ŽeljkoObrenović

Chief Architect at AVIV Group

Summary

  • I am a Chief Architect at AVIV Group, one of the world’s largest digital real estate tech companies.
  • I work and thrive in complex environments that require combining advanced engineering, world-class research, and people skills.
  • I share the view that the best leaders are great teachers. Through my career, I have always coached and mentored talented technical people, both in industry and academy.
  • I manage the knowledge base of high-quality resources on IT technologies (e.g., see obren359.com).
  • I have a PhD in Computer Science, and strong international reputation and visibility in the software and interaction design communities.
  • My emphasis is on design: I build experimental systems to explore new domains. I also aim at bridging design research and practice, trying to get best of both worlds.
  • I write regularly about software and interaction design.
  • I actively promote good software development practices (e.g. see my recent O'Reilly webcast and training videos on building maintainable software).
  • I have 26 years of professional experience. I am an experienced software designer, and the developer behind three innovative projects:
  • Before I worked as:
  • For more details see my curriculum Vitae (CV).

Contact

Twitter: @zeljko_obren
LinkedIn: zeljkoobrenovic
Email: zeljko.obren (at) gmail.com
Skype: zeljkoobrenovic

Photo: Ed Louwers

Career Overview

Jobs

Chief Architect
Principal Architect
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Principal Consultant
Technology Evangelist
Assistant Professor
Postdoc Researcher
Software Developer / Architect
Freelance Software Developer

Honorary Roles

IEEE Software Advisory Board Member
ACM Senior Member
Author
LAC Program Comitee Member
IEEE Computer Editoral Board Member
IEEE IT Professional Editoral Board Member
Guest Lecturer
Guest Lecturer
W3C Multimedia Semantics Incubator Group
Visiting Assistant Professor

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science
M.Sc., Computer Science
Bachelor Degree


Teaching Experience

Whatever I do, I like to share the lessons I learned. Consequently, I have given a number of lectures, courses, worskshops and tutorials.

Professional Teaching

University Teaching

- Technical University Eindhoven (2016-2017)

- Technical University Eindhoven (2008-2012)

  • Sketching Interactive Systems, Industrial Design, TU/e (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012)
  • Multi-Modal Interaction, Industrial Design, TU/e (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011)
  • Coaching undergraduate and master projects in the Comfort and Bonding in Healthcare theme (before that I was in themes Discovery & Learning, and Experience and Emotions)

- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2006-2007)

  • Intelligent Multimedia Technology (Fall 2006, Fall 2007) - Guest Lecturer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Multimedia Authoring (Spring 2006) - Guest Lecturer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Other

Tutorials

Visiting Professor

Belgrade (2000-2005)

  • Human-Computer Interaction (Spring 2005, Spring 2004) - Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Military Technical Academy, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
  • Object-Oriented Programming (Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002) - Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Military Technical Academy, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
  • Multimedia Information Systems (Spring 2001, Spring 2000) - Teaching assistant, School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, with Prof. Dusan Starcevic
  • Computer Graphics (Spring 2000) - Teaching assistant, College of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, with Prof. Dusan Starcevic


Other Profession Activities

I am actively involved in other professional activities, including  standardization, reviewing, and conference and workshop program committee memberships.

Honors and Grants

  • October 2012 - Awarded the ACM Senior Membership (given to individuals who have 'demonstrated performance that sets them apart from their peers through technical leadership, and technical or professional contributions.')
  • June 2006 - Recognized as a multimodal interface 'guru' by SIMILAR, European Network of Excellence dedicated to multimodal interfaces.
  • January 2000 – January 2002 – M.S. scholarship grant (first in rank) from The Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, The Government of Serbia

Open-Source Projects Activities

Professional Memberships