About Dino Cajic

CEO at My Auto System

Dino Cajic is the CEO of My Auto System, where he leads the development of a modern platform built specifically for the automotive aftermarket. His work centers on solving the operational and data challenges that wheel and tire businesses deal with every day, messy product data, inconsistent fitment, disconnected systems, and manual processes that don’t scale.

As CEO, Dino is closely involved in shaping the product vision and technical direction of My Auto System. He focuses on building reliable data pipelines, structured product information, and automation that supports real-world use cases across inventory management, e-commerce, and integrations with third-party systems. The goal is to make complex operations easier to manage without sacrificing accuracy or control.

Dino also works directly with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers to understand how the platform is used in practice. That feedback informs how My Auto System evolves, prioritizing clarity, flexibility, and workflows that reflect how businesses actually operate, not how software assumes they should.

Under Dino’s leadership, My Auto System emphasizes clean architecture, extensibility, and long-term maintainability. AI and automation are applied where they add value, particularly in areas like product data normalization, fitment logic, and operational efficiency, while keeping transparency and oversight in place.

Across the platform, Dino’s role is focused on turning complexity into structure. As CEO of My Auto System, he leads with an operator mindset—building systems that reduce friction, improve data confidence, and give automotive businesses the tools they need to scale without losing control of their operations.

CEO at Car Mod Guy

Dino Cajic is the CEO of Car Mod Guy, an enthusiast-driven platform built around wheels, tires, and fitment culture. In this role, he focuses on creating a space that blends product access with real-world knowledge, helping enthusiasts make informed decisions without stripping away the culture and creativity that define the automotive scene.

As CEO, Dino oversees both the business and technical direction of Car Mod Guy. That includes building a reliable e-commerce foundation, structuring product and fitment data, and ensuring the platform remains usable for enthusiasts who care about details like stance, offset, and real-world application, not just specs on a page.

Dino is also deeply involved in shaping the educational side of Car Mod Guy. He guides the development of fitment guides, visual references, and platform-specific content that reflects how cars are actually built and driven. The focus is on clarity and accuracy, without turning the experience into something overly commercial or generic.

Under his leadership, Car Mod Guy applies automation and AI carefully to support scale while preserving authenticity. That means using technology to improve data accuracy, content consistency, and user experience, without replacing the human perspective that enthusiasts trust.

Across the platform, Dino’s role is centered on bridging culture and execution. As CEO of Car Mod Guy, he leads with an enthusiast mindset, building systems that support creativity, maintain credibility, and give the community better tools to build, compare, and share what they care about most.

Codesmith Dev

Dino Cajic’s career found place at a software development agency, where he served as Software Development Director. In this role, he helped lead teams and projects while also contributing to efforts that scaled the organization’s delivery capacity and overall operations. His work supported growth across multiple areas, including team structure, client engagement, and execution processes.

During his time at Codesmith, Dino supported a wide range of software development initiatives, working closely with clients to understand requirements and deliver solutions tailored to their needs. He played a key role in adopting agile methodologies to improve process efficiency and product quality, helping drive a strong on-time delivery rate across projects.

One notable initiative included building a high-performance application capable of processing more than one million records per day while maintaining a smooth user experience. The project reflected the team’s ability to handle large-scale data processing needs and deliver solutions designed for long-term scalability.

Dino also emphasized the adoption of modern tools and frameworks to keep client teams competitive and development workflows efficient. This included evaluating emerging technologies, selecting the right platforms for the job, and improving internal practices to support higher-quality releases.

Working alongside a team of skilled software engineers, Dino helped foster a collaborative environment centered on continuous learning and improvement. The experience provided a strong foundation for his later leadership roles, equipping him with practical insight into building high-performing teams and delivering technology that drives measurable business outcomes.

Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer at Absolute Biotech

A unique opportunity brought Dino Cajic into the biotech world, joining a firm that was one of six companies under the umbrella of a prominent private equity group. He was brought in as IT Director at Absolute Biotech, stepping into a complex environment where each operating company had its own systems, processes, and priorities. The role wasn’t just about learning a new industry, it was about building a clear, unified technology direction across multiple businesses while respecting the realities of each one.

That work spanned a multi-company portfolio that included LSBio, Absolute Antibody, Nordic MUbio, Everest Biotech, Exalpha, and Kerafast, each with its own platforms, data, and operating rhythms. A key part of Dino’s responsibility was helping bring those companies together under a more unified technology approach, so the group could operate more like one organization instead of six separate stacks.

Dino’s mandate focused on consolidating and harmonizing technology across the portfolio, creating stronger alignment, better efficiency, and a more connected operating model. His work centered on reducing fragmentation across infrastructure and business systems, improving reliability, and putting a scalable foundation in place for future growth and integration.

In recognition of both execution and strategic leadership, Dino was promoted into the Chief Information Officer role. As CIO, he continued shaping the shared technology direction across the group, driving standardization where it mattered, improving operational visibility, and aligning technology priorities with the broader business goals of the portfolio.

As Chief Information Officer, Dino led several transformative initiatives, leveraging technology to drive efficiency and innovation within the biotech organization, including:

As Dino continued shaping and harmonizing the technology direction for the collective of biotech companies in his CIO role, a new challenge emerged: the organization needed a more integrated approach across technology and marketing in a fast-changing biotech landscape. That shift led to his appointment as Chief Digital Officer (CDO), a role designed to connect IT and marketing under a single strategic direction.

With marketing added to his scope, Dino was tasked with a clear objective, rapidly improve the marketing team’s digital capabilities and drive meaningful sales growth within a short timeframe. The mandate required quick execution, sharper visibility into performance, and a tighter connection between systems, data, and go-to-market efforts.

Dino’s first step as CDO was a thorough assessment of the team’s skills, tools, and existing strategies. Based on those findings, he initiated a focused upskilling effort centered on the digital tactics most relevant to biotech, including data-driven marketing, digital advertising, SEO, and effective use of social platforms to reach researchers and healthcare professionals.

In parallel, Dino led the adoption of stronger digital tooling and analytics across marketing workflows. By improving measurement and visibility into customer behavior, market signals, and campaign performance, the team could make faster decisions, target more precisely, and improve consistency across channels.

As Chief Digital Officer, Dino drove a strategic six-month plan to modernize digital marketing and sales execution, with the goal of strengthening the company’s presence in the antibody market through several key initiatives, including:

The plan wasn’t limited to short-term wins—it was designed to create a foundation for continuous innovation and to strengthen the company’s position in the biotech industry. As he led these initiatives, Dino’s goal was to combine technology and marketing in a practical way that supported growth and built a stronger digital presence in the biotech sector.

Chief Technology Officer at Vector Labs

Dino Cajic currently serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Vector Laboratories. In this role, he focuses on using technology to drive operational efficiency, enable innovation, and support long-term growth. His work centers on building clear technology strategy and aligning it with the organization’s mission of advancing life sciences research and discovery, creating a digital environment that helps teams move faster with more consistency and confidence.

A major area of Dino’s responsibility is leading system integration efforts following Vector Laboratories’ merger and acquisitions. This includes unifying platforms such as ERP, e-commerce, and customer-facing tools into a cohesive ecosystem that improves internal operations and the external customer experience. These initiatives are designed to strengthen scalability, reduce fragmentation, and create a more maintainable technology stack in a rapidly evolving industry.

Collaboration is central to how Dino leads. He works closely with cross-functional teams to ensure technology supports the needs of researchers, scientists, and key stakeholders, with solutions that are practical, reliable, and high-impact. He approaches IT as a strategic enabler—not simply a support function—helping the organization improve execution, expand capabilities, and build a stronger foundation for sustained progress.

Dino’s scope also includes cybersecurity, infrastructure modernization, and the use of data-driven insight to support decision-making. Through these efforts, he helps future-proof the organization while maintaining the reliability and trust required for scientific work and customer-facing operations.

In addition, Dino is committed to building a culture of continuous improvement and disciplined digital transformation—ensuring technology remains a catalyst for better collaboration, stronger operations, and meaningful scientific outcomes.

As CTO, Dino is currently leading several pivotal projects designed to unify and modernize the technology backbone of Vector Laboratories, including:

These projects represent a comprehensive effort to position Vector Laboratories as a leader in leveraging technology to support scientific innovation and operational excellence. By addressing both current challenges and future opportunities, I aim to create a digital ecosystem that not only meets today’s needs but also anticipates tomorrow’s possibilities.

Dino is also responsible for shaping how AI is integrated into Perform’s broader service offerings. That includes defining standards around data handling, automation design, and long-term maintainability, as well as ensuring AI solutions can scale responsibly as clients grow. His focus is on building systems that remain useful over time, not short-term wins that create downstream complexity.

A key part of Dino’s work at Perform involves bridging technical execution with business accountability. He helps translate AI capabilities into clear outcomes, whether that’s reducing manual effort, improving decision-making, or increasing consistency across teams, while keeping governance, security, and operational ownership front and center.

Across all engagements, Dino approaches AI as an operational capability, not a novelty. As VP of AI at Perform, he brings structure, discipline, and clarity to how AI is adopted, helping organizations build confidence in their systems and ensuring AI becomes a dependable part of how work gets done.

Reflections

Looking back, Dino Cajic’s path has stretched from the lecture halls of Georgia State University to executive leadership as a Chief Technology Officer, and from building software solutions to authoring books for the broader developer community. His journey reflects a steady pattern of continuous learning, ambitious challenges, and meaningful milestones along the way.

Each role, project, and chapter has helped shape how he operates today: adaptable, execution-focused, and committed to sharing what he’s learned. The result is a well-rounded leader who blends technical depth with real-world delivery, and who continues to build, teach, and improve with every step forward.

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