I transform creativity and data into kick-ass products & launch strategies.
As a product manager,
I’ll make it happen!
Ambitious companies hire me as a product manager to start or evolve their products or services, consult their teams and ensure sustainable growth.
Product Manager Launch Director employee branding Creative Director Public Speaker Coach/consultant
Who am I…
I’m André, and I do the whole shebang, from idea to prototype, from design to strategy, from concept to launch… I will construct your perfect product or service and launch it to your desired audience, alone or together with your team.
My superpowers are divergent and strategic thinking to transform challenges into bold opportunities to kick-start or unstuck your project while breaking the magic down into achievable steps.
- I co-founded and build Techwo in 2006 (now called Bluebird Day 4x in a row the #1 e-commerce agency in the Netherlands), so I understand the struggles and the choices you have to make.
- I decided in 2016 to explore the world to become familiar with other beliefs and cultures to diversify my management and leadership skills.
- In the past years, I’ve worked as a consultant for companies all around the world like Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Singapore, the USA, Germany, Slovenia and now Serbia from all kinds of industries and every size or business model. This practical knowledge and experience make me a valuable asset for every type of business remote, hybrid, and in-office.
… and why I’m the right product manager for the job
- My diverse range of experience and expertise allows me to offer a 360 approach: Project initiation, Requirements analysis, Focus on planning, Prototyping and Design, Development and Testing with Scrum, Launching, Client onboarding, and Growth strategy.
- My main experience and passions are: e-learning, e-commerce (B2C and B2B), Fintec, and well-being solutions.
- By now, I’ve worked with 50+ survey, designing, road mapping, tracking and analysis tools (like Intercom, HotJar, Atlassian, JIRA, Zoho, Asana, Adobe Suite, Google Analytics, Google Tag-manager, Firebase, Zapier and much more), and I try to be always up-to-date with the latest techniques, trends and insights.
After achieving success in the corporate world, I took serious time to invest in my well-being and personal development. This journey guided me toward crazy things like; 10-days water fasting, 30 days of Muay Thai boxing camp, 14-days in silence with monks, using scrum to invent a new menu in the Balinese kitchen, giving lectures and talks in co-working spaces around the world, hosting brainstorms on the Gili islands, living the nomadic lifestyle, volunteering in a mindful recovery community in Thailand, and running together with my wife well-being programs for the youth in Serbia. All this led me to develop an open and beginners-mind, actual stories to improve my storytelling skills, and served me the opportunity and experience of working with diverse people.
How I work
as Product Manager
Meet Steve Hickman
Clinical psychologist and the Executive Director of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (CMSC).
CSMC is a nonprofit organization devoted to making a more compassionate and self-compassionate world. The focus of CMSC has been sharing an eight-week program called Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC – developed by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff), providing the program to teachers from all over the world and supporting those teachers in offering it to thousands of other people. But together we created and launched something new…
Amazing organizations I worked with:
When COVID knocked our seminar down, André came to our rescue and helped us launch so COVID couldn’t stop us! He took care of the launch strategy, identity, and technical support in collaboration with Mindfulness Corner, FamilyLab Serbia and FamilyLab Norway, funded by the FamilyLab Association.
Ivana Muškinja Founder FamilyLab Serbia
André is very creative. His brain forms strategic solutions for people and companies. A man with a story, a man with a vision. Partly because of André, I am the entrepreneur where I am now. He works from his heart and that touches me, which is why we are buddies too. Would I recommend this man? YES YES YES
Sven Roumen Founder Concept God
André is absolutely amazing! He created a platform and system that absolutely WOWed our team. We just don’t want too many people to find out how great he is because we don’t want to share him!
Steven Hickman, Psy.D. Executive Director at Center For MSC
I am happy to write this recommendation. I know André as a specialist in everything related to “growth”. A creative entrepreneur pur sang. His open and critical attitude makes him a sincere advisor and a strong sparring partner. When everyone gets stuck, it is André who always comes up with a creative solution. A consultation with André is guaranteed to bring you new insights.
Evert van den Berg Founder Suit Up Fashion
Andre is a special person. He has the guts to make decisions that few people dare to make. This means that he has found the way to ultimate wisdom, happiness and success, or Quality of LIFE (the plural of COURAGE). Being happy is not a destination, but enjoying the journey. He has understood that message like no other. He is now making the most beautiful journey of his life and I enjoy it again. An inspiration for many to realize that you make decisions every minute of the day. Do you have the COURAGE to choose your own quality of life? If not, I advise you to let Andre enrich you.
Sven Rickli Founder Nolost
Cool Awards & Nominations
#2 in the Scaling-up your startup competition
Finalist in the Seedstars competition in Serbia
Finalist in Social Impact Award Competition
André blew us away!
“The whole idea of a platform has new meaning in this case…”
Meet Dr. Chris Germer
Clinical psychologist and co-creator of the Mindful Self-Compassion program.
The platform that André created for our online training is astonishing. Who knew that soft objectives such as personal and professional development, connection, and community could have such an accessible, integrated, user-friendly technical backbone. André has the technical chops and artistic sensibility to make your online vision come to life. Amazing, really.