Peter Petrík
Chief Executive Officer at Lutra Consulting
Litomyšl, Pardubice, Czechia
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Top SchoolPeter Petrík is a CEO and founder with over a decade of experience building open-source GIS tools and commercial products that simplify field data collection and asset management. He leads Lutra Consulting and Mergin Maps, translating deep QGIS expertise into a polished mobile-first workflow that enables offline, collaborative surveying and seamless sync back to desktop GIS. A hands-on engineer as well as an executive, he has contributed core mesh rendering and 3D mesh support to the flagship QGIS project, improving performance and map rotation handling. Trained in mathematical modeling and physics, he combines rigorous analytical thinking with product-minded UX decisions to make complex geodata practical for surveyors and telecoms teams. Based in the Czech Republic, he remains active in community support, documentation and demos, bridging open-source development with real-world deployments.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Mathematics and Application Engineer of Mathematic and Mechanics 1, Master of Mathematics and Application Engineer of Mathematic and Mechanics 1 at Caen Basse-Normandie UniversityDiploma, Diploma at International Baccalaureate (IB) DiplomaMgr Mathematical Modeling in Physics and Technology, Mgr Mathematical Modeling in Physics and Technology at Charles University
English, Czech, Slovak, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
3d-rendering10
c-language10
qgis10
geographical-information-system10
cmake10
gis10
cprogramming-language10
mesh-processing10
data-visualizations9
data-visualisation9
fortran9
data-visualization9
cross-compiling6
i18next6
linker6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
qgis/QGIS
Jan 2016 - Nov 2022
QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform (lin/win/mac) geographical information system (GIS)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:238 reviews, 401 commits, 436 PRs in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Peter contributed to the implementation of the mesh rendering feature within the QGIS project, focusing on the core mesh processing components. They addressed rendering issues, including proper handling of map rotation, and integrated features for mesh layer display with 3D rendering, demonstrating a focus on enhancing the visual presentation of mesh data. Additionally, they added support for displaying datasets with data defined on faces in mesh calculator and enabled code for various performance improvements related to processing and rendering.
spatiallinwmsgeotoolsgis
MerginMaps/cpp-api-client
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Mergin Maps C++ Client
Contributions:2 releases, 48 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 2 months
merginmapscppmerginconsole
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