IceWarp Executive Bios
Ladislav Goc
Ladislav Goc is co-founder
and president of IceWarp Limited 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 Chief
Technical Officer (CTO), and co-founder at IceWarp Ltd. 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.
Christopher Knott
Christopher Knott
is the current Director of Technology for IceWarp, and has been with the company
for eight years. Chris is 36 years old and has been in the IT industry for
12 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 2004 as a Senior Technical Account Manager but was
promoted quickly to the role of Manager of Support Operations, and then now into
his current role in 2006. Chris also manages the company's Business Service
Group, IceWarp's consulting team. Chris currently resides in Northern
Virginia with his wife and two young sons.
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.
