Jiří Konečný
Product Owner at Red Hat
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolJiří Konečný is a Principal Software Engineer and Product Owner with 11 years of experience, best known for leading development of Anaconda, the installer behind Fedora, RHEL and CentOS Stream. Rising through roles from Associate Engineer to Team Lead and PO at Red Hat, he blends deep technical expertise with product-level decision making and community advocacy. Based in Brno, he represents his team across Fedora and RHEL ecosystems, presents at conferences to gather feedback, and actively fosters open source involvement. Recently transitioned to a Red Hat team focused on AI, he brings installer-level systems knowledge to emerging AI product work, pairing practical implementation experience with strategic direction.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Ing., Počítačová grafika a multimédia, Ing., Počítačová grafika a multimédia at Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta informačních technologií
English
Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
jkonecny12/initial-setup
Jul 2015 - Apr 2021
The Initial Setup utility takes care of post-installation configuration of an installed system.
Contributions:19 pushes, 11 branches in 5 years 10 months
takesinstallationinstalledcarepost-installation
jkonecny12/kickstart-tests
Feb 2016 - Jun 2025
Kickstart-driven tests for anaconda
Contributions:3 PRs, 159 pushes, 120 branches in 9 years 5 months
testcasetestinganaconda1c
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