Summary
Dino Kečo is a Director of Artificial Intelligence and experienced software engineering leader with 11 years in industry, currently shaping AI strategy at BIOptimizers while serving as Associate Professor and Head of IT at International Burch University. He blends hands-on big data and machine learning expertise with senior technology leadership, having held CTO and chief development roles across startups and product teams. Dino has a strong academic foundation—M.Sc. and B.Sc. with top marks and ongoing PhD work—and a long teaching record across core CS subjects from algorithms to ML. He is passionate about education and open source, frequently translating research and classroom material into practical engineering outcomes. Notably, his early big data consulting built health search capabilities using Nutch, Hadoop and Solr, demonstrating an ability to bridge research, open technologies and production systems. Based in Sarajevo, he combines institutional leadership with day-to-day technical delivery and mentoring.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science & IT, 10, PhD, Computer Science & IT, 10 at International BURCH University
M.Sc., Computer science & IT, 9.44, M.Sc., Computer science & IT, 9.44 at University of Sarajevo