
Petr Zemanek
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About me
IT professional with strong focus on technical pre-sales, high-tech IT training contents creation, presentation and training delivery. UNIX and LINUX administrator.
Education

Charles University in Prague Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
1986 - 1991M.Sc. (RNDr.) Theoretical Computer ScienceMain areas of study:- graph theory, combinatorics- algorithms and data structures- artificial intelligence- complexity and computability

Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Electrical Engineering
1986 - 1990Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer EngineeringResearch in parallel processing.

Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Electrical Engineering
1980 - 1985M.Sc. (Ing.) Computer EngineeringMain areas of study:- computer HW architecture and design- operating systems- database systems- computer networks- programming languages, compiler design

Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
1996 - 1996Habilitation (Doc.) Computer ScienceActivities and Societies: Thesis "Parallel Processing of Image Database Queries" was Awarded Signum Memorabilis by AFCEA (US Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association)
Experience

Czech Technical University in Prague
Sept 1990 - Aug 2000Associate ProfessorAssociate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Lecturing Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Database Systems and Compiler Design. Publications - 4 textbooks, 6 papers in scientific periodicals, 39 conference papers on operating systems, parallel processing, computer networks, IT security.Certified instructor for SUN, HP and ICL. 100+ courses covering SOLARIS system and network administration, data management and programming delivered for SUN, 70+ courses delivered for HP. Awarded The Best HP Instructor for 1997 in the Czech Republic.Knowledge of programming languages and operating systems: JAVA, C, PASCAL, several languages for parallel programming, scripting languages. Many flavors of UNIX (SOLARIS, HP-UX, AIX, LINUX, SINIX, ...), VMS.Member of IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) since 1995. Show less

Sun Microsystems
Sept 2000 - Aug 2010SUN Learning Services - training delivery manager for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Responsible for - pre-sales technical consulting across SUN Microsystems product training portfolio- delivery of SUN Microsystems customer training in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa ($10M business)- transformation of direct delivery model into indirect (partner owned) delivery model- managing 50+ new SUN training delivery partners (companies) located in 25 countries- remote team of 350 SUN partner and freelance instructors- quality management and customer escalations- from 09/2008 to 08/2010 responsible for SUN training delivery in Latin America, India and China (managing delivery managers based in these regions) Show less
Training Delivery Manager
Nov 2003 - Aug 2010Instructor - SUN Learning Services - Middle East and Africa
Sept 2000 - Oct 2003

Oracle Corporation
Sept 2010 - Jan 2021Training Delivery ManagerOracle University training delivery manager for Africa and Eastern Europe (Russia and all countries of former Soviet Union). Responsible for - analysis of customer training requirements- pre-sales contents related and technical consulting covering complete portfolio of Oracle products - coordinating preparation of customized training (customer facing responsibility)- scheduling, resourcing and delivery management of all Oracle University courses (1000 - 1500 training events delivered yearly in Africa and Russia)- management of delivery partners (50+ companies)- instructor up-skill programs, instructor certification, classroom infrastructure- margin (cost) of training delivery for both direct and indirect business- fulfilment of SLAs, KPIs, quality management (including management of customer escalations)- management of training reseller partners in South Africa (owner of revenue target) in 2014-2016 Show less

Czech Technical University in Prague
Sept 2021 - nowAssociate Professor (Docent)Lecturing - Operating Systems Programming (LINUX Kernel Internals, Development of LINUX Kernel)- UNIX/LINUX System Administration (Focus on Virtualization)- UNIX/LINUX Fundamentals

GoodData
Dec 2021 - Nov 2023Main responsibilities- owner of GoodData partner enablement and certification process and strategy- organise and deliver technical training for GoodData solution partners- delivery of technical demo sessions for GoodData partners and their customers- technically supporting partner sales efforts Responsible for- customer training contents and delivery management (GoodData University)- administrator of GoodData University hosting platform (SkillJar)- managing product documentation team (4 people)
Partner Enablement Manager
Oct 2022 - Nov 2023Training and Documentation Manager
Dec 2021 - Sept 2022
Licenses & Certifications

SUN Certified Network Administrator for SOLARIS 8
Sun Microsystems
SUN Certified Backup and Recovery Engineer with VERITAS NetBackup
Sun Microsystems
SUN Certified Data Management Engineer with Solstice DiskSuite
Sun Microsystems
SUN Certified System Administrator for SOLARIS 7, 8, 9, 10
Sun Microsystems
SUN Certified Data Management Engineer with VERITAS Volume Manager
Sun Microsystems- View certificate

SUSE Certified Administrator in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSEJan 2025 
SUN Certified System Administrator for Sun Cluster 3.2 Software
Sun Microsystems
Languages
- enEnglish
- ruRussian
- czCzech
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