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Petr Beránek

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Tinkering with open-source software, including Linux, Python and generative AI

My Portrait

Experience

Charles University

AI Methodologist (3/2024 - 1/2026)

  • Responsible for development and testing of AI Sandbox
  • Collaborate with both internal stakeholders and external partners on AI-related topics
  • Initiated the university-wide working group on Generative AI
  • Founded and co-develop the AI Newsletter
  • Attend conferences and workshops to stay up to date with developments in the field
  • Facilitated a small team during a hackathon to develop AI tutors

Red Hat

Software Quality Engineer (10/2019 - 3/2022, 10/2022 - 7/2023)

  • Developed an internal testing framework for LVM and Red Hat High Availability Cluster
  • Collaborated on test analysis, manual and automated testing of LVM
  • Helped with manual and automated testing of Anaconda (the OS installer)
  • Took a 6-month break in 2022 to recover from post-COVID burnout

ING Bank

Trainee - Tech Area (1/2019 - 9/2019)

  • Contributed to systems analysis that enabled major technology upgrade
  • Developed automation scripts using Python and Windows Cmd

Ness Digital Engineering

Junior Software Quality Engineer (3/2018 - 10/2018)

  • Performed manual testing of TELCO applications
  • Created test analysis and coordinated manual testing of a mobile game

Other

Various roles in administration and services (2012 - 2017)

Professional Development

  • Charles University, various workshops and seminars on use, risks and impact of generative AI (2024 - present)
  • Harvard University, CS50's Introduction to Computer Science (online, 2024)
  • Red Hat University, Red Hat System Administration I (online, 2023)
  • Red Hat University, Red Hat OpenShift I: Containers & Kubernetes (online, 2020)
  • AKCENT International House Prague, English courses from B2 to C1 (2019)
  • GOPAS IT training center, Git - Version Control System (2019)
  • Stanford University, Introduction to Computer Networking (online, 2019)
  • Stanford University, Introduction to Databases (online, 2018)
  • MIT, Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python (online, 2017)
  • Charles University, English courses from B1 to B2 (2017)

Personal Development

  • Charles University, Intensive Medical First Aid Course (2025)
  • tinyhabits.com, The Tiny Habits Method (online, 2022)
  • Bemindful.cz, Mindfulness-based stress reduction training (online, 2022)
  • Khan Academy, US History (online, 2017)
  • Khan Academy, Computers and the Internet (online, 2017)
  • Khan Academy, Math (online, 2016 - 2017)

Education

  • University of West Bohemia, Bachelor's degree in Humanities Studies (2008 - 2011)
  • Integrovaná střední škola Cheb, high school diploma (2004 - 2008)

Skills & Tools

  • Languages: English (B2), Czech (native speaker)
  • Generative AI: Open WebUI, LiteLLM, Ollama, API platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter), ChatGPT, Claude
  • Programming and automation: Python, shell, git & GitHub, Claude Code, Docker, SQL
  • Linux system administration (Ubuntu, RHEL/Fedora)

Interests & Activities