Marko Majkic

Experienced Agile Coach, Consultant, and Product Owner
Belgrade, RS.

About

Highly experienced Agile Coach, Consultant, and Product Owner with 25+ years in IT and 18+ years in agile methodologies. Proven leader in driving organizational agility, having supported 25+ organizations and over 2,000 professionals in adopting lean principles. Expertly coaches, consults, trains, and mentors IT leaders and teams to foster continuous improvement, product excellence, and successful agile transformations.

Work

Bosch
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Senior Product/Application Owner

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Owns Apple and Google Mobile Stores for Bosch Power Tools, managing access, compliance, and automation for Azure DevOps, while developing features for Power Tools Cloud Tracker.

Highlights

Managed access, compliance, and automation for Bosch Power Tools' presence on Apple and Google Mobile Stores, leveraging Azure DevOps.

Streamlined operations by managing Datadog access and API/application keys, implementing automation solutions with Pulumi and Python.

Developed key features for the Power Tools Cloud Tracker using Outsystems, contributing to FinOps team objectives.

Toptal
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Agile PM Consultant

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Provides expert consulting to companies on agile practices, project management, and delivery.

Highlights

Provided strategic consulting to diverse companies, optimizing agile practices, project management, and delivery methodologies.

Everwise
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Mentor

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Mentors C-level and high-profile managers globally, guiding them through a 6-month goal achievement process.

Highlights

Mentored numerous C-level and high-profile managers globally, facilitating goal achievement through structured 6-month programs.

Agile Consulting Agilers
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Owner & Consultant

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Led Agile Consulting Agilers, providing expert consulting, coaching, training, and mentoring to improve organizational agility and product development.

Highlights

Improved organizational, leadership, process, and team performance for over 20 companies and 300+ professionals.

Delivered comprehensive consulting, coaching, training, and mentoring, significantly enhancing agile and product development capabilities.

Bosch
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Agile Coach

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Coached and trained over 200+ professionals and leaders to drive agile transformation and foster agile principles across Bosch.

Highlights

Coached over 200+ professionals as an OKR Coach, successfully fostering agile principles and mindsets across multiple teams.

Designed and delivered comprehensive Agile Academy and Agile Leadership programs, leading the agile community of practice.

Drove organizational agile transformation through targeted coaching, consulting, and training for diverse teams and leadership.

TMS
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Head Of Project Management

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Built a client portfolio and project pipeline from scratch, growing the team and supporting sales with technical expertise.

Highlights

Built a robust client portfolio and project pipeline from inception, scaling the team to over 30 developers, Project Managers, and QA specialists.

Cultivated strong client relationships and provided technical expertise, directly contributing to sales initiatives.

TMS
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Senior Agile Consultant

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Helped teams and organizations within TMS grow and improve product development using agile methods.

Highlights

Facilitated significant growth and improvement in product development across multiple teams and the organization through advanced agile methodologies.

HUBX
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COO

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Led company growth from 12 to 45+ people by designing and implementing business strategies and overseeing daily operations.

Highlights

Orchestrated company growth from 12 to over 45 employees, driving a 275% increase in team size through strategic business initiatives and procedural implementation.

Directed daily operations, established ambitious business growth goals, and implemented policies that significantly enhanced company culture.

HUBX
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Senior Agile Coach

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Coached, consulted, mentored, and taught teams and the organization in agile product development and delivery.

Highlights

Provided comprehensive coaching, consulting, mentoring, and training, significantly enhancing agile product development and delivery capabilities across the organization.

ConveyIQ
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Director of Engineering / Agile Project Manager

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Managed the technology organization to maximize velocity, deliver on the product roadmap, and consolidate development processes.

Highlights

Managed the technology organization, maximizing development velocity and consistently delivering on the product roadmap.

Consolidated disparate development processes, established robust agile practices, and successfully delivered a new generation of 'Live' product.

Trained and coached multiple engineering teams, embedding core agile principles and practices for improved performance.

TomTom
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Sr. Scrum Master / Release Manager

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Led the development of the Bandit action camera as Delivery Manager and Scrum Master in a SAFe environment, managing releases and coaching teams.

Highlights

Led the end-to-end development of the Bandit action camera as Delivery Manager and Scrum Master within a SAFe environment.

Coached multiple development teams, effectively managed product releases, and provided line management for over 10 direct reports.

SunGard
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Senior Software Engineer / Scrum Master

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Worked on an enterprise financial system, supported agile transition for Leo project teams, and developed custom Big Data and Error Handler modules.

Highlights

Contributed to a critical enterprise financial system and facilitated the agile transition for multiple Leo project teams.

Engineered and deployed custom Big Data and Error Handler modules, enhancing system robustness and data processing.

BeotelNet ISP d.o.o.
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Head of Software Department

Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Summary

Directed the software department, successfully introducing Agile and Scrum practices and establishing robust development infrastructure.

Highlights

Directed the software department, successfully introducing Agile and Scrum practices and establishing robust development infrastructure.

Coached development teams and management, leading to significant improvements in processes and overall system performance.

Education

NLP Institut
Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

NLP Trainer, NLP Business Coach, Certified NLP Master, Certified NLP Practitioner

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Applied Studies, Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Bachelor EE

Computer Science and Telecommunications

College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Applied Studies
Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Engineer of Electronics and Telecommunication

Agile Project Management

University of Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Undergraduate BSc

Electrotechnics

IV Beogradska Gimnazija
Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia

Mathematical-Programming Associate

Programming, Mathematics

Publications

May the Force Be with You
Five Scrum Short Stories
Scrummertime and the livin' is easy
Beware of the Evil "85% Done"

Languages

Serbian
English
German

Certificates

Certified Scrum Professional - SM
Certified Scrum Professional - PO
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Product Owner
ECA Business and Management Coach
Coaching Agile Teams
Certified NLP Trainer
Certified NLP Coach
Certified NLP Practitioner
Certified NLP Master
Oracle DB SQL Tuning
Oracle DB Administration II
Oracle DB Administration I
Java OOP and UML
Management 3.0 Foundation
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Issued By

Microsoft

Agile Coaching Certified Professional
Coaching Agile Transformation
Advanced Certified Scrum Developer
Enterprise Agile Coaching
Licensed Management 3.0 Facilitator
Certified Scrum Developer
Agile Leadership Specialization
Agile Leadership Capstone
Agile Organization
Developing an Agile Team
Agile Leader
Certified Less Practitioner
Certified Agile Leader I

Skills

Agile & Lean Methodologies

Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe.

Coaching

Agile Coaching, OKR Coaching.

Product Management
Project Management

SDLC.

Leadership & Strategy

Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership, Business Strategy.

Process Improvement
Change Management
DevOps & Cloud

FinOps, Azure DevOps, Datadog.

Programming & Platforms

Python, Pulumi, Outsystems, Java, SOA, Microservices.