About

Vaclav Tunka is a Senior Manager at Red Hat, currently serving as Site Leader and Managing Red Hat OpenShift Serverless. As a member of the Brno Leadership Council, he is responsible for leading a team of over 1400 employees and working closely with the SVPs of Products & Technologies. In his functional role, Vaclav manages Red Hat OpenShift Serverless organization, which consists of six teams spread across the US West Coast, Europe, and Japan. He is a leader with an executive mentality and a reliable track record, who thrives in talking to decision-makers directly. Vaclav enjoys working with authentic people and empowering and enabling his organization to grow and assume greater responsibilities. Vaclav has helped shape Red Hat’s Serverless strategy, product definition, and go-to-market strategy, working closely with PM, architects, the Office of the CTO, and key stakeholders in the Serverless leadership team. He regularly communicates with key people from Microsoft, Google, VmWare, IBM, and other partners and community members in Knative, KEDA, CNCF Serverless WG, etc. With almost 20 years of relevant experience, Vaclav has presented on all levels, including Board of Director level, C-levels, Architects, research executives, and business leaders. He has a strong technical background as a Senior Software Engineer, Research Scientist, and product manager, with a focus on Mobile technology. In addition to his current role at Red Hat, Vaclav has also worked as a Project member at Microsoft Innovation Center, where he developed an innovative solution for micro-payments of goods and services with the use of mobile technologies. He also served as a Member of Dean's Collegium at Brno University of Technology, where he represented the dean's advisory board, managed contacts with companies interested in cooperating with FIT VUT, participated in financing and budget discussions, and organized various events for students. Vaclav holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Information Technology from the Faculty of Applied Informatics, TBU, and a degree from the High School of Information Technology and Electrotechnics, Brno, Purkynova 97. His technical stack includes Senior Software Engineer, Research Scientist, product manager, and Mobile technology.