Radek Holy
President at CESNET, z.s.p.o
Czechia
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Top SchoolRadek Holy is a seasoned technology leader and academic with 12 years of focused software engineering experience and a multi-decade career in university IT and governance. Currently President of the European Campus Card Association and Vice Chairman of CESNET, he blends hands-on back-end and test automation work—evident in contributions to the widely used DNF package manager—with strategic leadership across higher-education and national research infrastructure. He has held senior academic and operational roles at Czech Technical University and Charles University, including Vice-Rector posts and headship of a computing department, giving him rare depth in both policy and technical delivery. Radek’s engineering style favors reliability and rigorous testing, shown by practical bug fixes and refactors that improved package management behavior and error handling. Comfortable moving between boardrooms and codebases, he leverages PhD-level research training to tackle complex systems and standards for campus services. Based in Czechia, he is known among peers as approachable and steady—a “Ron Weasley of the programming world” who pairs humility with solid technical impact.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
VOP a SPS Kutna HoraCzech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at České vysoké učení technické v Praze
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Github Skills (12)
unit-testing10
debug10
package-management10
python10
rpm10
test-automation10
package-manager9
dnf9
git7
genetic-algorithm6
exceptions6
decimal6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rpm-software-management/dnf
Sep 2013 - Oct 2015
Package manager based on libdnf and libsolv. Replaces YUM.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:204 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Radek primarily focused on improving the DNF package manager by addressing bugs and refactoring code. Their work involved fixing a `TypeError` related to encoding, correcting downgrade behavior when package versions were provided, and adapting methods to require similar parameters for consistency. The commits show a focus on testing, with changes made to various test files, indicating an emphasis on ensuring the reliability and functionality of the software. Additionally, the user was involved in fixing error handling within the codebase.
pythonrpmpackage-managerlinuxyum
tyntec/github-action-sms
Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
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Contributions:3 releases, 15 commits, 1 PR in 3 months
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