Bridging Engineering, UX & Coaching for High-Performance Teams
I spent the first decade of my career mastering the "How" of software engineering. Today, my mission is the "Why" — architecting environments where high-performance teams thrive, moving past the feature factory mindset toward real product discovery and measurable user outcomes.
Core Belief
The "Why" Behind What I Do
"The greatest waste in tech is building the 'wrong thing' perfectly."
Bridging the Gap
Engineering, UX Design, and Product Strategy too often operate in silos. I bring them together to ensure technical delivery remains deeply rooted in user-centered value and practical viability.
Beyond Feature Factories
Shipping features isn't the goal—solving user problems is. I help teams evolve from output-driven ticketing queues to outcome-driven product discovery and meaningful business impacts.
Leadership through Coaching
Moving past micromanagement toward psychological safety, high emotional intelligence, and team autonomy. When people understand the purpose, excellence follows naturally.
Capabilities
Areas of Leadership & Expertise
Product Engineering Leadership
Architecting organizational environments where distributed, multi-disciplinary development teams can excel. Fostering transparency, alignment, and robust delivery practices across complex enterprise systems.
Lean-Agile Transformation & SAFe SPC
Certified SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) and Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) advocate. Guiding organizations through complex agile transformations and breaking down cross-team friction points.
Human-Centered Design & UX Integration
Pioneering UX maturity inside engineering departments. Integrating user research, rapid prototyping, and usability testing into the standard development lifecycle to eliminate expensive rework and build genuine utility.
Coaching-Led Leadership & Emotional Intelligence
Employing professional coaching methodologies to help developers, leads, and stakeholders realize their potential. Nurturing trust, emotional safety, constructive dialogue, and sustainable high-performance habits.
Track Record
Career Journey
Over 18 years evolving from hands-on software engineer to executive engineering leader.
Director of Development
April 2024 – Present- Bridging the Gap: Acting as the connective bridge between Engineering, UX Design, and Leadership to ensure technical delivery stays grounded in user-centered principles.
- Organizational Advocacy: Serving as a SAFe SPC and LACE member, driving transparency and alignment across development teams within complex enterprise environments.
- Leadership through Coaching: Utilizing professional coaching methodologies to foster team autonomy, emotional safety, and purpose-driven development.
- Process Evolution: Identifying and dismantling friction points in the "feature factory" model to steer teams toward outcome-based product discovery.
Engineering Team Lead
October 2021 – April 2024- Team Empowerment: Led engineering teams away from micromanagement toward a coaching-led leadership style focused on high performance and emotional intelligence.
- UX Integration: Embedded practical user research, rapid prototyping, and usability testing into the development lifecycle to reduce rework.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Facilitated fluid communication between technical developers and design stakeholders to honor both engineering rigor and user needs.
Front-end Developer & UX Pioneer
July 2008 – September 2021- User-Centric Engineering: Engineered the user interface for large-scale enterprise knowledge database solutions, transforming the role from technical delivery to strategic user advocacy.
- UX Maturity Pioneer: Acted as an internal catalyst for product excellence by introducing and institutionalizing usability testing and rapid prototyping.
- Design Thinking Evangelist: Spearheaded the popularization of design thinking across the company, bridging engineering feasibility and customer delight.
Software Engineer
2007 – 2008Co-developed the internal university information system for study records and instruction using Java and the Jetspeed portal framework, serving students, faculty, and academic researchers.
Background
Education & Certifications
Ing., Software Engineering
Technical University of Ostrava (VŠB-TUO)
2000 – 2008 • Master’s degree equivalent
SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC)
Scaled Agile Framework
Lean-Agile transformation, portfolio governance, and LACE leadership
Human-Computer Interaction & HCD
Design Kit & UXWell
UX research methodologies, rapid prototyping, and usability validation
Working with Emotions in Coaching
Professional Coaching Methodologies
Emotional regulation, team empowerment, and coaching-led leadership
Connect
Let's Start a Conversation
Whether you want to discuss engineering leadership, Lean-Agile transformation, product discovery, or coaching high-performance teams, I’d love to connect.