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 taken up the role of CTO and co-founder of a fashion tech startup Tribute Brand leading technical strategy, engineers & 3D artists, with focus on company operations and growing the business.

Previously contributed to Darkroom, TicketSwap, TomTom, DEPT, and Infinum.

Projects & Highlights

ODDS

ODDS   Tribute Brand, Jun 2023

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

Apple Design Award   Darkroom, Jun 2020

Pro-Level Photo & Video Editor • iOS • macOS • iPadOS
Herrera x Tribute

Herrera x Tribute   Tribute Brand, Sep 2021

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

Darkrooom   Contributions 2019->2022

Photo & Video Editing Tools • iOS • macOS • iPadOS • CoreML • Metal • Image Processing
Uniforma

LA Fashion Week - Uniforma   Tribute Brand, Nov 2024

Virtual Runway • RedSpy Camera Tracking • Unreal • AR • Virtual Production • LED Volume
Rhyme

Rhyme   Koen Jansen, bothof.me

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

TicketSwap App  with Koen Jansen, 2017->2019

iOS • Marketplace • Payment Processing • Growth • Data
CROPS

CROPS  with Titus B. Paul, Amsterdam 2018->2019

Creative project space • Art • Event Production • Workshops
Always Tired

Always Tired leilamarinaena x DRKNGHTS, Dec 2018

Sexyland • VJ Performance • Club Night • Live Production

Experience

Co-Founder, CTO • Tribute Brand

Remote, Croatia

Feb 2020 – Present

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 • Darkroom

Remote, EU/US timezones

May 2019 – Nov 2022

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

Lead Mobile Engineer • TicketSwap

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mar 2017 – Apr 2019

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

Software Engineer • TomTom

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Aug 2016 – Apr 2017

iOS Maps Navigation Cross-platform UI UX Agile Dev Ops Software Architecture Internal Frameworks Hiring

Sr Software Engineer, Mobile Lead • DEPT

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oct 2015 – Aug 2016

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

Software Engineer • Infinum

Zagreb, Croatia

Jan 2013 – Oct 2015

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

Technologies

Languages

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

Tools & Frameworks

UIKit • 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

Publications

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 10.20532/ccvw.2014.0014 ->

Education

M. Sc. in Computer Science

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Sept 2009 – June 2014

Contact

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Open to freelance or full-time opportunities in Amsterdam, or remote in EU and US timezones.

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