Product Owner

The candidate is a Technical Project Manager/Product Owner with experience in identity management. He has worked for Red Hat Czech s.r.o. since July 2018, where he collaborates closely with product managers, creates features, plans sprints, evaluates risks, and communicates with stakeholders. He has experience in agile environments using Scrum, Jira, Confluence, and Google Docs. Prior to this, he worked as a Demonstrator at Hvězdárna a Planetárium Brno, where he observed the night sky and provided explanations to the public. He also has experience as a Quality Engineer and Software Engineer, working on identity management projects. The candidate has a Master's degree in Theoretical Physics from Slezská Univerzita v Opavě and a Bachelor's degree in Astrophysics. He is fluent in Czech and English and has computer skills in various programming languages and technologies. The candidate has completed training in Agile Fundamentals, Pragmatic Marketing, and Crucial Conversation. He holds a driver's license (category B).

July 2018 - Present: Technical Project Manager / Product Owner - Close collaboration with product managers, feature creation, sprint planning, risk evaluation, and timely communication with stakeholders; working in an agile environment using Scrum, Jira, Confluence, and Google Docs.

September 2013 - Present: Demonstrator - Observing the night sky and providing explanations in the planetarium for the general public.

May 2017 - June 2018: Quality Engineer - Analyzing application functionality, creating test plans, writing tests (Bash, Python), executing and monitoring tests (unit, regression, integration), upstream continuous testing, and downstream release testing; using Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Polarion.

July 2015 - March 2017: Software Engineer - Contributing to the open-source project SSSD, fixing bugs, and writing unit tests; coding in C; working with LDAP, FreeIPA, and Active Directory.

June 2013 - June 2015: Programmer - Developing, maintaining, and deploying the company.cz service; full-text search on mapy.cz (C++, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sphinx).

August 2012 - June 2013: Junior Programmer - Developing, maintaining, and deploying the company.cz service (C++, Python, MySQL).

January 2011 - December 2011: Member of the Research Team - Analyzing software solutions and programming (MySQL, PHP) for the evidence of research results project.

May 2007 - December 2011: Programmer of Computational Systems - Managing computational systems (IBM Blade System, SGI Cluster), analyzing mathematical models for parallel code conversion (MPI), processing computational data into graphical outputs (Gnuplot), and web development (HTML, PHP, MySQL).

Education: 2007 - 2011: Master's Degree in Theoretical Physics - Thesis on the implications of the resonant epicyclic model of quasiperiodic oscillations.

2003 - 2007: Bachelor's Degree in Astrophysics - Thesis on quasiperiodic oscillations in X-ray radiation from compact objects.

Skills and Knowledge: Languages: Czech (native), English (C1 proficient) Other: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, experience with agile methodologies and project management tools, familiarity with various programming languages and technologies (C, Bash, Python, Jenkins, GitLab CI, LDAP, MySQL, PHP), and excellent communication skills in both Czech and English.