About Me
I've been fascinated by how things work for as long as I can remember. When I was 8 or 9 years old, I wrote my first programs—simple automation scripts that made my computer do things I wanted it to do. That curiosity never left me. Today, I'm still that same kid with insatiable curiosity, but now I build systems that connect millions of devices across the globe.
My journey has taken me from building custom PCs in Prague to pioneering the LoRaWAN standard at IBM Research in Zurich, and eventually founding companies that have scaled to serve customers in 130+ countries. Along the way, I've learned that the best solutions come from understanding both the hardware and the software, the embedded world and the cloud, the technical and the human side of building products.
What drives me is the intersection of curiosity and impact. At IBM Research, I worked alongside Nobel Prize winners on projects that wouldn't see the light of day for years—but I also got to help bring LoRaWAN to the world - a technology that's now powering IoT networks worldwide. When I left to start LORIOT, I coded 16+ hours a day to build the first implementation from scratch, eventually growing it into a team of 30+ people and reaching cash flow positive in just two years. That taught me that execution matters just as much as vision.
These days, I'm building Avoguard and Datova, where I'm solving problems that most people don't even know exist—like reverse-engineering legacy industrial equipment protocols for Fortune 10 semiconductor manufacturers, or building AI systems that help preserve the knowledge of retiring engineers. It's the kind of work that requires understanding everything from low-level embedded protocols to cloud-scale distributed systems, and I love every bit of it.
When I'm not coding or building companies, you'll find me on a motorcycle track, on a road trip, working toward my pilot's license, or prototyping electronics in my workshop.
I moved around a lot, so I speak English, German, and Czech fluently. I've lived and worked in Prague, Zurich, and eventually all over the world. Each place has taught me something different about cultures, how people build things, solve problems, and work together.
At my core, I'm a generalist who's comfortable diving deep into any technical domain. Whether it's designing secure hardware tokens, architecting cloud platforms, or building AI-powered search systems, I bring the same approach: understand the problem deeply, find the elegant solution, and execute relentlessly.
If you're working on something interesting at the intersection of hardware, software, and real-world impact, I'd love to hear about it.
