Ivo Bek is a Technical Product Manager with 14 years of experience modernizing enterprise middleware and developer-focused products across hybrid cloud environments. He has progressed from QA and test automation roles into product leadership at Red Hat and now IBM, aligning roadmaps to measurable customer outcomes while removing engineering blockers. A hands-on contributor to prominent open-source projects like Kogito, Drools and jBPM, he combines deep BPM and performance-testing expertise with practical backend development and test engineering. Known for turning ambiguous requirements into clear execution plans, he also brings unusual strength in performance tooling and test-driven reliability that informs product decisions.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree (Bc.), Information Technology, Bachelor's degree (Bc.), Information Technology at Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technology
Computer and Automation Engineering, Computer and Automation Engineering at The Secondary School of Electrical Engineering
Master's degree (Mgr.), Service Science, Management, and Engineering, Master's degree (Mgr.), Service Science, Management, and Engineering at Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Informatics
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:39 commits, 21 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Ivo primarily contributed to the `jbpm` repository by adding and relocating tests, particularly focusing on testing event-driven behavior, intermediate events, and the interaction of processes. Their commits involved creating and modifying test cases within the `jbpm-bpmn2` module, showcasing their work on core process engine functionality. The user also rewrote and refactored existing test classes to align with newer APIs and testing methodologies.
Kogito Runtimes - Kogito is a cloud-native business automation technology for building cloud-ready business applications.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:29 commits in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Ivo's primary contribution involved adding and modifying test cases, specifically within the `jbpm-bpmn2` module. These changes focused on integrating new tests utilizing the Kie API, and relocating and rewriting existing test cases. The user also made adjustments to include modifications in the test classes, which indicates a strong involvement in ensuring the functionality and reliability of the project's core components.
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