Frantisek Kust
Process & Data Analyst, Atlassian Jira Specialist & BOAT Consultant
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolFrantišek Kust is a pragmatic IT & R&D engineering manager and interim program lead with 11+ years of experience orchestrating global tool rollouts (Atlassian, SAP, Workday) and leading cross‑discipline teams to reliable delivery. He blends hands‑on software, QA and DevOps expertise with strategic program leadership, driving lifecycle management, process standardization, and AI/ML‑informed automation to improve scalability and operational excellence. At Red Hat and Honeywell he managed engineering teams end‑to‑end—hiring, mentoring and aligning priorities across product portfolios and international stakeholders. An active open‑source contributor to high‑impact system projects (systemd, util‑linux, dracut, mkosi), he focuses on test automation, sanitizers in CI, and robust image/build tooling—work that demonstrates deep system‑level thinking beyond typical managerial roles. He is based in Brno and leverages a rare combination of academic rigor (PhD studies in philosophy) and broad technical delivery experience to translate complex strategy into pragmatic execution. Trusted for transparent communication and delivery discipline, he thrives in interim and transformation mandates that require rapid team uplift and predictable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
graduation, marketing and economics, graduation, marketing and economics at High school of Dr. Josef Pekar, Mladá BoleslavMaster's degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, graduated with honors, Master's degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, graduated with honors at Masaryk University BrnoDoktor filozofie (PhD.), Philosophy, Doktor filozofie (PhD.), Philosophy at Masarykova univerzita BrnoMA, Media studies and Journalism, MA, Media studies and Journalism at Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Social Studies
English, French, German
Github Skills (37)
github-ci10
python10
scripting10
qemu10
testing10
linux10
bash10
cicd10
automation10
script10
build-automation10
sh10
systemd10
automated-tests10
automations10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
systemd/systemd
Jul 2022 - Mar 2023
The systemd System and Service Manager
Role in this project:
Back-end & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end & Test Automation EngineerContributions:910 reviews, 53 commits, 1190 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Frantisek contributed to the systemd project by implementing test cases for core functionality. The contributions included adding test cases for features related to various aspects of systemd such as shell, unit configurations, and integration testing, while also addressing issues related to systemd-networkd and coredumpctl. The user's work involved interacting with core components, including kernel module and core file system implementations, reflecting a focus on system-level testing and automation. The work involved Python code and bash scripting.
servicesservice-managervagrantlinuxinit
dracutdevs/dracut
Jan 2019 - Sep 2022
dracut the event driven initramfs infrastructure
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 15 commits, 33 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Frantisek primarily contributed to improving the build and testing infrastructure for the dracut project. Their work included modifying build scripts to incorporate documentation, updating testing procedures in GitHub Actions to fetch git tags and adjust CPU settings. The user also made modifications to ignore weak dependencies in a testing environment and refactored existing scripts to use variables.
bootdracutinfrastructureinitramfsevent-driven
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