Karel Mozdren
Senior Engineering Manager at Novanta Inc.
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolKarel Mozdren is a Senior Engineering Manager based in Vienna with nine years of experience turning complex product visions into delivered authentication and fraud-prevention solutions. He combines hands-on software development roots with progressive product leadership at OneSpan and now Novanta, excelling at cross-functional roadmapping, stakeholder alignment, and prioritizing high-impact backlogs. His background spans R&D and academia through a PhD track in computational mathematics and a practical computer science master’s, giving him a strong analytical lens for product decisions. Karel’s MBA complements his technical depth with business strategy, helping teams balance customer needs and commercial outcomes. Notably, he progressed from software engineer to product owner and manager within the same organization, demonstrating both technical credibility and sustained leadership growth.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Silesian University in OpavaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD (Interrupted), Computational and Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Interrupted), Computational and Applied Mathematics at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
Github Skills (3)
nodejs3
java3
javascript3
Github contributions (5)
mozdren/ATNET2016
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:25 commits, 9 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 months
javajavascriptnodejscoop
mozdren/Sophia8
Apr 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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