Available for freelance or full-time roles.

I’m Igor Lipovac, a seasoned Apple platforms software engineer and consultant, tech lead, team builder and Apple Design Award winner.

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projects


ODDS Project

ODDS

Tribute Brand

Generative zero-waste fashion • NFC • NFT • AR • WebGL

Project Info
year 2023
role Tech Lead & Generative Art
Apple Design Award Project

Apple Design Award

Darkroom

Pro-Level Photo & Video Editor • iOS • macOS • iPadOS

Project Info
year 2020
role Software Engineer
Herrera x Tribute Project

Herrera x Tribute

Tribute Brand, Carolina Herrera

Carolina Herrera AR Dress • ML Model • Pose Tracking • Unity • ARKit

Project Info
year 2021
role R&D, Computer Vision & AR
Darkroom Project

Darkroom

Contributions 2019-2022

Photo & Video Editing Tools • iOS • macOS • iPadOS

Project Info
year 2019-2022
role Software Engineer
Uniforma Project

UNIFORMA

LA Fashion Week • Tribute Brand

Virtual Runway • RedSpy Camera Tracking • Unreal • AR • Virtual Production • LED Volume • 3D • Stype XR

Project Info
year 2024
role Tech Lead, Virtual & Event Producer
Rhyme Project

Rhyme

Koen Jansen & Igor Lipovac

Songwriter App • iOS • macOS • SwiftUI • SwiftData • Gen AI

Project Info
year in progress
role Software Engineer
TicketSwap App Project

TicketSwap App

TicketSwap

iOS • Marketplace • Payment Processing • Growth • Data

Project Info
year 2017-2019
role Lead Mobile Engineer

about


Apple Design Award-winning software engineer with over a decade of experience in Apple platforms development. Expertise in AR, Unity, image processing, graphics, rendering, machine learning, backed by a computer vision academic background.

Managing cross-functional teams, hiring engineers, coordinating R&D efforts and product development across multiple platforms, in companies of different sizes and stages of growth. Recently took up the role of CTO and co-founder of a fashion tech startup Tribute Brand leading technical strategy, engineers & 3D artists, with focus on product, operations and growing the business. Previously contributed to Darkroom, TicketSwap, TomTom, DEPT and Infinum.

Languages

Swift • Obj-C • Metal • C# • C++ • JS • Shaders

tools & frameworks

UIKit • SwiftUI • SwiftData • CoreImage • CoreML • Metal • ARKit • Vision • RealityKit • Vapor • Unity • URP • SRP • AR Foundation • Unreal Engine • Virtual Production • REST • GraphQL • CI / CD • Git

other

Blockchain • NFT • Smart Contracts • WebGPU • WebXR • Machine Learning • TensorFlow • PyTorch • Gen AI • LLMs • Matlab • Payment Processors • E-commerce Tools • Shopify • NFC Tags • Heroku

Experimental Evaluation of Vehicle Detection Based on Background Modeling in Daytime and Night-Time Video


Igor Lipovac, Tomislav Hrkać, Karla Brkić, Zoran Kalafatić, Siniša Šegvić
September 2014


DOI: 10.20532/ccvw.2014.0014

M. Sc. in Computer Science


Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
University of Zagreb, Croatia


Sept 2009 – June 2014

experience


Co-Founder, CTO

Feb 2020 - May 2025

Tribute Brand

Remote, Croatia

Strategy • Management • Business • Tech Lead • Digital Assets • Fashion • Hiring • R&D • ML/AI • Computer Vision • iOS • Web • AR • XR • 3D • Game Engines • Creative Programming • Tech Art • Blockchain • Partnerships • Operations • Investments & VC

Sr Software Engineer

May 2019 - Nov 2022

Darkroom

Remote, EU/US Timezones

iOS • macOS • iPadOS • Photography • Video • UI/UX • Software Architecture • Image Processing • ML Integration • Graphics • Rendering • Color Science • Indie app development • Monetization

Lead Mobile Engineer

Mar 2017 - Apr 2019

TicketSwap

Amsterdam, Netherlands

iOS • Software Architecture • Product Development • Events • Ticketing • Department Lead • Hiring • Mentoring • Payments • Data Science • Growth • Partnerships • Customer service

Software Engineer

Aug 2016 - Apr 2017

TomTom

Amsterdam, Netherlands

iOS • Maps • Navigation • Cross-platform • UI/UX • Agile • DevOps • Software Architecture • Internal Frameworks • Hiring

Sr Software Engineer, Mobile Lead

Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

DEPT

Amsterdam, Netherlands

iOS • Mobile Tech • Project Management • Mentoring • Project Pitches • Business & Finance Apps • Digital Advertising

Software Engineer

Jan 2013 - Oct 2015

Infinum

Zagreb, Croatia

iOS • Mobile • UI/UX • Mentoring • Client communications • Utility Apps • Banking Apps • Community Events

contact


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