Adi B.

Adi B.

Project Manager | Product Manager

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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About Me

Adi is a Certified Scrum Master and Agile management expert with 10+ years of experience leading teams, raising revenue, and cutting costs for businesses. With a proven record of excellent problem-solving, he builds strong client and employee relationships, increasing profitability through software training, implementing new software, and meeting client requirements. Adi is a contributor to the global startup ecosystem, working with companies in many different industries such as healthcare, fintech, and eCommerce.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Project Manager
2021 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Creating a list of backlog items and prioritizing them based on the overall strategy and business objectives; making the list accessible and available to all stakeholders.

  • Prioritizing needs in terms of product features and aligning them with the stakeholders' feedback; acting as a primary communicator and link between stakeholders.

  • Overseeing product development and communicating with the development team for planning, reviewing, and refining the requirements.

ScaleUP
ScaleUP
Founder & CEO
2019 - Present (5 years)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Managing a company specializing in web and mobile application software development.

  • Guiding clients through all software development project phases - from project discovery to the actual product launch.

  • Managing multiple services including UI/UX design, software development, QA, and startup advisory.

Ministry of Programming
Ministry of Programming
Product Manager
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Worked for a technical co-founding business that specializes in building and growing startups into established brands and companies and managed a gaming industry product estimated at nearly 100 million euros.

  • Used many elements of Lean Startup to achieve product growth using Business Model Canvas or Lean Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, and Customer Development.

  • Created product roadmaps to create a custom cryptocurrency for a fintech industry scaleup product.

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NAGA VIRTUAL (Switex)
NAGA VIRTUAL (Switex)
Product Owner | Project Manager
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Remote
  • Worked for a safe, independent, and modern market for all kinds of games and virtual goods.

  • Oversaw team organization and helped align the priorities for the development team using Kanban daily to organize and assign tasks in Jira.

  • Analyzed the gaming market, gaming trends, and gaming statistics using analytics tools such as Amplitude and Google Analytics to track most important metrics.

Authority Partners
Authority Partners
Project Manager | Business Analyst
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Oversaw project planning with clients across multiple continents and internal project organization with developers from Authority Partners and with development consultants that worked remotely and in different time zones.

  • Organized and divided work for multiple software development, QA, and design teams applying Agile management principles using Scrum and Kanban.

  • Created business rules for IT banking software before starting as a project manager on the same project, providing data analysis with XML file editing.

BS Telecom Solutions
BS Telecom Solutions
Software Developer
2012 - 2015 (3 years)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Created a cross-platform mobile application (iOS, Windows Phone, and Android) using PhoneGap (Cordova) and JavaScript working on all platforms with some minor adjustments.

  • Developed an Android and Windows Phone library using native code (Java and C#) to be implemented in all desired applications later on.

  • Created two Liferay portlets using Java and XHTML.

Portfolio

Product Owner | Project Manager - NAGA VIRTUAL
Product Owner | Project Manager - NAGA VIRTUAL

NAGA VIRTUAL will be the first legal market ecosystem for virtual goods allowing gamers, game developers, and publishers to profit fairly. It will step into the gaming industry with over 1.8 billion gamers and over $108 billion in worldwide revenue. Led the development of an in-game item trading with a cryptocurrency web app, whose worth eventually was estimated at €100 million. Communicated with stakeholders across the board including customers, business managers, and the development team to make sure that goals are clear and the vision is aligned with business objectives.

Project Manager - Fleishers Fully Responsive eCommerce WordPress Site
Project Manager - Fleishers Fully Responsive eCommerce WordPress Site

Fleishers set out to make a positive change in the community, starting in 2004 as a single butcher shop with a single purpose – to show that locally raised, pasture fed meats were better. Led a team of developers and QAs to develop the web platform, delivering a successful end product on budget and time.

Project Manager | Product Manager - War On Cancer, Mobile Cross-platform Social Network
Project Manager | Product Manager - War On Cancer, Mobile Cross-platform Social Network

War On Cancer is the largest free social media app for everyone affected by cancer, improving their mental health by connecting people from all over the world with different types of diagnoses. Led the product through A round of investment.

Education

Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
2016 - 2016
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
2015 - 2015
Bachelor's Degree, Information Systems and Management
Bachelor's Degree, Information Systems and Management
Sarajevo School of Science and Technology - Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008 - 2012 (4 years)