Background

 

Senior IT architect with expertise in designing scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise systems. Specialized in cloud architecture, microservices, and digital transformation initiatives.

  • Design and architect enterprise-scale distributed systems and (micro)services architectures
  • Lead cloud migration strategies and hybrid infrastructure solutions across on-premise, Microsoft Azure and cloud
  • Establish technical standards, best practices, and governance frameworks for development teams
  • Evaluate and select technology stacks, ensuring alignment with business objectives and scalability requirements
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into comprehensive technical solutions

Professional Experience

Chief Technology Officer, Lead Architect & Co-Owner

Gama System 2014 - 2024
  • Led multiple international projects, from India to European Union
  • Established a quality company presence on the European market
  • Architected scalable, high performance solutions

Lead Architect & Consultant

Gama System 2007 - 2014
  • Lead development and maintained reactive and adaptive web applications using modern frameworks
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time
  • Improved application performances through caching and modern code optimizations
  • Led development of key features resulting in massive increase in user and client engagement
  • Mentored developers, development leads, established coding standards
  • Architected scalable, high performance solutions handling terrabytes of data and millions transactions per second

Architect, Consultant & Lead Developer

Gama System 2003 - 2007
  • Lead development and maintained reactive and adaptive web applications using modern frameworks
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time
  • Mentored developers, development leads, established coding standards

Microsoft Regional Director

Microsoft Corporation 2005 - 2020
  • Microsoft Regional director, EMEA

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

Microsoft Corporation 2004 - 2018
  • Microsoft MVP - Distributed Systems
  • Microsoft MVP - Solution Architecture
  • Microsoft MVP - XML, wire protocols

Co-Owner, Trainer & Consultant

Guru 2001 - 2004
  • Advanced technology training
  • Consulting on Microsoft .NET technologies

Skills & Technologies

Architecture

Requirements Performance Caching Code

Programming Languages

JavaScript TypeScript C# C++ Python

Frontend

React Angular HTML/CSS

Backend

Node.js COM, COM+ MSMQ, WCF .NET Core .NET Framework

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server MySQL

Cloud

Microsoft Azure Google Cloud

DevOps

Slack Teams Git Docker

Operating Systems

Windows Server Windows Linux macOS

Education

Bachelor of Science

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
The Johns Hopkins University
1996 - 2000

Master of Science

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
2000 - 2002

Featured Projects

National Budget

Slovenian national budget management and visualization

Angular .NET Core
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History Projects

Perception Analytics

Analyzing public opinion through social networks using massive cloud scalability

Angular .NET Azure MSMQ
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Electronic Archive

Long term, legally valid document storage as a service

Angular .NET MS SQL MSMQ
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