Miroslav Ballek Email & Phone Number

Prague, Czechia

Embraced a new role as Head of Controlling, showcasing a proactive approach by willingly taking on the challenge of delving into finance and reshaping the entire department.

Prague, Czechia

• Served as the Head of Product for Oddin, a B2B odds feed and risk management provider that delivers engaging e-sports betting experiences with industry-leading uptimes and live markets.• Spearheaded the formation of the product department, starting from ground zero and successfully expanding the team to 12 members.• Personally selected and mentored a diverse team, fostering their professional growth from junior to senior roles within the organization.• Directed the product team to handle end-to-end responsibilities, including new feature and product design, efficient QA processes, seamless client integration support, and internal trading assistance.• Led the charge in development capacity planning and roadmap strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and maintaining a forward-looking approach to product evolution.• Pioneered the establishment and growth of key departments, including shaping the risk management department, orchestrating the entire esims trading department and strategy, and implementing essential processes within the esims studio operations.

Prague

• Proposed improvements to UX/UI product evaluation in collaboration with professional external agencies.• Created a roadmap and mathematical models to calculate the probability of different events to happen in professional e-sport matches (e.g., What are the odds Team X will win over Team Y?).• Compiled, collected, and analyzed data from various sources and external partners (who own the data).• Met with clients to analyze their product change requests while managing a backlog of tasks, setting goals, and analyzing our priorities.

Prague, Czechia

• Supervised, led, and trained a dedicated team to ensure the successful delivery of requested solutions for our clients.• Aligned client vision to the correct mobile app design, while facilitating client expectations throughout the process.• Learned a lot about how mobile apps are developed while remaining steadfastly up to date with the latest best practices, consumer trends, and technologies.• Managed a range of successful projects while ensuring all deliverables were executed on time, budget, and scope, including the following:o Bakalari, a school management system and app where students can check their daily schedule, send and receive messages, upload homework, and more. (https://www.bakalari.cz/)o Elkoep, a full solution app for modern smart homes with various detectors, energy monitors, heating controls, and more. (https://www.elkoep.cz/)o Portito, a loyalty card mobile application.

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

• Completed an Air Traffic Control Trainee program at the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic which entailed a grueling selection process, extensive training, and successfully passing the final theory exams.• Worked on simulators and trained under the exact rules of the real Czech airspace, while developing a passion for the aerospace that continues to this day.

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

• Maintained responsibility for the development of algorithmic e-sports Market-Making strategies on Betfair exchange.• Leveraged finance and trading experience to help design the system which was operated by traders.

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

• Began journey at Ezpada as a Junior Trader before being promoted to Power Trader, which entailed earning my own trading portfolio after two years. • Provided a range of duties including short- and long-term power trading (DE + FR) and intraday cross border power trading and scheduling (DE-PL).• Performed fundamental and technical market analysis and development of new trading strategies.• Participated in the development of new trading tools and IT systems.

Master’S Degree, Information Technologies / Monetary Economics And Banking

Master's thesis titled “Alternative crypto currency analysis and mining”, 2015. Received ESOP Award (Excellent student research work).

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Information Systems

Bachelor thesis titled "Internet investment applications (HYIP)", 2011