Portrait of Nikola Minić

Engineering · Delivery · Product

Nikola Minić

Director of Engineering & Delivery · Principal Product Manager at HTEC Group

Engineering, delivery, and product leader with 20 years of experience across enterprise software delivery, product transformation, and client-facing technology programs in HCM, fintech, digital platforms, ERP, AI, and data-driven systems.

Working for
20
years in the industry
Leading
100+
engineers across teams
Delivered
250+
projects
01 · Profile

Two decades building software, teams & products

20 years in enterprise software and startups, most of them spent turning engineering capacity into products that ship. Today that means leading the HCM business unit at HTEC Group: 100+ engineers across multiple teams, 12 clients, and accountability for delivery governance, capacity, and commercial outcomes.

The path here ran through fintech and alternative investments, energy, ERP, and digital platforms, from both sides of the table: scaling delivery inside established engineering organizations, and founding startups from zero, several of them carried through to a successful exit.

Engineering Leadership Delivery Governance Product Strategy Startups & Scale-ups Account Management Agile Transformation AI & Data
02 · Experience

Key professional experience

Director of Engineering & Delivery · Principal Product Manager

Sep 2021 – Present

HTEC Group · Belgrade, Serbia

Leading the HCM business unit: 100+ engineers across multiple teams, 12 clients, and 20+ delivered projects. Accountable for account health, capacity planning, and delivery governance across the unit, and working with sales on account growth and new propositions.

Since November 2025, also Principal Product Manager at HTEC Momentum (London, remote): leading discovery, product strategy, and roadmap definition for a mainframe modernization program at one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, and tying product decisions to the wider platform roadmap by moving core journeys behind APIs and consolidating the data behind them.

Delivery Director

May 2021 – May 2023

DigitalSilk · Miami, USA (remote, contract)

Owned a portfolio focused on digital strategy, marketing, and web development. Ran the business analysis behind the growth plan and led the scale-up that followed. Improved project management and QA processes, and worked with the leadership team on the reorganization into dedicated teams and the shift from waterfall to agile delivery.

Product Owner

Dec 2019 – Jun 2021

eFront / BlackRock · Belgrade, Serbia

Scoped and developed financial software for alternative investments, mobile applications, and a multi-tenant API platform. Led the product backlog, prioritized features, and coordinated the corporate integration process after the BlackRock acquisition. Introduced the release and acceptance practices the product teams worked to.

Delivery Manager

Dec 2018 – Nov 2019

Levi9 · Novi Sad, Serbia

Managed delivery across functional and DevOps teams for the information systems and customer portal of the largest energy supplier in the Netherlands. Led definition and implementation of new features and internal processes, took part in innovation initiatives including hackathons and AI-driven projects, and shaped the Kubernetes migration strategy with the DevOps teams.

Founder & General Manager

Nov 2010 – Nov 2019

Corponest · Belgrade, Serbia

Founded Corponest, a marketing services and corporate networking agency, introducing a new business model to the Serbian market. Led the technical infrastructure, signed contracts with 120+ companies in the first ten months, and managed the design and implementation of corporate software, websites, and Android apps, with a strong focus on account and project management.

Executive Production Manager

Apr 2008 – Oct 2010

IQ Studios+ · San Francisco, USA

Managed a team of 30+ professionals across web advertising projects, combining project management, HR, and team leadership. Structured internal processes and methodologies, and led new business development and market research as the studio expanded into US and European accounts, delivering over 100 projects.

03 · Key Projects

Selected projects & engagements

Internal ERP System

Modular ERP covering finance, HR, project and document management, plus an AI-based data-mining module. Built with agile delivery, mostly Kanban.

Product sold

RunTrace

Designed and built a race timing and results platform for endurance events. Still running today, and the source of the race data further down this page.

Product sold

EcoPrinter

Led project and product management for a variable-data printing system.

Product sold

BSC Software

Managed MS Dynamics NAV 2009/2013 customization and implementation using SureStep for 15+ clients across public sector, automotive, industrial distribution, utilities, and the non-profit sector.

15+ clients

Euroconsultants

Key consultant on the EBRD and Fraunhofer Institute project “Mapping the Serbian Knowledge Economy.” Led “Further Support for Implementation of DIS” for Serbian ministry departments.

EBRD · Fraunhofer
04 · Education

Academic background

2007

MBA – Financial Management & Investment Banking

Lincoln University · Oakland, USA

Graduated with academic honors. Master thesis: “Credit Scoring System based on Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Neural Networks.” Passed differential exams for “Strategic Management.”

2006

BSc – Computer Science

University of Sheffield · Sheffield, UK

Graduated with academic honors, including outstanding results in Software Engineering and Neural Networks.

2002

Mathematical Gymnasium

Belgrade, Serbia

05 · Skills

Capabilities & toolbox

Leadership & Delivery

Engineering LeadershipDelivery GovernanceStakeholder ManagementPortfolio ManagementCapacity PlanningAgile TransformationStartup ScalingAccount GrowthBudget ManagementRisk Management

Product & Strategy

Product StrategyGo to MarketRoadmap PlanningProduct Lifecycle0 to 1 ProductsMarket ResearchSystem AnalysisUser-Centered Design

Applied Mathematics & AI

Generative AIClaude CodeNeural NetworksStatisticsProbabilityFuzzy LogicCryptographyCombinatoricsGraph Theory

Engineering & Cloud

C#JavaPythonSQLKubernetesDockerAWSAzureDatabricks

ERP & Enterprise Systems

SAPSAP Generative AIWorkdayDynamics 365 Business CentralDynamics NAV

Everyday Stack & Tools

ExcelProjectVisioPower BIPower AutomateSharePointTeamsFigmaMiroJiraConfluence
06 · Beyond Work

Interests, achievements & more

Publications & Selected Conferences

Two book chapters, “Cytochemical and Apoptotic Markers of Tissue Remodelling,” in Cell Apoptosis Research Advances and Frontiers in Cell Apoptosis Research (Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2007), plus a decade of international conference presentations bridging AI, medicine, and sport.

  • Advanced use of information systems in sport · Youth Forum “Vlasina,” 2015
  • Young scientist award NeuroStation, AI and pattern recognition for NSCLC prediction · ERS 21st Congress, Amsterdam, 2011
  • Silver sponsorship Screening tool for lung cancer · ERS 19th Congress, Vienna, 2009
  • Advanced Learning Mechanism in Sport Games based on Pattern Recognition · JISA 14th Congress, 2009
  • Gold sponsorship Screening tool for lung cancer based on feed-forward neural network · ERS 18th Congress, Berlin, 2008
  • Credit Scoring System based on Fuzzy Logic and ANNs · JISA 13th Congress, Herceg Novi, 2008
  • Gold sponsorship Information System for Credit Analysis based on Fuzzy Logic and ANNs · Banking Fair, Belgrade, 2007
  • Silver sponsorship AI in pattern recognition of BAL apoptotic parameters · ERS 17th Congress, Stockholm, 2007

Certificates & Memberships

  • SAP Generative AI Developer, 2026
  • Claude Certified Architect – Foundations, 2026
  • Professional Scrum Master I (Scrum.org), 2019
  • 2011 Standard Sales Assessment – ERP, 2014
  • Managing Microsoft Dynamics Implementations, 2014
  • MS Dynamics NAV 2013 C/Side Development, 2014
  • European Respiratory Society (ERS) – since 2007
  • IEEE – since 2006

Achievements & Interests

  • Teaching associate at Singidunum, Megatrend, and Union Universities (2008 – 2021)
  • Extensive domain experience in sports betting, with leading operators in Serbia and the region (2007 – 2013)
  • Endurance running across two decades, from road races to 100+ km ultramarathons, plus an Ironman 70.3 (Sankt Pölten, 2010). Full record below.
  • 5 team and 12 individual recognitions in basketball business leagues since 2014
  • Mountain Running World Cup participant – Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc 2014, qualifier for 2015 and 2019

Race record

syncing…
races
    over 100 km total km