Marko Mandic

• Consulting Lead for AI & Analytics, IoT and Blockchain for Germany. • Leading programs for AI strategy development and implementation projects for value creation. • Business development and value assessment of practical applications for emerging technologies with clients across industries. • Assessing the digital maturity of organizations. Providing strategy and recommendations on new technology adoption, capability building, and process optimization.

• Program Lead for conversational AI Digital Assistant strategy and implementation for an automotive OEM • Project Lead in customer support and social media analytics for German auto OEM digital services. Digital strategy development and implementation for business intelligence, analytics and automation (IPA/RPA) • Business development for internal initiatives driven by C-level • Developing use cases for digital strategy and practical AI applications in the automotive ecosystem across the value chain

• Managing portfolio of consulting projects and a team • Developing business strategies based on disruptive technologies • Applying Agile approach within daily operations for development teams in automotive environment. Using Google design sprint frameworks • Setting up corporate innovation hub processes and operations • Product owner for internal SaaS start up - innovation management tool for engineers

• Global manufacturing footprint change support for a major OEM (300 mil. USD impact). Data consolidation and strategic use of the data insights • Identification of critical program deliverables, creating contingency plans and development process shortcuts • “Red items” resolution and negotiation with tier 1 suppliers to support verification prototypes of passenger vehicles • Support in transition of global vehicle production and development from Europe to China

• PM support for multiple vehicle lines platform development. Definition and implementation of strategy to achieve financial requirements for major program approval milestones (supplier quotation coverage) • Conflict management of engineering and purchasing teams • OEM’s China joint venture sourcing support and data integration with European development team

Master thesis: "A Tool for Product Development Planning in the Automotive Industry". Management resources and budget allocation forecasting. Tool was created by using advanced analytics, data mining and forecasting methods based on both parametric estimating and artificial intelligence algorithms (neural networks). Tool creates reliable forecast in automotive product development thus eliminating individual influence and saving initial cost with budget allocation.

Student tutor from the field of structural integrity, FEM analysis and fracture mechanics. Conference organizer and point of contact for Department of Aeronautical engineering.

Assistant project manager in European union funded research and infrastructure project on Faculty of mechanical engineering and naval architecture in Zagreb. Project has been developed with one partner institution and 8 different associate institutions in Croatia. Project budget was over 500k€ and was allocated to two work streams: research and infrastructure on 8 locations throughout Croatia.

Team leader in an interdisciplinary and international student project with 12 different faculties from University of Zagreb. Project was part of 2 year long international competition "Solar Decathlon 2014", held in Paris, with over 20 Universities worldwide participating. SDE is olympics in sustainability and embodies all disciplines needed to execute a large scale project: cutting edge engineering, smart design and innovation, business knowledge and social awareness. http://www.solardecathlon2014.fr/en/

Design and automotive product development, Innovation management, Applied mechanics, FEM simulation and CAD design

Internal combustion engines, Applied mechanics, Automotive systems, Product development, CAD design