About Me Link to heading

I am a senior technology professional with 17 years of software engineering leadership experience, transitioning to AI Safety work. After a 5-year intentional career break dedicated to language study and volunteer work, I am currently building expertise through online courses in machine learning, AI safety, economics and public policy.

I am currently seeking more structured support and expert guidance to develop a concrete career transition plan into the field of AI Safety.

Skills Link to heading

• Structured Problem Solving • Strategic Decision-Making • Prioritization Under Constraints
• Global Team Leadership • Strategic Planning & Roadmapping • Complex Program Execution
• Executive Communication & Briefing • Stakeholder Alignment

Professional Development and Community Engagement Link to heading

Career Transition Preparation | 2025 - Present Link to heading

Pursuing targeted professional development in AI safety through online learning. Refreshing technical foundations in software engineering and machine learning while building new expertise in AI safety policy and governance.

Completed and in-progress courses include*:

English Language Teacher | 2024 - Present Link to heading

Founder - Železné English Club
Jaroměřice Elementary School
BICF Conversation Club

Established English language club providing conversational practice for 25 adults and children in the local community. Developed curriculum, managed scheduling, and taught classes over two years. Contributed additional volunteer hours to regional organizations facilitating English language acquisition through native speaker engagement.

Czech Language and Cultural Studies | 2019 - Present Link to heading

Masaryk University
Czech Courses Brno
Private Lessons

Completed intensive Czech language and cultural studies over 7 years, dedicating 6-40 hours weekly to coursework and independent practice. Achieved B1 certification in 2024; continuing study toward B2 proficiency.

Volunteer | 2024 - Present Link to heading

Brno Expat Centre

Supported expat integration through monthly welcome sessions, educating newcomers on Czech healthcare system and hospital processes. Assisted with annual Brno Expat Fair coordination, delivering blood donation awareness programming.

WORK EXPERIENCE Link to heading

Red Hat | Brno, Czech Republic | Program Manager | March 2020 – July 2021

Led cross-organizational program to enhance security of internal product pipeline tools, managing team of 20 across US and Europe over 15 months. Coordinated stakeholder requirements, prioritized development efforts, and facilitated global team collaboration. Delivered security improvements that reduced vulnerabilities and strengthened critical infrastructure.

Red Hat | Brno, Czech Republic | Product Owner | May 2018 – March 2020

Managed team of 8 engineers across US, Australia, China, and Czech Republic, owning internal product release pipeline used by 2,000+ employees. Facilitated quarterly international team events that built trust and strengthened collaboration, improving coordination and delivery speed. Established stakeholder feedback processes and communication protocols that achieved high user satisfaction and accelerated feature delivery. Prioritized feature development to optimize release pipeline efficiency.

Red Hat, Westford, MA Senior Software Engineer June 2017 – May 2018

Developed Red Hat Product Pipeline, APIs, and supporting infrastructure. Established a structured user feedback mechanism through an annual survey and analyzed usage patterns to identify needs and drive iterative improvements. Managed triage of customer issues and escalations to ensure responsive support.

IBM, Littleton, MA Senior Staff Engineer August 2015 – June 2017

Owned components within the Watson CI/CD pipeline and environment, delivering a HashiCorp Vault-based secrets management solution integrated across Jenkins, Chef, and Ansible workflows. Primary technical resource for developers on automated builds, pipeline debugging, and infrastructure issues, resulting in faster, more reliable release cycles.

Dell, Nashua, NH Senior Software Engineer December 2010 – August 2015

Served as technical lead for Dell/EqualLogic and Dell/Compellent performance teams, coordinating with engineers across multiple sites on performance processes, documentation, and training programs that delivered faster feedback cycles. Mentored junior engineers and partnered with external vendors to evaluate the performance implications of hardware changes.

EMC, Nashua, NH Software Engineer October 2007 – November 2010

Developed enterprise email archival and journaling software meeting legal and government compliance requirements. Designed and implemented a structured SDK enabling third-party developers to reliably extend platform capabilities, supported by working code samples and public APIs across C/C++, C#, and Web Services. Built an automated smoke testing framework for the legacy platform, systematically reducing error risk in early-stage testing and freeing QA capacity for more thorough downstream validation.

Intel, Chandler, AZ Event and Program Manager January 2005 – August 2007

Led end-to-end planning and execution of a 5-day annual engineering summit, scaling attendance from approximately 500 to over 700 while managing a budget that grew from $1.6 million to $2.1 million in line with event growth. Directed a 25-person cross-functional team and implemented a structured feedback process that produced measurable year-over-year improvements in attendee satisfaction across scheduling, content, and operational execution.

Intel, Chandler, AZ Software Engineer January 2004 – August 2007

Analyzed how new Intel platforms impacted the performance of enterprise applications including Microsoft Exchange, IBM-Lotus Domino, and SAP, delivering actionable recommendations to hardware and software developers. Analysis directly influenced Intel processor development and produced measurable performance improvements in enterprise software. Developed automated data collection frameworks to reduce human error in testing. Authored technical white papers, presented findings both internally and at major industry conferences, and mentored new team members on analysis tools and methodologies.

EDUCATION Link to heading

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY B.S. Computer Science CS171 Data Visualization with D3, Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, MA Final project, “Growth of a Nation” Ranked third in class

• Statement of AI Usage: AI was used to provide feedback on this resume but all ideas and material are my own.