Ogrodje

Ogrodje is a Slovenian tech/dev podcast and a community. Our mission is to share the experience, deepen the knowledge and empower the technology enthusiast and professionals.

We started Ogrodje with the idea to give something back and help elevate the quality and know-how about the technology in the region.

In November 2022, Ogrodje became the number 1. tech podcast in the region on Apple Podcasts.

Founder and host

OPALAB d.o.o.

OPALAB is a niche consulting company specialising in deep tech and web technologies. We help companies around the globe build and scale their online products and services. We use modern technologies and agile principles. We specialise in Scala, JavaScript, Python and Ruby.

Founder

GlobalWebIndex

GlobalWebIndex is a market research company that provides audience profiling data across 44 countries to the world’s largest brands, marketing agencies and media organisations. 

We maintain a global panel of more than 22 million connected consumers which we leverage to create 20,000 data points on the behaviours of internet users around the world.

My role is to build and lead the development of audience profiling and market research products of the future, now!

Engineering Lead

As Engineering Manager and Architect at GlobalWebIndex, my main responsibility is to lead the team and build the technology that makes Pollpass. 

Pollpass is distributed real-time engine and platform for modern market research. It is capable of surveying thousands of respondents globally and feed the information into GlobalWebIndex its partners and clients.

GlobalWebIndex is a market research company that provides audience profiling data across 44 countries to the world’s largest brands, marketing agencies and media organisations. 

At GlobalWebIndex we maintain a global panel of more than 22+ million connected consumers which we leverage to create 20,000 data points on the behaviours of internet users around the world.

Engineering Manager / Software Architect

Senior Web Developer

Databox.com

Databox is a mobile-first business analytics platform built to help you understand what's going on with your business. You can connect your cloud data sources, spreadsheets, databases and custom integrations to organize all of your business KPIs in one place. Create your own unique mobile dashboards, with many supported visualization types (line, bar, pie charts, funnels, tables, ...), present your data on your office TV, and collaborate and discuss around your metrics with others via Slack.

While working for Databox I was responsible for Databox Connect Platform; built with Node.js a RethinkDB. Bundled with Docker and Swarm; hosted on AWS.

I'm also the author of Databox SDKs for Ruby, Python and Go and co-author of SDKs for Java and PHP.

- Databox iOS app - https://itunes.apple.com/si/app/databox-analytics/id940584421
- Databox Android app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.databox
- Databox SDKs - https://developers.databox.com

Senior Software Engineer

SNAGR

SNAGR is music artists search engine. It seeks on 12+ different streaming/video/music sites for artists. The sites are searched in parallel and results are on-the-fly combined, ranked and sorted to give user readable and understandable overview. SNAGR was acquired by WbSrch.com in March 2016 and is now known as musicsrch.com.

MUBI

MUBI is an online cinema and social network that gives the latest news on films and awards from all around the world. I've joined MUBI as a freelance contractor. During my time with MUBI I've implemented ElasticSearch, helped with recommendation engine, scheduler, API and 3rd party integrations.

Fika, Inc.

Fika is mobile startup and app founded by Robert Farazin (Y-Combinator, Techstars) in 2013. Fika provides simple, fast and pretty way to organise casual events with your friends. My role as CTO was to build and lead a team of  mobile developers while working on architecture and backend. Stack was Ruby / Rails, Android, iOS, Scrum and CI.

Fika for Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wefika
Fika for iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/si/app/fika/id771179360?mt=8
Fika on Web - http://www.wefika.com

D.Labs

D.Labs is outsourcing company focused on building great products and services for UK startups. I've built and lead team of professional Ruby / Rails and JavaScript developers.

Team Lead and Ruby Senior Developer

mexan AG

Mexan GmbH is Swiss based company providing consulting and development services to Swiss clients. During my time with Mexan I was building Vendery Shopping Platform and some other Ruby / PHP projects.

Senior Ruby Developer

Jabolko.org

- Complete rewrite of Jabolko.org from Rails 2.x to Rails 3.x.
- Implementation of IndexTank search engine.
- Optimization and implementation of new functionalities.
- Implementing new functionalities and fixing bugs.
- Article suggestion system implementation

Senior Ruby Developer and Technical consultant

Oto Brglez is a seasoned software engineer, manager, and architect with 20+ years of experience in modern front-end and back-end development. He's a prominent figure in the Slovenian tech community, delivering high-quality software solutions and staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends. Oto is an excellent communicator, team player, and mentor with a passion for technology. He hosts the Ogrodje podcast, sharing his insights and expertise. If you need a top-performing software professional to build your team and deliver outstanding results, Oto Brglez is your ideal candidate.

Oto Brglez

Endava

Project Goal:
Development of a device driver framework enabling standardized communication with point-of-care medical devices, in compliance with the POCT1-A2 standard and ISO 13485 regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:
 - architecture and development of scalable device communication solutions in compliance with ISO 13485,
 - technical leadership, team mentoring, and definition of software and integration standards, collaboration with regulatory teams to ensure validated development and deployment processes,
 - establishment of deployment, maintenance, and quality assurance procedures aligned with medical device software requirements.

Senior Development Lead

DOCENTRIC

Senior Software Engineer, Scrum master

Saop Slovenia

Lead Architect for NetCore Web ERP platform

Descartes Systems Group

Smartanalysis - Tachograph analysis and compliance management SaaS

Synergy Sports Technology, LLC

Synergy Sports provides basketball data, analytics and tools that coaches and general managers rely
upon to evaluate players, create scouting reports, build game plans and win championships.

Responsibilities:
 - design and implementation of custom queue based async job processing library and service,
 - design and implement video conversion library wrapping ffmpeg tool.

Accomplishments:
 - implementation of Async TPL based type agnostic job processing service,
 - implemented custom NuGet and MEF based plugin framework with automatic plugin updates.

Renderspace

Renderspace digital agency builds websites, develops web and mobile applications and manages your social media reputation.

Responsibilities:
 - managing a team of 8 developers,
 - managing in-house and outsourced development projects,
 - estimating required work effort,
 - task management and prioritization.

Accomplishments:
 - migration to git version control,
 - implementation of continuous deployment procedures.

Head of Software Development

Studio Moderna

Studio Moderna is leading multi-channel e-commerce and direct to consumer platform in Central & Eastern Europe.

My responsibilities as a system architect in an enterprise scale omni-channel CRM solution project Maia included: 
 - integrate different software components from various vendors into complete service oriented enterprise solution - ASP.Net MVC Front End Application, Microsoft Dynamics NAV (ERP), mplSystems iContact (call-center solution), Microsoft Dynamics AX (central product repository), CreditCard payment processing, Retail POS systems, ...
 - design and develop highly scalable and highly available architecture for different software components,
 - design and implement fully automated deployment procedures in virtualized environments (Powershell DSC),
 - design no downtime maintenance plans and procedures,
 - data migration (ETL, SSIS), 
etc.

System Architect / Lead Software Enginner

CentrSource

Transition to a new vendor:
 - Technical knowledge transfer,
 - Performing as a subject matter expert on the business logic of the application,
 - Reviewing the requirements specifications produced by business analysts,
 - Performing as a subject matter expert on the architecture of the application, deployment and integrations with 3rd party tools/solutions.

Software Architect

Studio Pešec d.o.o.

- Solution Architecture including domain model, data model, globalization, etc.
 - Integration with 3rd party tools and solutions: SOLR search engine, Google Analytics, Credit Card payment providers, etc.
 - Integration with Navision for billing purposes
 - Design KPI reporting from various sources
 - Deployment plan supporting fully redundant deployment.

Senior developer

Telargo / Ultra d.o.o.

- Solution architecture including domain model, data model, permission model, etc.
 - Design and develop web application for real time vehicle tracking, trip reports, fleet management,
 - Design and develop communication interface between mobile units and application core over GPRS, SMS, Data Call,
 - Design and develop event triggering system based on geographic constraints (distance from point, entering/leaving polygon or polyline, …),
 - Implement mobile unit service application supporting unattended upgrades, remote diagnostics and configuration

Senior .Net Tech lead specialized in .Net software architecture, application development and application life-cycle management on top of Microsoft technology stack.

Experienced both in designing and implementing Enterprise level software solutions from scratch, or gradually re-engineering existing software solutions which have service level agreements to meet during the process of revamp. 

Works hand in hand together with product management team and is very passionate about Team work, mentoring, and Agile project management methodologies.

Core competencies include:
.Net software architecture and SOLID design principles (IoC/DI), OOP, SOA, .Net application development (C# and VB.Net), ASP.Net MVC / WebAPI / .Net Core, SQL database design and programming, Continuous Integration and Deployment, Application Lifecycle Management, Scrum/Kanban project management, Azure services, DevOps, highly available and scalable deployment configurations. 

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