01 INTRO

I ship B2B SaaS and run the operations behind it.

Product leader with 9 years in B2B software. Head of Product, New Ventures at KROS, one of Slovakia's largest business software companies. My team grew the KROS employee app from 32 to 1,014 companies in six months, with an NPS of +82. Since September 2026 I also lead company-wide process design at KROS.

Previously COO and Product Lead at Allfred.io. Took the product from first idea to 180k ARR across eight European markets with a team of five.

EU CITIZEN. NO SPONSORSHIP REQUIRED. OPEN TO RELOCATION. ENGLISH WORKING LANGUAGE.
Portrait of Matej Pechota
02 TRACK RECORD

Track record

1,014
Companies on KROS employee app

Up from 32 in six months, April to October 2026. 11,400 plus employees.

NPS +82
KROS employee app

Around 3,500 monthly active users.

180k ARR
At Allfred.io

From first idea to eight European markets with a team of five.

2,000+
Daily users

Across 50 plus agency customers at Allfred.io. Rated 4.8 on G2 and Capterra.

KROSAllfred.ioTRIAD AdvertisingUniversity of Žilina
Places I have built or studied with.
03 WORK

Selected work

Four things I have built, scaled, or led.

KROS Employee mobile app
HEAD OF PRODUCT, NEW VENTURES · 2025–PRESENT

KROS Employee app

B2B SaaS that connects employees and payroll.
Head of ProductB2B SaaSMobile
SCOPE
Discovery, roadmap and a release every two weeks. Built the product analytics in Power BI and HubSpot, including cohort retention. Shipped personalised in-app onboarding (live October 2026) and the identity and verification layer behind KROS e-invoicing. Preparing an MCP layer that opens KROS applications to AI agents.
TEAM
6 person product team, reporting to the CPO.
STACK
Azure DevOps, Figma, Power BI, HubSpot, OLYMP payroll API.
Outcomes
  • 32 to 1,014 companies and 11,400 plus employees, April to October 2026.
  • NPS +82 with around 3,500 monthly active users.
  • 5 features shipped in one month after moving to AI-first delivery.
  • New goal metric: companies with 10 plus monthly active users, instead of total sign-ups.
Visit zamestnanec.kros.sk
KROS process designHow work moves across a 280 person software company.
PROCESS MANAGER, COMPANY-WIDE · SEP 2026–PRESENT

KROS process design

How work moves across a 280 person software company.
OperationsProcess designAI-assisted
SCOPE
Mapped how work moves across leadership and 29 teams in 5 weeks, from 43 interviews and observations plus Azure DevOps data, with AI-assisted synthesis. Now designing the target process with leadership.
TEAM
Alongside the product role. Working directly with KROS leadership.
STACK
Interviews and observation, Azure DevOps data, Claude.
Outcomes
  • 29 teams mapped in 5 weeks from 43 interviews and observations.
  • 13 of 16 key cross-company decisions had no clear owner.
  • Target process now in design with leadership.
Internal project
Allfred.io product dashboard
COO & PRODUCT LEAD · 2020–2025

Allfred.io

B2B SaaS for advertising agencies.
Product LeadOperations8 EU Markets
SCOPE
Discovery, backlog and release planning across four major releases. Built the loop from customer feedback back into the roadmap. Set up customer success, finance reporting and investor updates.
TEAM
Team of five covering eight European markets.
STACK
Jira, Pipedrive, Tempo, HubSpot, ChartMogul.
Outcomes
  • 0 to 180k ARR across eight European markets, with a team of five.
  • 2,000 plus daily users, 50 plus agency customers.
  • 4.8 on G2 and Capterra.
Visit allfred.io
FitKiddo mobile app screens
FOUNDER · 2024–PRESENT

FitKiddo

AI app for parents of young athletes.
FounderSolo builtLive
SCOPE
Built and run it on my own, alongside employment. Research, spec, design, build, launch and support.
TEAM
Solo founder. Running a pilot with Slovak ski academies.
STACK
Lovable, Claude, Stripe, MailerLite.
Outcomes
  • 190 plus accounts.
  • First paying customer through Stripe.
  • Swim club Moveo uses it with 200 children across its summer camps.
Visit fitkiddo.eu
04 HOW I WORK

Analytical by default, builder by habit.

Four principles, and the toolkit I work with every day.

Analytical by default.

I sit with the data before I sit in the meeting. Decisions in writing, assumptions named.

Ownership over titles.

If it ships late or breaks, that is my problem. I will sit in support tickets, write the spec, and run the standup if that is what the week needs.

Ship on Monday, react on Tuesday.

A rough version in the open beats a polished version in private. The team gets something to react to within days, not weeks.

AI is a teammate, not a tool.

I brief AI the way I brief a new hire. FitKiddo, this website and the KROS process map all shipped this way, and I am now preparing an MCP layer that opens KROS applications to AI agents. I judge new tools by the work they help me produce.

Daily AI stack
LovableClaude (Cowork, Code, Agent SDK, MCP)CursorChatGPTGeminiGammaHeyGenFigmaStripeMailerLiteFirefliesPower BIAzure DevOps
05 RECOMMENDATIONS

Working with me

22 RECOMMENDATIONS ON LINKEDIN · SHOWING 4

These are real LinkedIn recommendations. Read all 22 on LinkedIn, or click a name on a card to open the original.

“A powerhouse founder with the grit to build something meaningful.
Pavol Magic
CEO and co-founder at Zoniq
Mentor during an accelerator
“Names the actual problem instead of dancing around it.
Marian Gonscak
Senior .NET Engineer and Cloud Architect, KROS
Worked together at KROS
“Understands the entire business, not just the product role.
Bohumil Pokstefl
Serial entrepreneur, founder
Mentor
“Relentless drive, a work ethic that is hard to match.
Marek Mrazik
Co-founder, TRIAD Advertising / founder, Allfred.io
Direct manager
06 CV

The full record

Experience
  • Process Manager, company-wide
    KROS a.s. Sep 2026 to present.
    Alongside the product role. Mapped how work moves across leadership and 29 teams in 5 weeks, from 43 interviews and observations plus Azure DevOps data. The map showed 13 of 16 key cross-company decisions had no clear owner. Designing the target process with leadership.
  • Head of Product, New Ventures
    KROS a.s. Sep 2025 to present.
    Leading a 6 person product team, reporting to the CPO. Grew the employee app from 32 to 1,014 companies and 11,400 plus employees in six months, NPS +82. Built product analytics with cohort retention in Power BI and HubSpot. Shipped personalised onboarding and the identity and verification layer behind KROS e-invoicing.
  • Chief Operating Officer and Product Lead
    Allfred.io. Aug 2020 to Aug 2025.
    Took the product from first idea to 180k ARR and eight European markets with a team of five: 50 plus agency customers, 2,000 plus daily users, 4.8 on G2 and Capterra. Ran discovery, backlog and release planning across four major releases.
  • Account Manager
    TRIAD Advertising. Sep 2019 to Jun 2020.
    Ran campaigns for VUB Bank, O2, and Asahi. This is where I learned how agencies actually run, which is the problem Allfred.io was built to solve.
  • Data Analyst
    KROS a.s. Apr 2017 to Aug 2019.
    Built the reporting, customer segmentation, and automation the sales and early product teams ran on, and supported the first hypothesis tests on a new digital product.
Education
  • PhD, Transport and Communications Technology
    University of Žilina. 2015 to 2018.
  • MSc in Engineering
    University of Žilina. 2013 to 2015.
Stack
  • Product: customer discovery, roadmapping and prioritisation, onboarding and activation, OKRs.
  • Data: product analytics, cohort retention, Power BI, HubSpot.
  • AI and tools: Claude, MCP, Lovable, Azure DevOps, Figma.
  • CliftonStrengths: Analytical, Achiever, Relator, Responsibility, Futuristic.
  • Languages: English C1, Slovak native.
07 CONTACT

Get in touch

The fastest way is a 30 minute call.

I hold two slots open most weeks and I read everything that comes in. Typical reply within one working day, Central European Time.