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IceWarp Executive Bios
Ladislav Goc
Ladislav Goc is co-founder
and president of IceWarp; Hong Kong; China and is responsible for the strategic
vision of the company and the brand and business development. Ladislav has more
than 30 years of experience as a developer, including micro-computer
programming, computer hardware, and software database development. Prior to
founding IceWarp, Ladislav founded Softir, which focused FoxBase/FoxPro
development and distribution where he serviced the Czech government, the country
in which he was born, although he now resides in the United States with his
family. Ladislav has worked on notable projects all over the world (software
development and professional digital audio/video studio). Besides his role in
IceWarp he is also involved as a software architecture advisor on the
international advisory board for consumer dispute resolution. Ladislav received
his masters from the Czech Technical University Prague.
Jakub Klos
Jakub Klos is the IceWarp
Chief Technical Officer (CTO), and co-founder at IceWarp. He is 34 years old
and was born in Prague, where he currently lives with his wife and two children.
Jakub has been working in IT since he was 16 years old as a software engineer
at his father's company which made industrial electronic control units. Six
years later, he founded IceWarp and started the development of the Merak Mail
Server. Since graduating with honors in Information Technology from the
University of Economics in Prague, he has devoted his last 12 years,
full time, to IceWarp.
John O Cooper V
John O Cooper V is
the current Director of Sales for IceWarp, and has been with the company for
five years. John oversees all sales and marketing efforts for North America
where he currently lives with his wife Heather and daughter Peyton. He started
his career with IceWarp in November 2005 as a technical sales engineer, but was
soon promoted to a sales manager and then to his current role in May 2009 and
has been in that role ever since. He is also heavily involved with the marketing
and brand management for IceWarp both in North America and globally.
Christopher Knott
Chris Knott is the
current Director of Technical Operations for IceWarp, and has been with the
company for eight years. Chris is 36 years old and has been in the IT industry
for 14 years. Before his time with IceWarp, Chris worked for a fortune
500 leader in telecommunications, NTT America (formerly Verio, Inc.). Chris
started his career with IceWarp in 2001 as a level III support technician but
was promoted quickly to the role of Senior Technical Account Manager, to Manager
of Support Operations, and then now into his current role in 2008. Chris also
manages the company's Business Service Group, IceWarp's consulting team.
Chris received his BS in Communications and Technology while attending Trinity
University in Connecticut and currently resides in North Virginia with his wife
and young son.
Antonin Prukl
Antonin Prukl is the
current Development Manager for IceWarp, and has been with the company for seven
years. Antonin is responsible for the cooperation of IceWarp's core development
team located in Prague, Czech Republic, where he lives with his wife. He started
his career with IceWarp in May 2004 as a technical support engineer, but was
soon promoted to developer of IceWarp WebClient. He was promoted to Development
Manager in June 2008 and has been in that role ever since. Antonin earned a
master's degree in Computer Science in 2007 from the Faculty of Mathematics
and Physics at Charles University in Prague.
