Martin Prikryl
Owner, Lead Developer at WinSCP
Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolMartin Prikryl is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 22 years of experience as the owner and lead developer of WinSCP, the widely used open-source Windows file transfer client supporting SFTP, SCP, FTP, S3 and WebDAV. He combines deep low-level networking and security expertise—evident from contributions that restored and hardened proxy negotiation and authentication—with proven leadership from senior roles at Barclays Capital, Logica, and Deutsche Börse. Based in Prague, he pairs hands-on C/C++/.NET systems work with product stewardship, maintaining a project relied on by millions for secure file transfers and automation. Trained in information technology at the University of Economics in Prague, he brings an uncommon blend of long-term product ownership, protocol-level problem solving, and enterprise-grade development experience.
22 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at University of Economics in Prague, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics
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Github Skills (75)
python10
windows10
proxy10
security10
file-upload10
sftp10
putty10
ssh10
linux10
ftp10
powershell10
java10
ssl10
c-programming10
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
winscp/winscp
Jul 2003 - Jan 2023
WinSCP is a popular free file manager for Windows supporting SFTP, FTP, FTPS, SCP, S3, WebDAV and local-to-local file transfers. A powerful tool to enhance your productivity with a user-friendly interface and automation options like .NET assembly.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 6463 commits, 52 PRs in 19 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Martin's commits show a focus on low-level networking and security aspects of the PuTTY codebase. Their contributions include restoring and enhancing HTTP proxy support, which includes modifications to proxy negotiation and authentication. They also addressed a failure related to connection abortion and have been involved in several updates including code refactoring and bug fixes.
protocolsftpsftp-clientwindowsproductivity
martinprikryl/test
Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
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