VOJTĚCH KOLAŘÍK

ABOUT ME


My name is Vojtěch [ˈvojcɛx].

 I'm a geek who is interested in current consumer technology, mostly AV/TV, smartphones and PC software/hardware. Besides that, I'm also working on improving my social skill. 

That's why, when I was studying Computer Science and IT study programme at the Technical University of Ostrava, I got an internship there at the International Relationship Office. There I helped international students with formalities of staying abroad, accompanied them to immigration office, insurance company, doctor's office etc. I also helped in the event organisation and my IT knowledge also proofed useful when I was proposing and setting up services for their needs (e.g., form filling) or preparing a laptop specification for tender. Facebook page managment was also included.

After defending my thesis, which included creating a Kotlin app for Android, I went volunteering for a year through European Solidarity Corps, which was new experience where I could get better in my soft skills. And as this happened in Gdańsk, it was an opportunity to learn Polish language. When the project was finished, the possibility of combining my IT skills with my maternal language seemed intriguing and that's why I joined Lionbridge for the position of Localisation Quality Assurance Tester. I'm looking forward for the new experiences to come.

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YEAR BY YEAR


2016
Beginning Studies at VSB-TUO

Enrolling to study programme Computer Science and IT at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

April 2018
Student teacher in Ukraine 

As a part of an university programme, I had a month long internship as a robotics and programming teacher at elementary school in Užhorod, Ukraine.

July 2019
Attending International Summer School at Chung-Ang University

Thanks to my home university being a partner of Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, I could attend a summer school programme with a scholarship partially covering the costs.

May 2019
Starting internship at University International Office

While finishing my studies, I was also helping out University International Office with big variety of tasks - preparing enrolment forms for events, co-organisation of events, managing Facebook pages, accompanying students to doctor's or immigration office. I stayed an intern until finishing my studies.

August 2020
Graduation

My studies were finished by graduating and obtaining bachelor's degree in Computer Science and IT.

2021
European Solidarity Corps Volunteering 

After initial delays and changes caused by the pandemic, I started my ESC volunteering project. In Gdańsk, Poland, I helped Caritas in various facilities.

2022
Joining Localisation Quality Assurance team in Lionbridge

I joined video games section of Lionbridge making sure Czech localisation is of high quality. 

PROJECTS I WORKED ON


The Last of Us™ Part I (PC)

Bringing the cult Playstation™ game to PC audience

in an are of old ruins overtaken by nature, god Kratos swings towards enemies with an axe in his hands

Scope of Work

The scope was focused on testing differences in the PC port, sanity checks for original content were also included. Keeping the feeling of the original console version was crucial.

Improved skills

Working on a PC port of already released game differs from workign on a a new game from the scratch and I could learn the specifics of such work.

God of War Ragnarök

An award-winning Playstation™ Game 

in an are of old ruins overtaken by nature, god Kratos swings towards enemies with an axe in his hands

Scope of Work

The scope included review of game's strings as well standalone as in-game. Logging issues and fix suggestions were integral part of the work as well as continuous review of changes.

Improved skills

Being part of a project his huge was very beneficial. I learned a lot in the area of teamwork and managing the processes to achieve consistent results.


Confucius Classroom

A Chinese culture awareness project

a Chinese teacher leaning over desk demonstrating to a sitting student how to create calligraphy

Scope of the project

Main focus of Confucius Classroom was providing Chinese language to the university students & employees as well as to public. However, there was a number of other activities such as tea rituals or calligraphy workshop whose festival iteration is depicted on the picture.

My responsibilities

This project was a part of the internship at University International Office. I helped with organising classroom attendance on Art&Science festival, managed the project's Facebook page, helped with communication and paperwork.


Meet-up event for people with disabilities

A part of a year-long volunteering for Caritas under European Solidarity Corps

a man in a blue jacket cutting a cake in a big tent

The event

Taking place in a village near Gdansk, this event consisted of multiple activities designed for people with disabilities – e.g., crafting workshop, psychologist's activities, alpacas.

European Solidarity Corps

This volunteering day here was part of a year-long project in Caritas under European Solidarity Corps, in which young people can go for up to one-year volunteering project in a foreign country.

PLACES I STUDIED AT


VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

Ostrava, the Czech Republic

long distance shot of a big green building with plenty of windows, surrounded by trees

Study Programme

I attended undergraduate study programme Computer Science and IT, which I graduated obtaining bachelor's degree. The syllabus consisted from subjects related to math, computer science theory, programming which was enriched by voluntary subjects of Linux administration, Windows administration, business.

University-enabled experiences

The great part of studying universities are beyond studying opportunities. I enjoyed a lot being a buddy to international students. I could also teach pupils in Ukraine as a part of a uni project and go to South Korea for a summer school.


Chung-Ang University

Seoul, the Republic of Korea

physical 3D logo of Chung-Ang university on the grass in front of university campus buildings

University partnership

Thanks to my home university (VSB-TUO) partnerships I could attend a summer school at the Chung-Ang University in South Korea. The month-long course was partially covered by a scholarship.

Study programme

Everyone attending was enrolled to two program: one to be chosen individually and the another one a Korean culture course. Apart of that, there were also voluntary Korean lessons ran by student instructors, who also guided during the whole stay.

CERTIFICATES EARNED


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Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals

Based on exam PL-900, this certificate proves familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform tools – Power BI, Power Apps, Power Pages, Power Virtual Agents and the foundation Microsoft Dataverse.

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Make Basics Certificate

More advanced certificate for no-code development platform Make.com, currently the highest available certificate

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ECL B2 English

European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages certificate proving the knowledge of English on B2 level

LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE


Czech

Native

English

B2 with ECL certificate

Polish

Intermediate

Spanish

B1 with DELE certificate

German

Elementary

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