Summary
Tomas Petru is a pragmatic technology leader and CEO of Labka Hackerspace Ostrava with over a decade of experience in Linux systems, DevOps and systems integration. He combines hands-on Tier 3 Linux engineering for large OpenStack-based cloud projects with founding and architecting community-driven hardware and sensor initiatives like SensoricNet. Skilled at troubleshooting complex *nix environments, he has supported enterprise customers at Verizon and driven project delivery in broadcast and product research roles. Tomas applies a social-engineering mindset to problem solving, favoring smart, reward-based solutions over forceful approaches. Based in Ostrava, he bridges community-led open innovation and enterprise-grade infrastructure, often sacrificing free time to incubate practical projects at the hackerspace. Notably, his background in library and information science informs a systems-thinking approach to documentation, workflow and knowledge sharing.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Library and Information Science, Bachelor's degree, Library and Information Science at Silesian University in Opava
English, spanish - passive, german - passive