Vladimir Dimitrijevic was born in Kragujevac, Serbia. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science and a minor in Physics at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, USA, in 1992; the Master of Science in Mathematics at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, USA, in 1994; and the Master of Arts degree in Computer Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA, in 1995. He is a ISTQB Certified Software Tester by the Swiss Association for Quality.
He assumed a series of contractual positions for a number of financial institutions and IT firms in the U.S., Canada and Switzerland, in a capacity of an associate director, line manager, test and team leader, senior QA analyst, professional services consultant, senior programmer / analyst, and scientific researcher. Some of the clients include the Ohio Supercomputer Center, Petnica Scientific Research Center, Keane Inc., Manulife Financial, American Family Insurance, Compuware Corporation, Zurich Insurance, Credit Suisse First Boston, and the Zurich stock exchange. Research interests include various topics in fuzzy sets and categories, iterative matrix analysis, finite elements methodology applied to physics, visualization, parallel computing, symbolic computing, computational complexity of algorithms, membership problems, models of computation, polynomial representations, optics, thermodynamics and electromagnetics.
Vladimir is a recipient of corporate teamwork recognition awards, and the 1st prize award at the Mathematical Association of America / Canadian Mathematical Society Annual Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1993.