Karel Obluk
Chief Scientist
AVG Technologies
Karel Obluk is the Chief Scientist for AVG Technologies, responsible for technological strategy, M & A, innovation and thought leadership. Karel's tenure with the company dates back to 2003 and he has played a variety of important roles, helping to grow AVG through his responsibilities in both technology and the product line. He joined AVG as the Head of Development in which he led the development department, defined proper processes, coding standards and project control as well as cooperated with universities, mentoring students and leading several student projects, among other duties. He continued to grow with the company, becoming the acting CEO for more than a year and eventually CTO.
His vast technology experience includes product development and supervising and managing the release of various AVG Anti-Virus editions, as well as other products. His business acumen has also been valued as he develops relationships with key industry and business partners and advances important technological partnerships and acquisitions.
Before joining AVG, Karel worked for VEMA as the lead system developer in which he was responsible for the development team that focused on a variety of development systems.
Karel is well-respected member of the antivirus community, a board member of the AMTSO and an advisor to the Industry Advisory Board of the FIT BUT. He has a both a Masters and PhD in Computer Science from the Brno University of Technology. His strengths include the software industry, research and development, product development and innovation and computer security.
