), Jira and Jama in regulated, homologated automotive environments.
Automotive Infotainment & Connectivity
EE/SW system design across infotainment, connectivity and diagnostics domains in regulated, homologated automotive environments, including protocols such as SOME-IP, CAN, CAN-FD, LIN and HTTP.
SaaS Product Ownership & Agile Delivery
Product ownership and Scaled Agile (SAFe) delivery including PI planning for cloud-native SaaS platforms, scaling to hundreds of users across multiple OEM clients.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2008
Languages
GermanBasic knowledgeEnglishFluentSwedishNative speakerCroatianBasic knowledge
Project history
Advises law firms across the CEE region on where AI belongs in legal work and where it should not be used, from readiness assessment through to delivery. Built the law vertical from zero to a live pipeline across Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and the Nordics. Integrates Claude into operating systems and knowledge bases for law firms and SMEs. Designed the owned knowledge-base architecture in open, portable formats. Built and shipped AI agents embedded in client CRMs. Delivered customer-facing chatbots on Meta channels. Built AI-managed booking systems. Responsible for business development, sales and software development of Appointmint, the AI-powered CRM and booking-management SaaS platform. Owns the operating budget as Director alongside product, delivery and commercial responsibility.
EE/SW system design across infotainment, connectivity and diagnostics domains in a regulated, homologated automotive environment. Software release management and issues management using UML, UDS (ISO 14229), Jira and Jama. Acted as Function Owner for diagnostics and issues-management processes, reporting release and quality status directly to C-level stakeholders.
EE/SW systems architecture for the production IT implementation of the Digital Twin software-download over-the-air system.