Curriculum vitae

Education

• A.S. Applied Artificial Intelligence

  in progress

  Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida

  GPA 4.0, 45 AI and data credits completed, all A grades. Machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, AI application solutions, AI ethics, data analytics, database concepts and design, cloud computing.

• M.A. Finance and Banking

  2007

  Charles University, Institute of Economic Studies, Prague

  Graduated with honors.

• B.A. Economics

  2004

  Charles University, Institute of Economic Studies, Prague

  Graduated with honors.

Experience

• Independent AI systems development

  2024 – present

  Self-directed, Miami, Florida

  • Design AI systems for document processing, structured extraction, decision support, and human-in-the-loop review across legal, financial, and infrastructure contexts.
  • Build pipelines combining language models, deterministic preprocessing, classical machine learning, and validation layers that hold up under ambiguous input.

• News correspondent

  2023 – present

  Czech Television, Miami, Florida (remote)

  • Live reporting on current affairs, business and finance, and US presidential election campaigns.

• Senior operations and strategy consultant

  2022

  CNN, Prague

  • Performed a financial audit and operational analysis of editorial and production processes, documenting workflows across planning, production management, control room, studio, on-air graphics, field camera crews, video editing, and technical support.
  • Evaluated broadcasting systems, licenses, studio equipment, control room setup, newsroom computer systems, and use of automation.
  • Prepared a detailed cost model from actual accounting data, identified workflow bottlenecks, and proposed organizational changes to improve effectiveness and lower operating costs.
  • Created operational models of key cost centers, calculated the financial impact of proposed changes under different scenarios, and identified target areas for investment allocation.

• Multimedia producer and broadcast journalist

  2017 – 2021

  Freelance, New York

  • On-camera reporting and live shots for Czech Television and CNN.
  • Directed multi-camera studio and on-location interviews, talk show segments, and music performances.

• Production manager, NBC News

  2015 – 2017

  NBCUniversal, New York

  • Executed augmented reality graphics on the highest-rated election night coverage in the United States, across three simultaneous live productions for NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo, with an average audience exceeding 18 million.
  • Introduced template-driven lower thirds in Vizrt for the TODAY Show and Nightly News, the most-watched morning and evening news programs in the country.
  • Launched NBC flagship on-screen graphics projects across creative, production, and editorial departments, on schedule.

• News anchor (2012 – 2014); motion graphics lead (2011 – 2012)

  2011 – 2014

  Czech Television, Prague

  • Anchored over 2,000 hours of live broadcast and thousands of individual programs on national television, reaching 500,000 viewers.
  • Managed the evening news graphics team under tight schedules with limited margin for error.
  • Oversaw development of an order management system for a news department spending $50 million annually on original content across multiple platforms and 18 regional studios.

• Managing editor (2010 – 2011); head of programming strategy and development (2008 – 2009)

  2008 – 2011

  Z1 Television, Prague

  • Launched a business news channel on a $20 million initial investment and $6 million annual budget.
  • Devised a live production workflow operating at a fraction of the cost of comparable projects.
  • Restructured data distribution contracts to a wider scope of service at 35 percent of the original cost.
  • Established the first continuous finance news programming in Czech history and designed a programming scheme that doubled viewership.
  • Developed the vision for second-screen initiatives, including a top-downloaded mobile video app.

• Analyst

  2007 – 2008

  Erste Group, Prague

  • Managed the tender of a 7-million-square-foot Telefonica O2 real estate portfolio, sold for $160 million.
  • Prepared strategic analyses and company valuations within the mergers and acquisitions advisory arm of a group holding $200 billion in assets.

Selected projects

Full case studies are on thework page.

Technical

Languages

Python · SQL · Java · JavaScript · R

Data engineering

pandas · NumPy · GeoPandas · SQL Server · Azure SQL · SQLite · Reproducible pipelines · Data validation

AI and ML

scikit-learn · XGBoost · Regression · Classification · SHAP · Feature engineering · NLP · RAG · Document AI

Econometrics

Panel fixed effects · Difference-in-differences · Event study · Scenario analysis

Applied systems

Full-stack analytical applications · Interactive dashboards · Structured data extraction · Decision-support workflows