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2019AmCham Column – Our Stories: Small steps in the big ICT world
Author: Nataša Lučić, project manager – Amplitudo
With the desire for success and progress, we begin to define ourselves and what we want to become – in the early stages. Taken into the account my father’s experience, as a successful diplomat, and also by listening myself and my character, who is daily dominantly searching for the place in this era of recognized young experts, I decided for the rare path, one with unknown directions, and to make my own road, with small, but significant steps.
I have finished Law and Economics and I have seen myself everywhere, but not in the digital world, which is today a synonym for work or business. However, Amplitudo opened for me the door of something completely new, unknown, but absolutely interesting, which I wasn’t expected in the ICT field. From the very beginning, they treated me as a equal, even though I had minimal experience.
I started to learn about projects, such as Mojedrvo.me. This remarkable application, besides that is created to be in line with the world mobile applications, is dedicated to socially responsible issues, with main goal to promote green zone in the local communities, with the active involvement of state companies, citizens and private sector in the green planning and use of modern information communication technologies. This mobile application, adapted for Android and iOS, with attractive visual solution, provides the opportunity to buy seedlings directly or to donate for it, monitoring of the basic environmental indicators, such as air quality as well as the effects of seedlings that user financially supported (in the form of statistical indicators). It is especially interesting that application provides a simple and illustrative geolocation insight into the existing state of green zone, as well as greening plans (greenhouse cadastre) in the specific geographic area (primarily related to municipalities / urban areas).
Something totally innovative, unique, which is at the same time trending, is call for action, ie. socially responsible work. This model reminds us how slightly it takes to do something that we think it is in the hands of ones more powerful to us, because, it is precisely in the community and vision the key to the so-called “unsolvable problems”.
As a “child from the Sea,” I always had the feeling that Coast has much more potential than we use. I opened folder “Smart Beaches”, which includes Smart Buoy, Smart Sunshade and SumMEr, which offer the possibility to select beaches, access to information such as water and air quality, electronic reservation, as well as electronic payment for use of beach equipment. You do not have to get up early to take the sunbed! Forgot your mobile charger? It’s not the problem, you have Smart Sunshade. And, an agreement with friends about who will keep an eye on the things, and who is swimming is no longer a nightmare, because with Smart Sunshades we have a special place for storing valuable things which opens with an electronic bracelet.
Everything that I wrote completely surprised me, as well as the fact that in Montenegro we have a company that is one of the leading digital innovators and which, besides the fact that main focus is on software development, implementation of ICT solutions, digital marketing and project management, hasn’t stopped there, instead, constantly works on the training programs for engineers and testers, on a daily basis. It also permanently seeks for new innovative solutions in order to support digital transformation process.
Each day presents a new idea, on which we work immediately. Perhaps the best example is the mobile application INDIGO, which integrates simply with the accounting software of the organization and allows easy and quick access to company’s key financial data. The application offers comparable graphical solutions and an alarm system that is in line with the critical financial parameters and important deadlines. I think that this alarm system is the most important factor in the categorization of this application, because due to numerous obligations and deadlines, we often overlook some important things, even decisive ones.
As I started working on the tender offer preparation, my favorite software, which saves time, my nerves and protects me against stress is “eTenders”, with iOS and Android mobile application, which represents a unique help in the preparation of the public tender process in Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Hercegovina. Sometimes it seemed like mission impossible. Today we do not have to be careful because the notificationa remind us if there is a change or clarification of the selected tender. In one place, we have the possibility to search all decisions of the state commissions, through the OCR method, as well as the alarm system for monitoring selected tenders, by fields and types.
The digital world is now my interest sphere, great passion, and I have a great desire to be more and more involved in everything which is digital, and at the same time to grow with each new Amplitudo project. With the team that surrounds me, experts from different areas and, above all, marvelous people, Amplitudo becomes my second home and I am convinced that we will be recognized internationally. Therefore, while Amplitudo and I make our way, you will be witnessing our growth and development, which is now certain more than ever.