Jan Zapletal
Development Lead at Melown Technologies SE
Ostrava - město, Moravia-Silesia, Czechia
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Top SchoolJan Zapletal is a Development Lead with nine years of experience building and guiding teams that deliver complex computer vision software, grounded in a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics. He progressed from hands-on research and high-performance computing roles at IT4Innovations and academia to leading computer vision engineering at Melown Technologies, where he now oversees development efforts. Jan blends mathematical rigor and performance-focused engineering with a people-first leadership style, creating environments where engineers can scale robust, production-ready systems. His background across supercomputing, teaching, and industry gives him a rare ability to translate cutting-edge research into maintainable, high-throughput software. Based in Ostrava, he favors mentorship and team growth as much as technical excellence, often bridging gaps between research prototypes and deployable products.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational and Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational and Applied Mathematics at Technical University of OstravaGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education, Secondary Education, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Secondary Education at Wichterlovo Gymnázium
English, German, Czech
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Github Skills (56)
intrinsics10
geometry10
homography10
structure-from-motion10
stereo10
colmap9
computer-vision9
bezier8
ninja8
gcc7
topography7
geographic7
sift7
azerothcore7
cpp7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
melowntech/xatlas
Jan 2021 - May 2023
Mesh parameterization / UV unwrapping library
Contributions:3 reviews, 5 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 4 months
parameterizationmeshtwineazerothcorezones
melowntech/pvl
Mar 2022 - Apr 2023
particle visualization library
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
visualization-libraryparticlevisualization
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