Vedran Stipetić - Machine Learning Engineer

Q: Where is Vedran based?

Vedran is based in Zagreb, Croatia and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Vedran speak?

Vedran speaks the following languages: Croatian (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Vedran have?

Vedran has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Vedran has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 4 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months . Note that Vedran may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Vedran's latest experience?

Vedran's most recent position is Founder at MaineFrame Labs .

Q: What companies has Vedran worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Vedran has worked for MaineFrame Labs , Tripadvisor , Visage Technologies , and University of Zagreb .

Q: Which industries is Vedran most experienced in?

Vedran is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Education , and Tourism . Vedran also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense and Space Exploration .

Q: Which business areas is Vedran most experienced in?

Vedran is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development , Product Development , and Information Technology .

Q: Which industries has Vedran worked in recently?

Vedran has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Education , and Tourism .

Q: Which business areas has Vedran worked in recently?

Vedran has recently worked in business areas like Research and Development , Product Development , and Information Technology .

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Zagreb, Croatia

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Experience

May 2025 - Present

1 year 3 months

Founder

MaineFrame Labs

ML lead, owning architecture, development, and deployment end-to-end.
Developed end-to-end ML pipeline for water quality monitoring from multispectral satellite imagery, from data ingestion to deployed inference.
Built naval vessel detection and classification system on multispectral satellite data, enabling automated maritime surveillance.

Aug 2024 - Jun 2026

1 year 11 months

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Tripadvisor

Engineered and deployed a photo ranking service that selects primary images from a corpus of 300M+ images, optimizing for clickthrough rate across hotels, restaurants, and attractions.
Developed an image quality pipeline including rotation correction and near-duplicate detection to ensure visual diversity across listings.
Built image-text matching models for visual search and contributed to multimodal AI systems for image tagging.

Apr 2023 - Aug 2024

1 year 5 months

R&D Engineer

Visage Technologies

Built real-time vehicle detection and tracking models optimized for edge deployment.
Implemented Active Learning pipeline using Monte Carlo dropout and normalizing flow density estimation, improving data selection efficiency and model uncertainty quantification.
Led company-wide ML competence group, establishing training curriculum for 20+ engineers.

Apr 2019 - Apr 2023

4 years 1 month

Zagreb, Croatia

Researcher / Teaching Assistant

University of Zagreb

Created state-of-the-art methods for single image dehazing and single image rain removal based on mathematical modeling and unsupervised learning.
Focused on adapting non-smooth metrics for image degradation to be usable in deep learning, with special attention on reference-free metrics and adapting them for unsupervised learning.
Authored one journal paper and four conference papers on various topics in the field of image restoration.
Cooperated with an international team of researchers on a paper about high dynamic range image visualization.
Taught Mathematical Analysis 1 and 2 at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing.
Taught Mathematics at Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Education, Tourism, Aerospace and Defense, and Space Exploration.

Information Technology

Education

Tourism

Aerospace and Defense

Space Exploration

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Research and Development, Product Development, and Information Technology.

Research and Development

Product Development

Information Technology

Summary

Independent Machine Learning Consultant (Maine- Frame Labs).

I build custom, large-scale production ML systems spanning multimodal AI, data-centric pipelines, and edge-deployed perception.

Experience includes building visual search and image quality systems at 300M+ image scale (Tripad- visor), alongside published research in image restoration.

Skills

Languages: Python, C, C++, Matlab
Technologies: Pytorch, Tensorflow, Pandas, Git, Aws
Ai/Ml: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Multi- Modal Ai, Llms, Generative Ai

Languages

Croatian

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Apr 2019 - Jan 2023

University of Zagreb

PhD in Computer Vision · Computer Vision · Zagreb, Croatia

Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

Technical University of Denmark

MSc in Mathematical Modeling and Computation · Mathematical Modeling and Computation · Lyngby, Denmark

Sep 2013 - Jul 2016

University of Zagreb

Bachelor of Mathematics · Mathematics · Zagreb, Croatia

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 4

Experience in Information Technology 5.5 y

Avg length 2 y 1 m

Longest experience 4 y

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Croatia)

Primary country Croatia

Expertise

Recent roles Founder, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, R&D Engineer

Main industries Information Technology, Education, Tourism

Main business areas Research and Development, Product Development, Information Technology

Qualifications

Highest degree Doctorate

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Created

June 2026

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Where is Vedran based?

Vedran is based in Zagreb, Croatia and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Vedran speak?

Vedran speaks the following languages: Croatian (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Vedran have?

Vedran has at least 7 years of experience. During this time, Vedran has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months. Note that Vedran may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Vedran be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Vedran would be well-suited for roles such as: Founder, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, R&D Engineer.

What is Vedran's latest experience?

Vedran's most recent position is Founder at MaineFrame Labs.

What companies has Vedran worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Vedran has worked for MaineFrame Labs, Tripadvisor, Visage Technologies, and University of Zagreb.

Which industries is Vedran most experienced in?

Vedran is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Education, and Tourism. Vedran also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense and Space Exploration.

Which business areas is Vedran most experienced in?

Vedran is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development, Product Development, and Information Technology.

Which industries has Vedran worked in recently?

Vedran has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Education, and Tourism.

Which business areas has Vedran worked in recently?

Vedran has recently worked in business areas like Research and Development, Product Development, and Information Technology.

What is Vedran's education?

Vedran holds a Doctorate in Computer Vision from University of Zagreb, a Master in Mathematical Modeling and Computation from Technical University of Denmark and a Bachelor in Mathematics from University of Zagreb.

What is the availability of Vedran?

Vedran is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Vedran?

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