Hello, I'm Vlado.

I work where technology
and design intersect.
I think in systems,
I design for people.

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My Journey

The spark

When I started studying Computer Science, I was drawn to Human-Computer Interaction – inspired by pioneers like Doug Engelbart, Steve Jobs, and Don Norman.

But what really drove me was the feeling I experienced when using exceptionally well-designed products – that sense of delight when everything works beautifully.

I wanted to create that for others.

The shift

Over the past three years, my work has changed completely. Most of the features I brought into the product were built around AI. But the bigger shift was in how I work.

With AI agents, the skills of product managers, designers and developers overlap more than ever. I can now bring them together in one workflow, taking an idea all the way to production.

I became a maker.

Featured Work

Selected projects from my recent work

Kontent.ai · Design Operations

Agentic pipeline for UX improvements

Building an agentic pipeline where AI agents ship small UX improvements from customer request to release, and people only approve at seven checkpoints.

Kontent.ai · AI Tools

AI Agent

Led the design of the industry's first AI agent for enterprise CMS, then helped add Expert agents that run on their own when an event triggers them.

Kontent.ai · AI Tools

AI Auditing

Defined the AI accountability principle, co-shaped the backend, then designed and coded the audit log that shows whether a person, an agent or an integration made a change.

Kontent.ai · AI Tools

Semantic Search

Drove the redesign of content discovery, grounded in user research and shaped over many rounds, replacing keyword matching with AI search that understands natural language.

Want to see more? Other projects and full case studies are available on request, just drop me a line.

Experience

A decade of designing digital products

Jul 2022 – Present

Senior Product Designer

Kontent.ai

Shaping AI-powered tools that help enterprise content teams work more efficiently – from conversational and background expert agents to semantic search and responsible AI governance.

May 2018 – Jul 2022

Senior User Experience Designer

Kentico Software

Designed core features for headless CMS serving enterprise customers globally – focusing on content modeling, workflow automation, and multi-channel delivery.

Aug 2016 – May 2018

User Experience Designer

Kentico Software

Designed Kentico's internal startup building headless CMS from the ground up – contributing to product strategy, information architecture, and core UX patterns.

Sep 2016

Service Designer (Volunteer)

City Municipality

Applied human-centered design methodologies to Participatory Budgeting Service – a civic initiative enabling citizens to propose and vote on city projects.

Sep 2015 – Dec 2016

User Experience Designer

Compass Communication

Designed ERP/CRM systems and financial dashboards for mid-size businesses – developing foundation in data visualization and interface design for complex workflows.

Sep 2015 – Jul 2016

User Experience Designer

Cloud Technologies

Designed tracking and planning systems for global logistics operations – tackling large-scale enterprise complexity and intricate workflows that shaped my approach to designing complex systems.

May 2013 – May 2014

Software Tester

EmbedIT

Quality assurance for retail analytics platform across Southeast Asian markets – early exposure to data visualization and enterprise software that sparked transition toward UX design.

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Specialization in Service Science, Management, and Engineering

Masaryk University

Brno, Czech Republic · Sep 2013 – Jun 2016

Universitat Politècnica de València

Valencia, Spain · Sep 2014 – Jun 2015

Combined computer science fundamentals with service design and automation – bridging technical understanding with user-centered systems thinking for designing complex product experiences.

Master's Thesis

Improving User Experience of Corporate Information System

Read thesis

Speaking & Teaching

Sharing knowledge through talks and workshops

UX Well Academy – Lecturer: Advanced Figma Prototyping

Design Hour – How to Create Effective Onboarding

Czechitas – Course & Workshop: Usability Testing

Real UX Camp 2019 – Talk: PDP 2.0 (New software development process at Kentico)

Masaryk University – Guest Lecturer: Software Development Course (iterative design and rapid testing)

Public Design Challenge – Workshop Organizer, Brno

Real UX Camp 2018 – Talk: Experiment Team

Internal UX Evangelization – Talks and workshops promoting UX best practices at Kentico

State Exam Preparation – HCI and UX guidance for computer science students

Contact

Let's create something meaningful

Beyond product design and AI, I'm passionate about permaculture and systems thinking. If you're working on something that connects technology with purpose, I'd love to hear about it.