Martin Kosek
Director, Engineering at Red Hat
Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
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Top SchoolMartin Kosek is a seasoned software engineering director at Red Hat, currently leading a global, distributed team of 65+ engineers and shaping scalable, product-driven delivery. He blends hands-on development roots with strategic leadership, driving agile transformations, establishing Product Owner roles, and guiding through major reorganizations in enterprise settings. An engineer-friendly leader who embraces open management techniques and indirect influence in non-hierarchical environments, he champions cross-functional collaboration across Product Management, Quality Engineering, Support, and Documentation. He has steered the move from on-premises to a SaaS offering and led strategic IdM and Linux engineering initiatives with direct engagement with customers. Based in Brno, Czechia, he holds a Master’s in Computer Systems from Brno University of Technology and contributed to the FreeIPA backend (Python/C), focusing on error handling, memory management, security hardening, testing, and refactoring.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Systems, Master's Degree, Computer Systems at Brno University of Technology
Czech, English, German, Japanese
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Github Skills (24)
debug10
python10
error-handling10
authentication9
ldap9
security9
c119
user-authentication9
memory-management9
c179
ldap39
refactoring8
openldap8
user-management8
refactor8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
freeipa/freeipa
Jan 2011 - Feb 2017
Mirror of FreeIPA, an integrated security information management solution
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:885 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the back-end of the project, focusing on improving error handling, handling memory leaks, and addressing security vulnerabilities within the FreeIPA system. Their work involved modifying Python and C code to enhance stability, reduce the risk of memory corruption, and fix potential security holes in the codebase. The user also added new tests, implemented code refactoring and fixed build problems. Their contributions directly improved the robustness and reliability of the FreeIPA backend systems.
policyactive-directory-integrationpampythonfreeipa
freeipa/freeipa-demo
Dec 2017 - May 2021
Tools for building or managing FreeIPA demo
Contributions:1 PR, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
freeipa
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