Experience
Product Manager | NXP Semiconductors
Sep 2025 – Present
Promoted to drive product strategy, budgeting, and roadmap execution for a complex Agile Release Train (ART) spanning 8 software components and 6 development teams. Co-headed the SAFe organizational transformation.
- Market-Driven Roadmap & Prioritization: Successfully structured the ART and managed resource allocation across multiple Product Lines. Translate indirect feedback from integrators and OEM/Tier-1 use cases into a ruthlessly prioritized roadmap, balancing high-stakes technical debt with commercial feature delivery.
- Next-Gen DevOps (Monorepo & Bazel): Drive a strategic cross-functional workgroup migrating hundreds of isolated repositories into a unified Monorepo utilizing Bazel. Lead the PoC to map technical dependencies and optimize development velocity against DORA KPIs.
- AI-Driven Product Operations: Pioneer advanced internal workflows using autonomous AI agents for automated Jira management, rapid software prototyping, and custom productivity tools.
- PO Mentorship & Leadership: Coach and mentor Product Owners within the ART to align execution, establish a modern product culture, and elevate backlog maturity.
Product Owner | NXP Semiconductors
Feb 2023 – Oct 2025
Scaled the gPTP stack from a single-MCU solution into a high-scale, multi-platform product, expanding the core automotive portfolio from 3 to 15+ supported microcontrollers.
- Time-to-Market: Reduced software delivery lead time from 3 months to <4 weeks post-silicon availability by designing parallelized development workstreams.
- DevOps Strategy: Spearheaded the transition to automated CI/CD, slashing full test campaigns from 5 days to under 2 hours and implementing automated PR gating for immediate quality feedback.
- R&D Excellence: Directed an internal research initiative that improved time synchronization precision by nearly three orders of magnitude, vastly exceeding industry standards.
- Compliance & Quality: Maintained strict ASPICE Level 3 compliance and successfully navigated two IATF audits.
- Stakeholder Management: Managed complex budget and scope negotiations across multiple NXP Product Lines, balancing internal NPI roadmaps with external customer demands.
Team Leader | Garrett - Advancing Motion
Apr 2022 – Jan 2023
Led and mentored a high-performing cross-functional team of Data Scientists, Data Analysts, and Software Developers delivering cutting-edge vehicle network security solutions.
- Product Ownership: Owned the technical strategy and execution for the ruleset tuning toolchain used in CAN Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS).
- Data-Driven Solutions: Directed the design and delivery of advanced data analysis solutions tailored to specific global automotive customer requirements, bridging complex data insights with embedded cybersecurity components.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Acted as the core interface between data experts, embedded developers, testers, and customer teams to continuously enhance in-production cybersecurity features.
- Talent Development: Supervised and mentored team members across both technical capabilities (data infrastructure, predictive modeling) and crucial soft skills.
Algorithm Development Engineer | Garrett - Advancing Motion
Jul 2021 – Apr 2022
Developed advanced automotive cybersecurity solutions as a core member of an international agile team, bridging embedded networks with data analytics.
- Algorithm Design: Designed and implemented core detection algorithms for both CAN and Automotive Ethernet Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS).
- Data Tooling & Automation: Developed automated internal tools for network capture file analysis, drastically reducing the time required to process and visualize complex vehicle traffic data (CAN, J1939, Ethernet).
- Toolchain Optimization: Maintained and optimized the CAN IDS ruleset generation toolchain, improving its performance and laying the foundation for future ownership of the product’s technical strategy.
Embedded Software Engineer & Researcher | CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology
Nov 2013 – Jun 2021
Delivered complex software architectures, control algorithms, and simulation tools for automotive systems, transitioning from standalone tool development to leading technical workstreams within major European H2020 consortia.
- International Project Delivery: Actively contributed to high-profile automotive research initiatives (OSEM-EV, 3Ccar, AutoDrive, 1000kmPLUS), developing embedded software and control strategies for electronic control units (ECUs). (See Publications)
- Software & Library Architecture: Engineered the FMUtoolbox from scratch, creating custom MATLAB/Simulink libraries, graphical interfaces (GUI), and low-level S-functions to enable multi-domain Co-Simulation frameworks.
- Infrastructure & Test Bench Integration: Assembled, programmed, and operated a complex automotive HVAC&R test bench system, coordinating physical validation and data acquisition.
- Embedded Protocols & Controls: Developed and integrated low-level communication stacks (CAN, LIN, SPI) and deployed advanced control strategies (Model Predictive Control).
Building Management System (BMS) Architecture Specialist | Masaryk University
Aug 2007 – Sep 2015
Managed the technical architecture, optimization, and scaling of a large-scale enterprise Building Management System (BMS) based on the BACnet protocol.
- System Scaling: Successfully expanded the infrastructure from 10 to 30+ interconnected university buildings, managing the integration of over 1,000 distributed edge devices.
- Network Governance: Designed the complete BACnet network topology (including BBMD, routing, and data archiving) and established standard testing procedures for hardware vendors.
- Performance Optimization: Diagnosed and eliminated critical communication bottlenecks, significantly improving system-wide data throughput and alarming reliability.
Skills
Product Management & Leadership
Product Management Product Road Mapping Product Vision Prioritization Leadership Change Management Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Coaching & Mentorship Stakeholder Management
Technical & Analytical
Software Development DevOps (CI/CD) Bazel Monorepo Algorithms Cybernetics Embedded Systems (ECUs) Communication Networks (BACnet, CAN, Ethernet) Data Analysis Predictive Modeling MATLAB/Simulink
Education
- Brno University of Technology – Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication
- 🎓 Ph.D. in Cybernetics, Automation and Measurement (2015 – 2020) Thesis: Modeling and Control of Electric and Thermal Flows in Fully Electric Vehicles
- 🎓 Ing. (MSc) in Cybernetics, Automation and Measurement (2013 – 2015)
- 🎓 Bc. in Automation and Measurement Technology (2009 – 2013)