Luka Abrus > curriculum vitae

LUKA ABRUS
curriculum vitae

2010. - date	Five Minutes Ltd CEO
2009. - 2010.	Microsoft Croatia Sales Solution Professional in Enterprise & Partner Group Created replicable solution offerings for large enterprise customers based on business productivity tools and application platform Engaged and supported partners on specific horizontal solutions Worked directly on accounts from various verticals, including public sector, finance, telco, manufacturing and retail Growing the Application Platform business, managing pipeline, orchestrated projects with partners and internal stakeholders Content owner and content team lead for WinDays 2009 conference, executive editor of special WinDays edition of magazine Mreža
2005. - 2009.	Microsoft Croatia Technology Specialist in Developer & Platform Group Driving implementation of Microsoft web technologies with major portals, local partners, web agencies, hosting companies, designers and web developers Establishing Microsoft development platform and team development tools at large enterprise customers Worked with independent software vendors with new technology adoption and implementation Content owner and content team lead for conferences WinDays 2006, 2007 and Security Days 2006, executive editor of special WinDays edition of magazine Mreža Supporting development of Microsoft Business Technology Center Highly rated speaker at local events
2003. - 2005.	Microsoft Croatia Developer Evangelist in Developer & Platform Group Focusing on breadth community, working on initiatives touching large number of developers Driving Commercial Software and Win the Web initiatives Helping independent software vendors with application certification and adopting .NET technology Developed, designed and authored Microsoft Croatia Developer Newsletter Member of WinDays conference 2004 and 2005 content team, executive editor of special WinDays edition of magazine Mreža
2001. - date	Mreža & Bug (Bug ltd.) IT journalist Recognized journalist in top Croatian IT magazines Focused on new technologies, industry trends and internet Wrote software reviews and technical articles Several monthly columns written as educational workshops - Dreamweaver (8 issues), Flash (7 issues), JavaScript (27 issues), XML (7 issues), Visual Studio Web Developer Express (10 issues) Author of three books (details in Achievements section) Executive editor of special WinDays edition of magazine Mreža, 6 editions 2004-2009 (details in Achievements section) More than 150 published articles
2002. - 2003.	Tko Zna Zna Web developer Developed collaboration web applications for large global organization Focused on enterprise features, manageability and scale Programming portals and custom web applications Mostly team work
2000. - 2002.	Corner.hr Software architect, web developer Designed architecture of large-scale portal with custom content management system and site management Web design and web development of various portal elements focusing on performance and usability Web site maintenance and optimization
2000. - 2001.	Planet Lead web developer Web portal development targeting wide audience Development of online services, including Croatian search engine, web directory and advertising platform Group lead in charge of web directory development
1998. - 2003.	Dizzy Internet Solutions Lead web developer, account manager Worked on 20+ projects in various roles, including account management, consulting, architecture design, web development and web design Created web sites from scratch, redesigned existing sites Worked with customers on conceiving their web presence Wide range of web sites, including online shops, web portals, business 2 business applications and simple web sites based on developed content management system Worked individually and as a part of a small team
1998.	Internet Monitor Web site developer, journalist Web site development and content owner of Internet Mouse Contributing journalist writing web site reviews and technology overview articles First paid job! :)