Michal Škop
Co-Chief Executive Officer at Město Plasy
Czechia
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Top SchoolMichal Škop is a data-driven leader and Co-CEO who bridges political science, demography and applied data engineering to build accessible data journalism and civic tools. With 13 years of experience spanning academia, government and media, he has led projects at Seznam Zprávy, advised the Ministry of Interior on open data policy, and directs the civic platform KohoVolit.eu. Trained as a mathematician and PhD demographer, Michal combines rigorous quantitative methods with practical web development to turn legislative and statistical complexity into clear visualizations and public-facing applications. He also brings municipal governance experience as a member of the Plasy assembly and head of its finance committee, giving him rare insight into both policymaking and technical implementation. Known for connecting disparate domains, he focuses on interoperability and quality of public data to enable evidence-based journalism and civic engagement.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mathematics and Statistics, Master's degree, Mathematics and Statistics at Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Matematicko-fyzikální fakultaDemography and Population Studies, Demography and Population Studies at International Max Planck Research School for DemographyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Demography and Population Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Demography and Population Studies at Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Přírodovědecká fakulta
English, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, German, Slovak
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (177)
calculator10
mci10
pgsql10
api10
rest10
csv10
extjs10
postgresql-database10
voting10
xsd-schema10
j2ee10
server10
sensor9
sql9
database9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
KohoVolit/scraper-psp.cz
Aug 2014 - Apr 2018
Contributions:20 commits, 18 pushes, 1 issue in 3 years 8 months
michalskop/covid-europe
Feb 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:124 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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