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Vladimir Ergovic

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Vladimir Ergovic
Aurachtal, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
1 year

Technical Project Manager / Freelancer

Deutsche Bank

  • Engaged within the Information and Security Management division for a Proof of Concept (PoC) project focused on developing a Client Security Portal.
  • Managed project resources across the UK, India, and Germany.
  • Architected and deployed the PoC solution leveraging a modern Java stack, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with Kubernetes, and Active Directory (Entra ID) for authentication.
  • Implemented OAuth 2.0 for authorization.
  • Ensured DORA alignment according to Deutsche Bank security rules and regulatory preparation.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2024
3 years
The Hague, Netherlands

Enterprise Architect

EUROPOL

  • Drove strategic business process re-engineering and enterprise architecture (TOGAF), developing organizational information models and architected procedures using MEGA Hopex.
  • Managed data stewardship, ETL processes, application migration documentation, and IT-organization alignment.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
1 year
Germany

Associate Partner (CIO Advisory & Application Modernization)

DXC Technology

  • Provided CIO advisory and led application modernization initiatives in the automotive and logistics sectors.
  • Led RFI/RFP processes and PoCs (e.g., Ansible/OpenShift), and managed application migrations such as Audi’s AWS migration integrating Java, MuleSoft, SAP, SFCC, and commercetools, supervising remote teams in India and the Philippines.
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
2 years
Germany

Senior Technology Architect Manager (Business Consulting Services)

Infosys

  • Provided architectural leadership and management consulting for clients including Adidas and VW.
  • Led solution design for IT transformation projects such as Commercetools/AWS/OpenShift e-commerce architecture and a DWH PoC.
  • Directly supervised two delivery teams in India.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
2 years
Germany

Technical Project Manager & Lead Architect

Deutsche Bank

  • Led complex mainframe (z/OS) to cloud (OpenShift/GCP/AWS) migration projects, driving IT modernization and DevOps adoption.
  • Defined solution architecture and managed geographically distributed technical teams in the US, India, Belgium, and Germany for migrating a tax processing application and EZB batch processing jobs from DB2 on mainframe to Oracle DWH in the cloud.
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
1 year

RFP Lead

Medtronic Switzerland

  • Acted as Technical Lead and Principal Consultant, coordinating international teams in the US, India, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, and Croatia for an RFP response for a next-generation telemedicine system.
  • Focused on Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and integration with medical devices following Continua Alliance standards.
  • Integrated call center operations.
  • Applied the Client Consulting Method.
Jan 2015 - Present
11 years 1 month
Croatia

CEO and Consultant

TERG / TERGPAL Connect

  • Providing Enterprise Architecture, CIO Advisory, IT Strategy, and transformation services (e.g., Cloud Migration, Process Optimization, AI agent projects, Mainframe PoCs). E.g. Soonami InfraTrix, UBS, Barkleys, Canton of Zürich tax authority.
  • Led contract projects (e.g., Deutsche Bank – IAM and Client Security Portal PoC on Java/GCP; Croatia Airlines - Cloud/Portal/IAM strategy & implementation)
Jan 2006 - Dec 2015
10 years

CTO / Executive Architect Leader (CEE/SEE/CEEMEA)

IBM

  • Led strategic IT transformation programs, enterprise architecture, IT strategy consulting, and technical sales/delivery across financial services, public sector, telco, and healthcare in 90+ countries, managing large international teams up to 200+.
  • Built industry IT architect and program management communities across the region, fostering certification and professional development.
  • Served as technical/project lead for transformations at Mobitel (Slovenia), Telenor (Serbia), Vodafone (Romania), MTN (South Africa), and KPN (Netherlands), including SAP integration for finance ministries and healthcare providers/payers.
  • Led solution architecture and implementation for FAMS (Fraud and Abuse Management System) across several CEE countries for ministries of finance and health insurance funds.
  • Designed healthcare insurance systems for Slovenian Health Insurance (ZZZS, 2010) leveraging Java, DB2, MQ, DataPower, and sysplex.
  • Led mainframe modernization architecture for PKO BP (Poland, 2009) using Java, PL/I, DB2, HATS, IBM Message Broker, and Parallel Sysplex.
Jan 2004 - Dec 2006
3 years
Croatia

CTO and board member

RESTART

  • Grew the company from 5 to 35 employees.
  • Created new products and departments.
  • Led all operations excluding P&L and accounting.
Jan 2003 - Dec 2004
2 years
Croatia

Senior Software Engineer Specialist / Pre-Sales

COMBIS

  • Led Cisco IPCC call center implementation and mainframe integration for UniCredit, demonstrating complex system integration and process understanding.

Summary

Highly accomplished IT Leader & Chief Architect (The Open Group Distinguished) with 20+ years driving IT transformation, IT strategy, and complex project delivery across diverse industries (Financial Sector Services, Public Sector, Telco, Healthcare). Proven expertise in CIO advisory, enterprise architecture (TOGAF), digital process management, cloud migration (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift), and application/mainframe modernization. Experienced leading large, international, interdisciplinary teams (200+) and providing C-level consulting. Strong analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Skills

  • Consulting & Strategy: Cio Advisory, It Transformation, It Strategy Development & Implementation, Digital Process Management, It Performance Management, Enterprise Architecture (Togaf), Business Process Re-engineering.
  • Project & Program Leadership: Agile (Scrum, Safe), Itil, Project Management (Pmi-aligned), Team Leadership (International, Multi-functional), Workshop Facilitation, Stakeholder Management.
  • Technical Expertise: Cloud Platforms (Aws, Azure, Gcp, Openshift), Devops (Iac, Ci/cd), Mainframe Modernization (Cobol, Cics, Db2 -> Cloud), Java/jee, Python, Microservices, Soa, Data Architecture, Ibm Stack, Security Architecture.
  • Industry Knowledge: Banking & Financial Services, Public Sector & Government, Telecommunications, Healthcare & Pharma, Automotive, Logistics, Retail, Insurance.

Languages

Croatian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Intermediate
Italian
Intermediate
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER)

MSc · Electronics · Zagreb, Croatia

Warwick Business School (WBS)

MBA · Business Administration · Warwick, United Kingdom

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER)

Dipl. Ing, Computer Science · Computer Science · Zagreb, Croatia

Certifications & licenses

IBM Accredited IT Architect

IBM Associate Project Manager (PMI-aligned)

IBM Certified IT Architect

IBM Senior Certified Executive Architect – Integration

The Open Group Distinguished Architect - Chief/Lead

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