My name is Marek and I strive to build AI systems for the benefit of humanity on a planetary scale. I currently build Planetary AI Agents at PangeAI, and previously built a Sustainable AI Research Lab, Autonomous Defense AI and Autonomous Racecars.
- 🤖 Currently I am Founder and CTO at PangeAI Inc, where we build Planetary Geospatial AI Agents. I also still hold affiliations as a Research Scholar and Senior Teaching Fellow at Stanford University, where I focus on researching AI applications to decarbonize the Energy sector and in the past was teaching Computer Science to underprivileged high-schoolers.
- 💻 I also have 9+ years of work experience both in deep tech, strategy consulting, and tech leadership. I am not currently considering new work offers. Here is a short summary of my experience, or see my LinkedIn for details:
- Over 5 years in consulting mostly at the Boston Consulting Group finishing as a client-facing technical consultant, most notably overseeing the tech aspects of an acquisition of a global pharma company, and leading a successful multi-billion EUR IT transformation there.
- Following that, I co-founded and led a disruptive research team developing autonomous racing vehicles at Czech Technical University. The team later won races and beat prestigious teams from universities including MIT (🇺🇸), ETH Zurich (🇨🇭) or KIT (🇩🇪). Based on this I was invited to study and continue my research at the University of Cambridge in the UK 🇬🇧.
- Afterwards, I turned to startups serving in senior Tech Leadership roles, having been awarded AI Development CTO of the Year in 2022 for my role of CTO at Vizgard (🇬🇧), followed by being Head of Engineering at Uizard (🇩🇰), a similar-sounding but very different AI startup I helped scale and get acquired.
- After my startup years, I decided I wanted to be motivated more by impact and less by profit for a few more years of my peak productive years and I did an unusual U-turn to return to academia to pursue a PhD applying AI to help sustainably decarbonize power systems. I also did the unthinkable by not taking up offers at Cambridge or Stanford and instead went back to Prague to prioritize family. Stanford was very nice and keen to have me however and so I ended up with dual affiliations and supervisors with both CTU in Prague and Stanford, commuting between continents, which is a dream scenario, really! 🙌
- Experience with onsite work in 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, 🇨🇿, 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹, 🇵🇱, 🇩🇰, 🇮🇸, 🇳🇴, 🇫🇮, 🇪🇪, 🇧🇪, 🇳🇱, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇨🇭, 🇵🇹, 🇷🇺, 🇰🇿, 🇮🇳, 🇲🇾, 🇸🇬, 🇯🇵 and remote work as well; currently I am based between SF Bay Area/Stanford 🇺🇸 and Prague, 🇨🇿 .
- 👨💻 Tech stack: Python, JuPyteR Notebooks, Java, Kotlin, C++, Embedded-C, JavaScript(React, NodeJS), SQL, PHP, VBA
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- 🙏 I am an avid member of the Open Source Software community. Highlighted projects I contributed to:
- 💪 As a big fan of agile innovation, I have successfully competed at several hackathons, feel free to check out my DevPost portfolio as well if interested.
- 🏎 What I am most proud of: I founded and led a team of students that built the first autonomous racecar in my country! Check it out - eForce Driverless at Czech Technical University
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- 🔬Although it is not my primary focus at the moment, I am a published author and you can find my research on Google Scholar. My research affiliations are as follows:
- 2023-present: LIMESS (CTU); AI for Sustainable Energy and Mobility Systems
- 2023-present: Stanford Sustainable Systems Lab (S3L); AI for Sustainable Energy
- 2021-2022: GAEIA (Stanford); AI for Sustainability
- 2020-2021: CUSPE (Cambridge); Technology Policy
- 2018-2020: TRACE LAB (CTU, KU Leuven, Cambridge); Autonomous Driving
- 2016-2018: STILL (Czech Technical University); Software Quality
- 👨🏫 I love teaching! I have already taught several courses at university level in the past 5 years:
- CEE 272T: SmartGrids and Advanced Power Systems Seminar Guest Lecturer (Stanford University, Winter 24)
- CS105: CS Teaching Fellow Coordinator and Technical Expert (Stanford University, Winter 24)
- B6B36RSP: Software Project Management Teaching Fellow (Czech Technical University, Winter 24)
- CS106A CIP: Python Senior Section Leader; Sustainable AI Lecturer (Stanford University, Spring 24)
- CS105: CS Teaching Fellow Coordinator (Stanford University, Winter 23)
- CS105: CS Senior Section Leader (Stanford University, Winter 23)
- CS106A CIP: Python Senior Section Leader (Stanford University, Spring 23)
- B6B36TS1: Software Quality Teaching Fellow (Czech Technical University, Spring 23)
- CS105: CS Senior Section Leader (Stanford University, Winter 22)
- B6B36RSP: Software Project Management Teaching Fellow (Czech Technical University, Spring 22)
- CMDIGN: AI for Digital Procurement Lecturer (University of Chemistry and Technology, Winter 21)
- CS106A CIP: Python Senior Section Leader; Teacher Mentor (Stanford University, Spring 21)
- CS50: Python Seminar Mentor (Harvard University, Winter 20)
- CS106A CIP: Python Section Leader (Stanford University, Spring 20)
- B6B36PJC: C/C++ Programming Teaching Fellow (Czech Technical University, Winter 19)
- B6B36TS1: Software Quality Teaching Fellow (Czech Technical University, Spring 19)
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- 👨🔬 I contributed as a PhD-level researcher at Stanford, Cambridge and Czech Technical University, see my profile on Google Scholar.
- 🏫 I finished studying MPhil in Technology Policy at University of Cambridge, Judge Business School. There, I served as a full committee member for the Artificial Intelliegence society.
- 🎓 I have graduated with an Engineering degree (Ing./MEng Summa Cum Laude) in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Management from Czech Technical University.
- 👨💼 I also hold an MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology
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- 🎭 I enjoy amateur theatre, reading and ballroom dancing, although I did not have enough time to dedicate to it as of late.
- 🎢 As a fan of thrills, my ideal teambuilding exercise involves GoKarts, Rollercoasters or a climbing wall!
- 🧑🎓 I love teaching as a way to reconnect with talent that is just starting out, and have even mentored impressive individuals to give back to society and help them achieve new heights. If you are an up and coming, ambitious student or young professional, don't hesitate to reach out and start a conversation!