Milica Kostić

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Lead Software Architect at Zühlke Group

Belgrade, Serbia

Overview

Milica Kostić is a Lead Software Architect and People Lead at Zühlke Group, specializing in architecting safety-critical embedded software. With over eight years of experience, she focuses on using Rust in regulated industries like medical devices. She holds a Masters degree in Electronics from the University of Belgrade and is a certified Professional Scrum Master.

Outside of her technical work, Milica is passionate about fostering team growth and bringing agility to organizations. She is an active advocate for the Rust programming language, sharing her expertise at industry conferences and on podcasts to help build and expand the community within her company and the broader industry.

Milica was a featured guest on "The Agile Embedded Podcast, " where she discussed her journey of transitioning from C++ to Rust for developing embedded systems.

Personality Overview

Cautious & Analytical

Not Easily Convinced

Price-Sensitive

While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.  They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

Rust Programming
An advocate for Rust, she has spoken on podcasts and at conferences about its use and benefits in safety-critical embedded systems.
Safety-Critical Systems
Her core professional focus is architecting and developing reliable embedded software for regulated industries, including medical devices and home automation.
Agile Development
As a certified Scrum Master, she is passionate about implementing agile methodologies to improve team performance and organizational processes.

Media Appearances

Rust and Medical Device Development – Milica Kostic (Zühlke Group). Featured in YouTube

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Work History

1-2023
Lead Software Architect at Zühlke Group
5-2022
People Lead at Zühlke Group
7-2021 - 1-2023
Expert Embedded Software Engineer at Zühlke Group
12-2019 - 7-2021
Advanced Software Engineer at Zühlke Group
12-2018 - 12-2019
Professional Software Engineer at Zühlke Group

Education

2016 - 2018
Master of Science - MS from University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
2012 - 2016
Bachelor's degree from University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering

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Insights For Selling To Milica

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Milica is

  • Confidence that the product provides ROI, effective pricing and process adherence matter the most to them.

  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Milica

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Milica move?

  • They can move at a reasonable pace while making their decisions if they have the necessary information.

  • Can Milica take some risk or not?

  • They can take some risk if they are confident that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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