Vladimir Mandic is an executive technologist and hands-on engineer with 20 years of experience modernizing enterprise software, cloud and data protection platforms and driving product-led digital transformation. He has led global architecture and CTO functions at Dell EMC, overseeing large engineering organizations and turning legacy backup products into cloud-first, revenue-generating solutions. Now self-employed, he advises startups and VCs while continuing low-level, production-focused open source contributions to ML and computer-vision projects (notably tensor and face/pose work in human and TensorFlow.js integrations). Known for marrying strategic technology vision with pragmatic execution, he often acts as the “organization of last resort” on complex technical programs. Outside work he’s an avid photographer, car enthusiast and travel junkie, a background that surfaces in his meticulous attention to detail and product-oriented sensibility.
6 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, Economics at Sveučilište u Rijeci / University of Rijeka
Contributions:20 releases, 7 reviews, 3793 commits in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Vladimir primarily focused on modifying and refining the core code within the "human" repository. Their commits indicate a strong focus on low-level implementation and manipulation of core data structures or algorithms. The work involved refactoring face recognition classes and manipulating internal tensors in the codebase.
FaceAPI: AI-powered Face Detection & Rotation Tracking, Face Description & Recognition, Age & Gender & Emotion Prediction for Browser and NodeJS using TensorFlow/JS
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:10 releases, 8 reviews, 321 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Vladimir's commits focused on updating the face-api library to use a new version of TensorFlow.js (2.6.0), indicating a focus on maintaining and upgrading the core AI/ML framework used by the project. These changes required code modifications in multiple files to maintain functionality and compatibility. Further commits involved documentation and example updates to the gitpages examples, and adjustments related to build process improvements, indicating a role in both core library development and project maintenance.
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