Dragan

Obrenovic

ICT Expert

BRIEF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Dragan Obrenovic, ICT Expert and Executive Director at 4DC

Dragan Obrenović is an ICT Expert with over 12 years of experience in information technology, specificaly in justice sector ICT. His expertise includes ICT analysis, assessment of current state of ICT in the judiciary including infrastructure, hardware, applications and functionality, providing recommendations for improvements to the ICT infrastructure and ICT components and functionality, formulating strategic directions and alternatives on development of justice sector ICT, formulating architectural vision and architecture-related strategic actions, managing hardware and software procurements etc.

He has worked on several significant projects with tangible and still functioning outcomes such as the development and implementation of AVP case management system in Serbian commercial courts (USAID CCASA project), development and implementation of the Electronic Reporting System (ERS) for bankruptcy administration and the Risk-Based Management System (RBMS) for detecting questionable activities in bankruptcy proceedings (USAID BES project).

Also, Dragan has participated in the development of several strategic ICT documents related to the judiciary, such as the ICT Strategy and Implementation Roadmap for the Justice Sector in Serbia (World bank) and the Functional Review of the Serbian Justice System (World Bank).

Areas of expertise:

Information Technology Expert
Procurement Expert
Judicial sector IT specialist
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Basic information

Personal Details

Date of birth: February 7th 1973

Civil Status: Married

Education: Dipl.Ing.E.E. (M.Sc.E.E.),

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MAY 2013 - PRESENT

IT Specialist

East-West Management Institute

(USAID-funded Separation of Powers Program - SPP)

Short-Term Consultancy services:

Examining the database schema and available data fields in the High Court Council’s Court Profile and Status of Funds modules of the BPMIS system
Producing caseload and financial reports from available data;
Verifying and optimizing the reports for analysis of findings and conclusions;
Presenting the reports and relevant findings to the SPP management;
Managing hardware and software procurements;
Providing technical expertise for the e-filing pilot project in selected courts
Coordinating implementation of the High Court Council (HCC) new website
Coordinating implementation of the Supreme Court of Cassation new website
Coordinating implementation of the new HR management system for the HCC

APRIL 2014 - PRESENT

IT Consultant

International Management Group (IMG),
Norwegian Government funded program “Improving the Delivery of Justice in Serbia”

Short-Term consultancy services to improve HJC ICT infrastructure/environment:

Assessment of the current ICT situation at HJC, including infrastructure, hardware, applications and functionality;
Suggesting applicable hardware and software additions, as well as organizational and other ICT-related improvements which can jointly contribute to increasing the efficiency of the HJC’s functions
Providing recommendations for improvements to the ICT infrastructure and ICT components and functionality, based on the current situation within the HJC in order to enable the Council to effectively realize its work and goals;
Writing functional and performance specification for the development of the future complaints management system within HJC in Serbia, based on the Final Report from the Complaints Process Working Group, approved by the HJC.

DECEMBER 2013 - JUNE 2014

Caseload Data Collection Consultant

World Bank (MDTF – JSS)
Functional Review of the Serbian Justice System

Short-Term Consultancy services:

Judicial caseload data collection;
Storing, organizing and analyzing caseload data;
Identifying missing data and making suggestions for how such data may be generated or collected in future;
Preparing tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results;
Participate in workshops/retreats/

JUNE 2013 - NOVEMBER 2013

IT Consultant

International Management Group (IMG)
Norwegian Government funded program “Improving the Delivery of Justice in Serbia”

Short-Term Consultancy Services:

Developing Final Report of the High Court Council’s Complaints Process Working Group (CPWG), presenting the work of the CPWG, outlining results, recommendations,
Perform the collection of data, desk studies, interviews, and other activities and use as references for the Final report.
Document lessons learned from the international study visits;
Produce diagrams of the “as is” and “to be” business processes and an outline of gaps between the two;
Develop specific requirements regarding the proposed improved process (jurisdiction, human resources, facilities, software, etc.);
Provide the list of laws and their particular parts that are to be changed in order to support the suggested improvements of the process.

FEBRUARY 2013 - MAY 2013

Judicial IT Specialist

AAM Management Consulting

Consultancy Services to Develop an ICT Strategy and Implementation Roadmap for the Justice Sector in Serbia:

Business process & ICT analysis;
Processing & documenting existing ICT architecture
Formulating strategic directions and alternatives
Formulating architectural vision and architecture-related strategic actions;
Facilitating workshops and roundtables with the key decision makers

SEPTEMBER 2011 - AUGUST 2012

IT Manager

National Center for State Courts
(USAID-funded Judicial Reform and Government Accountability Project – JRGA)

Managing software development projects and hardware procurements.
Establishing and maintaining business relationships with key counterparts and decision makers
Business analysis of the misdemeanor courts and identifying opportunities for automation;
Defining functional and technical specification for the Misdemeanor Courts Case Management System (CMS);
Assessing the existing ICT infrastructure in the misdemeanor courts in Serbia and identifying short-term and strategic needs of individual courts;
Developing computerization plans for the primary counterparts.

JULY 2010 - JULY 2011

IT Specialist

East-West Management Institute (USAID-funded Separation of Powers Program - SPP)

ICT assessment of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, Treasury and National Assembly
Business analysis of the budget planning, budget executing, budget reporting, financial accounting and human resource management processes at the Ministry of Justice and courts
Defining functional requirements of the budget planning and management information system and Human-Resource management system for the High Court Council and the National Assembly
Defining functional and design requirements for the website of the National Assembly of Serbia
Managing hardware procurements
Managing implementation of software development projects:
a. Budget Planning and Management Information System (BPMIS) for the National Assembly of Serbia and the High Court Council
b. HR Management systems for the National Assembly
c. New website of the National Assembly (www.parlament.rs)

JULY 2006 - AUGUST 2010

Senior IT Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton

(USAID-funded Commercial Court Administration Strengthening Activity - CCASA and Bankruptcy and Enformcement Strengthening Project - BES)

Managing software implementation projects:
a) Electronic Reporting System (ERS) for bankruptcy administration
b) Risk-Based Management System (RBMS) for detecting questionable activities in bankruptcy proceedings
c) Central information portal for all bankruptcy cases in Serbia
Identifying potential problems and risks in the IT work-stream
Producing high-level design specifications for development.
Managing procurements of computer hardware and IT services;
Developing and implementing a computerization plan for the primary counterparts (Privatization Agency, Bankruptcy Supervision Agency);
Managing end-user trainings and user-manual developments;

EDUCATION

Studies

1992 - 2003

Dipl.Ing.E.E. (M.Sc.E.E.)

Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Belgrade)

Department for Computer Engineering

2012- PRESENT

PMI - Project Management Professional

Project Management Institute

PMP license: 1556685

PROFESSIONAL skills

I'm Good At...

Software Development and Integration

Business Process Analysis

Project Management

Strategic Planning

Procurement

Management

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