Petr Beránek

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Curriculum Vitae

AI Methodologist at Charles University with a background in software quality engineering and automation. Exploring both efficient and responsible AI adoption strategies.

Experience

Charles University, AI Methodologist (3/2024 - present)

• Coordinate testing of an internal AI project, organize educational events, and support the adoption of AI tools.
• Lead beginner workshops and develop educational materials.
• Maintain and contribute to the content of the university’s website ai.cuni.cz.
• Initiated the university-wide AI working group on Generative AI.
• Founded and co-develop the AI Newsletter .
• Attend AI-related conferences to stay up to date with industry trends.

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

• Helped with manual and automated testing of Anaconda
• Coordinated development of a new testing framework for LVM and Red Hat High Availability Cluster
• Collaborated on test analysis, manual and automated testing of LVM
• 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

Various roles in administration and services (2012 - 2017)

Professional & Personal Development

Professional Development

• Charles University, various workshops and seminars on use, risks and impact of generative AI (2024 - present)
• Andrej Karpathy, Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT (2025)
• Computer Help, Microsoft 365 Copilot in Office Apps (online, 2024)
• Harvard University, CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science (online, 2024)
• freeCodeCamp, JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification (online, 2023)
• 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)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 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 (2022)
• Khan Academy, US History (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: ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Open WebUI & Ollama, GitHub Copilot
• Programming and automation: Python, shell scripting, git & GitHub
• System administration: Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL/Fedora)
• Minor experience with: Linux containers, CI/CD pipelines, RPM packaging, SQL, JavaScript

Interests & Activities

• Long-distance walking and kickbiking, exploring new places
• Reading and continuous learning
• Experimenting with mindfulness and the Tiny Habits method
• Personal finance and investing