Jan Vlčinský
Executive Researcher at TamTam Research s.r.o.
Moravia-Silesia, Czechia
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Top SchoolJan Vlčinský is an experienced ITS researcher and software engineer with 13+ years building traffic information systems, standards adoption (notably DATEX II), and tools for monitoring information quality across Czech and European projects. He combines hands-on Python development and test automation with system design, UML-based architecture and long-standing expertise in traffic formats such as RDS TMC, TPEG and DATEX II. As Executive Researcher at TamTam Research and team lead on academic–industry projects, he translates research and standards into practical, user-focused solutions and operational deployments. His open-source contributions include strengthening test suites and cross-timezone robustness for well-known Python libraries, reflecting a pragmatic focus on reliability and compatibility. Jan’s background ranges from custom AutoCAD applications to enterprise J2EE traffic platforms, giving him a rare mix of low-level tooling, protocol knowledge and product delivery experience. He is motivated by making standards work in practice—balancing technical constraints with the real needs of users and operators.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ing. (5 years), CAD of Mechanical Engineering Systems - Department of Solid Mechanics, Ing. (5 years), CAD of Mechanical Engineering Systems - Department of Solid Mechanics at Brno University of Technologyjoinery, joinery at SPŠD Bystřice pod Hostýnem
Czech, English, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Slovak
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Github Skills (55)
aws-cloudwatch10
datetime10
pytest10
python10
testing10
date-parsing10
generator10
swagger10
date-format10
amazon-web-services10
java10
dates10
sqlalchemy10
amazon-s310
ssl-certificate10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
jorgebastida/awslogs
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
AWS CloudWatch logs for Humans™
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 27 comments in 26 days
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to the project by adding new features to the command-line tool, notably options to include timestamp and ingestion time in the output. They also refactored and extended the existing test suite, increasing test coverage. Furthermore, the user modified the build process, refactoring the setup.py to pbr and integrating testing with tox, which suggests involvement in project setup and CI.
aws-cloudwatch
kennethreitz/records
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
SQL for Humans™
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 16 PRs, 9 pushes in 16 days
Contributions summary:Jan primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and robustness of the `records` library. Their contributions involved fixing bugs, specifically related to Python 3 compatibility and XLSX export. They implemented error handling for missing packages and updated dependencies to address version conflicts. Furthermore, the user refactored and added test cases to improve the library's test coverage.
sqlpostgressqlalchemypythonorm
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