Summary
Matej Grozdanovic is a product-focused software leader and founder with 11 years of experience building user-centered SaaS and web products from concept to market. Currently Chief Product Officer at Civera, he blends hands-on frontend and backend engineering with UX, systems architecture, and go-to-market strategy to deliver scalable solutions for public sector transparency. His career spans roles in design, frontend development, and technical product management at companies like Appsembler, where he led Open edX theming and platform work, and as a founder of Modulos Furniture Systems and BytePanda. Matej’s design-first background and developer skillset let him prototype rapidly and bridge gaps between product, design and engineering with rare fluency. He also runs a bootstrapped furniture design startup that evolved from a hobby into an award-winning, self-sustaining business, demonstrating entrepreneurial grit and multidisciplinary creativity. Based in Croatia, he thrives in “figure it out” situations and prefers to lead by doing, guiding teams with clarity and empathy.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computing, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computing at Student at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia (FER)
High School, Mathematics, High School, Mathematics at Gimnazija Matija Mesić, Slavonski Brod
Croatian, English, German