RESUME

WORK EXPERIENCE

techXflow d.o.o. (November 2023 - Present)
Position: AI Engineer & Consultant

Building production AI systems and providing strategic AI consulting for enterprise clients.

  • Selected Projects (2024–2025):
    • Construction Coordination Platform (Q4 2025): Full-stack app replacing manual Excel workflow for county government. FastAPI, React 19/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Firebase Auth, GCP Cloud Run. Reduced search time from 10-15 min to <30 sec.
    • Banking Sector AI Consulting – HPB d.d. (2025): AI strategy consulting for senior bank leadership—board member and department directors.
    • Pharmaceutical AI Consulting & RAG PoC – Belupo d.d. (2024–2025): AI strategy consulting for R&D department; RAG chatbot for 160+ medication PDFs using LangGraph, Weaviate, multi-LLM support.
    • Medical Transcription System (2025): Desktop app for Croatian medical dictations. Gemini AI integration, real-time transcription.
    • Energy Efficiency RAG Platform – VIREAS (2024–2025): Agentic RAG system for regional energy agency. FastAPI + LangGraph, Weaviate, multi-LLM support, MCP server integration.
    • BOM Extraction System (2025): Automated Bill of Materials extraction from German manufacturing documents. Reduced 3-4 hour manual process to minutes.
    • View All Projects
  • Core Activities:
    • AI product feasibility assessment and architecture design
    • End-to-end development: data pipelines → backend → frontend → deployment
    • Client consulting on AI strategy and implementation
    • Rapid prototyping and PoC development
  • More Details: techxflow.eu
Technical School Čakovec (September 2018 - November 2023):
Position:Teacher & Head of the Regional Competence Center
  • Led Comprehensive Lectures and Workshops: Covered a wide array of subjects, including coding (Python, embedded C++), embedded systems, automation, robotics, and business communication.
  • Promoted a Culture of Experimentation: Fostered a learning environment that encouraged trying new things, practical application of theoretical knowledge, and viewing mistakes as essential learning steps.
  • Developed Project Skills and Implementation: Guided students in acquiring project management and implementation skills, ensuring they could translate classroom learning into real-world solutions.
  • Innovative Teaching Methods: Continually refreshed teaching strategies to incorporate new, practical approaches, focusing on hands-on experience and the development of practical skills essential for future challenges.
  • Chair of the school's Electrical Engineering Council
  • Played a prominent role in the implementation of two EU projects (EBRD - European Fund for Regional Development, ESF - European Social Fund) valued at €7.5 million
  • Spearheaded multiple project-based initiatives such as drafting procurement specifications, organization of events, educational visits, partnerships
ENERGY PLUS d.o.o. (January 2016 - July 2018):
Position: Head of International Projects and Sales Network
  • Supported top-tier international clients and presented the company at fairs
  • Worked on LED lighting projects documentation and investment projects, emphasizing Energy Performance Contracting.
Međimurska energetska agencija d.o.o. (January 2013 - January 2016)
Position: Agency Director
  • Directed agency operations, resource management, growth strategies and successfully transformed the agency's financial standing toward complete self-sustainability.
  • Managed multiple energy-focused projects and campaigns, promoting, and implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption.
DORS PROJEKT d.o.o. (August 2010 - December 2012)
Position: Licensed Designer
  • Designed electrical installations for various sectors, including “smart home” and photovoltaic plants.
  • Consulted on renewable energy regulations and privileged producer status.
ZG-PROJEKT d.o.o. (November 2007 - July 2010)
Position: Designer
  • Designed electrical installations for highways, tunnels, and road lighting
  • Estimated savings for lighting fixture replacements
V-elin d.o.o. (June 2006 - September 2007)
Position: Development Engineer
  • Assisted in digital/analog system development and contributed to water monitoring projects.
  • Prepared technical documentation and supported related software.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Varaždin (2017 – 2018) Faculty of Economics, Zagreb (2008-2011) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb (2000–2005) Natural Science and Mathematics Gymnasium, Čakovec (1996–2000)
Awards: 1st (3x) & 3rd (3x) in County Mathematics Competitions (13-18 years)

INFORMAL EDUCATION

Google Cloud Certification
  • 2025 - Generative AI Leader - Certificate link
    GCP Generative AI Leader
DeepLearning.AI
  • 2025 - Agentic AI link
    Agentic AI Certificate
Coursera
  • 2025 - DeepLearning.AI: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) link
    RAG Certificate
  • 2024 - DeepLearning.AI, AWS: Data Engineering - Professional Certificate link
    Data Engineering Certificate
Singularity University
  • 2017 - Exponential Foundations Series – Online education about upcoming technologies and potentials
Udemy courses
  • Google Cloud Platform(GCP), AutoML and VertexAI on GCP, LLM Fine Tuning on OpenAI, LangChain,Dart&Flutter 3, OpenAI Python API, Deep Learning, SQL, Math for Data Science, Machine Learning & Data Science, Django Full Stack Web, Raspberry PI Full Stack, The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Python, Fusion 360
Other online educations:
  • Vector Databases, Building and Evaluating Advanced RAG, AI Applications with Gradio, Open Source Models with Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Unstructured data, Multi-AI agents frameworks
    Deep Learning Certificate
Educational courses completed within the regional competence center:
  • Education on didactic equipment for renewable energy sources (Gunt, Hera, Lexsolar), automation (Lucas Nuelle), collaborative robots (Universal Robots)
  • Leadership and teacher education

PROJECTS

  • Enterprise AI consulting (banking, pharmaceutical sectors)
  • Production agentic RAG platforms with multi-LLM support
  • Full-stack applications (FastAPI + React + PostgreSQL)
  • Document extraction and automation pipelines
  • Text-to-SQL systems with LangGraph
  • Custom LLM fine-tuning workflows (Vertex AI)
  • View Detailed Project Portfolio

MEMBERSHIP AND LICENSES

  • Croatian Chamber of Electrical Engineers (Membership status: on hold)
    • Electrical Installation Licensed Designer
  • Licensed Energy Certifier (2013-2016)

LANGUAGES

Croatian: Native proficiency
English: Advanced proficiency
German: Advanced proficiency

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ADDITIONAL INFO

  • Driver's license

SELECTED READINGS