About
Former CTO from Manchester.
Mindsets change through experience, not training.
25 years in software. Now I teach teams how to work with AI.
Let's talk →Experience
2000–2010
Enterprise Systems
Enterprise system development, integration, data architecture. Designed a POS system for a 50-branch retail chain — solo, no team. The system processed thousands of transactions daily and ran reliably for years without downtime.
2010–2015
CTO in Manchester – 5 years
Technical director for international projects. Clients: Warner Music, BBC, Madonna. Leading a team of 10, delivering projects to UK and USA. Platforms with millions of monthly users.
2015–2023
Interim CTO & Hands-On Projects
External CTO roles across multiple companies. Absolventi s.r.o. — external CTO for 6+ years. Inovec Technology — computer vision, Edge server infrastructure, process automation. Esol — server infrastructure migration, automation. Hands-on installations, developer process transformation, startup communication. From early 2023, deploying LLMs and AI into companies.
Today
AI Mindset Consultant
I sit with technical teams and change the way they think about work. Not through training — through solving real projects together.
25+
years in IT
5 years
CTO in Manchester
50
branch POS system
6+
years external CTO
An overview of what I have built, paid products and open source plugins alike, is in the Tools section.
Why AI
The moment everything changed
I spent my entire career building systems. Designing architectures, leading teams, solving problems. Then in early 2025, I gave an AI a task that would take a junior developer two days. Done in minutes. Working, testable code. Not perfect — but perfectly usable as a starting point. One of those stories? An invoicing system in 3 days.
It wasn't the code that hit me. It was the feeling. I realized that 25 years of experience don't give me an edge in writing code — they give me an edge in recognizing what the right solution is. And that's exactly the ability AI needs from a human. It's not replacing me. It needs me differently.
I'd been pushing AI into companies since 2023 — I knew it would change the rules. But this moment showed me how much. And by the end of 2025, when AI was working at a senior developer level, I was certain: this is the most important technology shift of my generation. Not because AI is trendy. But because most teams don't realize it yet. See the case studies for how this looks in practice.
Want your team to experience the same?
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Where to see me
No public dates are open right now — more are coming. Drop me a line via contact and I'll let you know when a new workshop opens, or check the workshops.
Where you know me from
AI BOOTCAMP 2026 (Czech)
From the client's brief to a merge request
Tábor · 19 Sep 2026
Building with AI (Czech)
Four hours on your own task in a small group
Praha · 17 Sep 2026
Building with AI (Czech)
A hands-on morning on each attendee's own project
Praha · 5 Aug 2026
Claude in practice (Czech)
Automating company processes with Claude
Praha · 9 Jul 2026
Building AI agents 2.0 (Czech)
MCP servers, self-hosting, deploying to production
Praha · 9 Jul 2026
Stavíme AI agenty (Czech)
Hands-on workshop: build your own AI agent
Praha · Jun 25, 2026
Inovujeme Next Level (Czech)
Claude Code in practice: When AI codes for you
Barcamp Kolín 2026 (Czech)
Attended — chatting about AI with the community
Agents in Action Night Prague #3
Live demo: OpenClaw goes shopping
MeetUp UmělaInteligence.cz (Czech)
Panel: AI Native companies & opportunities for Czechia
Project Restart 2026 (Czech)
AI without bullshit — three steps for tomorrow morning
Talent Česka 2026 — Kutná Hora (Czech)
AI codes live: Claude Code vs Macaly in front of an audience
The Vibe Coders Prague
AI mentor on site — hands-on coding with attendees
Hausbot by Petr Horký (Czech)
AI – nobody knows what's happening inside
AI Monday Plzeň (Czech)
How to create content that doesn't look AI-made
AI Monday Prague (Czech)
Vibe & Vine Coding: When AI meets a glass of inspiration
AI Monday Jihlava (Czech)
Vibe Coding for today's developers
AI Monday Plzeň (Czech)
A summer full of AI revolutions
Kurzy pro Radost (Czech online learning platform)
Co-author of AI practical use course (64 lessons)
Interview for Hausbot podcast
Philosophy
"I don't sell training,
I change mindsets."
A one-day workshop produces excitement that lasts a week. Nobody finishes an online course. A remote consultant doesn't know your code or your culture.
I sit with your team. We work on your real projects, with your actual code, in a safe environment. Your code and data stay safe. Your team sees with their own eyes what's possible — and they won't want to work the old way anymore.
That's a mindset change. Not a certificate, not a deck that goes in a drawer.
Let's find out if this makes sense
Capacity: max 4 teams per month (each workshop = 1–2 days on-site with you).