Speakers

Andrey has been working in the area of digital security and forensics for over 10 years. His background is in high-performance password recovery, cryptography, iOS forensics and mobile applications security. Andrey has presented at various industry events such as Black Hat, Troopers, X Con, Positive Hack Days, as well as many smaller local events. twitter / linkedin

Ondřej Válka designs and creates the platform used by American startup Represent to sell custom merchandise. During his time at GoodDataa, he helped create and introduce design processes and tools. He also co-founded and designed the product strategy and planning service, ProductBoard. twitter / linkedin

Cedric Maloux is an award-winning Internet entrepreneur with 20 years of experience currently managing StartupYard a tech accelerator based in Prague. Prior to StartupYard, Cedric was the CEO of various Internet companies including Geewa, a social gaming company and AllPeers, a private P2P network. He received master’s degrees in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Stevens Institute of Technology (USA) and EPITA (France) in 1992 as well as a Business degree from the University of Paris 2. twitter / linkedin

Honza Sechovec is an innovation evangelist at Česká Spořitelna. During his more than 15 years of experience in IT, he’s held various positions in the Czech Army and NATO. His background ranges from designing and running large data networks to mobile application development and IT innovation. twitter / linkedin

Daniel is a web app evangelist, Google Developer Expert, and angel developer. He’s also an avid speaker at many local events and maintains one of the most complete React starter kits: github.com/steida/este. web / twitter / linkedin

Michal Pastier is a Burning Man enthusiast and marketing specialist. He graduated from the Department of Marketing Communication from the Comenius University in Bratislava and is a member of the global creative communications organization, ADC Slovakia. He's the youngest holder of the prestigious FILIP award for outstanding contributions to Slovak advertising. Facebook has ranked his agency, Zaraguza, amongst the 10 most creative in the world, and it's also won the Silver Facebook Studio Award. Michal is also the co-owner of the first branding agency in Slovakia, Big Name Theory. In 2015, he made the Slovak Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. web / twitter / linkedin

Amit is a seasoned product leader with 15 years of experience delivering innovative and highly scalable products. He spent most of those 15 years in Silicon Valley working for big and small companies including Google and Yahoo! and has launched products that reach millions of users and generate hundreds of millions of dollars a year. He is passionate about all aspects of product management, design and product development. He is currently working as Principal, Product Management at Skype and is busy bringing Skype experiences to the web. He also mentors startups at StartupYard and Wayra. Amit holds an M.S. in Computer Networks from University of Southern California and a B.S. in Computer Technology from VJTI, University of Mumbai. He has multiple patents in the field of computer networks, online advertising and analytics. twitter / linkedin

Founder of Jyxo, Blog.cz, Devel.cz and Wikidi. web / twitter

Mike is a full-stack developer bringing real-time experience to users with the help of Node.js, React, and Ember. He’s also the author of the este-cli and este-native, as well as an active open-source member. twitter / linkedin

Marie is a founder and the lead designer at diversity studios. Before she started her own company Marie was one of the first freelance designers for android, back in 2010. With her unique specialty she spoke at several conferences such as Mobile design Meetup Oslo, DevFest Istanbul, Campus London, UXcamp Europe from 2011 until now. As senior mobile UX designer, her help influenced huge Tech giants and startups to improve their mobile experience and just recently she hosted a panel for Women in tech in Berlin, Germany. twitter / linkedin