From the vendor side to the client side.
Ten years of experience in IT and product management on the vendor side. Today I run IT for companies that do not have their own full-time person for it.
For ten years I led IT projects from the vendor side - as Product Owner, Senior Project Manager and, in recent years, as Head of IT on the client side. E-commerce platforms, media systems, ERP and CRM integrations, modernization of outdated applications.
From that double perspective I noticed one thing. Projects did not get stuck on technology. They got stuck on management. Company leadership had no time to watch the details, and in the middle there was no one to carry things through to operation - not just sketch them on paper and leave.
That is why I founded Manta IT. I run IT for companies that need someone who looks after them and defends their interests. Managing vendors, guarding scope and overseeing the outcome is my job - I make sure things actually work, instead of you having to handle them yourself.
I stand next to you, take over the leadership of your IT and stay until things run exactly as they should.
Ten years of experience.
Project leadership, vendor management, requirements mapping.
Projects from 2015 - 2026 across e-commerce, media, retail and R&D. Anonymized - most are under NDA. I am happy to discuss details in person.
Almeco - B2B e-commerce platform for an ingredients distributor
Design of a proprietary platform for running multiple e-shops in a shared system (shared warehouses and catalog), integration with several accounting entities in the ERP. Custom architecture design.
Pro-Doma - custom e-shop for a construction industry leader
Managing the delivery of a new custom e-shop tightly connected to the client's internal systems. Cooperation with the client's in-house development team.
UniHobby - e-shop for the largest DIY chain in the Czech Republic
Year-round development of the application based on requirements from different departments. Managing parallel development teams, coordinating major changes and extensions.
Radiotéka - audio platform and e-shop of Czech Radio
The Audiokniha do kapsy audiobook app, an e-shop for digital and physical goods, re-selling of digital content to distributors, automated royalty reporting to authors' societies.
Czech News Center - digital platform of a major publisher
System integrations with internal systems (distribution, marketing, finance, accounting), advanced sales reporting, customer care. Project management in a corporate environment across multiple departments.
Prima - HbbTV application for a media group
Managing development of both back-end and front-end applications - VOD, ads, paywall, e-commerce. An interactive TV layer on top of standard broadcasting.
PDF to HTML converter and online reader
Managing development of a converter of PDF content to HTML, including input data analysis, encoding configuration and development of an online reader for the end user.
Company-wide capacity planning in a digital agency
Capacity planning for the development and creative team across 20+ simultaneous projects and 10+ developers. Introducing processes, request tracking (Jira) and onboarding new clients.
Overseeing IT in a distribution company
Overseeing software development, online services, websites and internal systems. Analysis and optimization of processes in sales, logistics and finance. Introducing AI tools to employees.
Connecting Raynet CRM and Pohoda ERP
Defining the product, architecture and process. Vendor selection, testing, preparing manuals, training the sales team. Everything except the development itself.
Dispatching system for a bus logistics network
Analysis of dispatching processes, writing the specification for a new application, vendor selection and contract brokering. Handover to implementation.
Overseeing IT in a distribution company
Situation: A distribution company without its own IT leadership. Fragmented systems, development spread across external vendors, no overview of costs or a development plan. Processes in sales, logistics and finance built up historically, without unification.
What I delivered: Overseeing IT across the company - software development, online services, websites and internal systems. Analysis and optimization of processes in three key departments. Managing and controlling vendors. Introducing AI tools to employees.
Result: Unified IT management, clear priorities and a development plan. Optimized processes in sales and logistics. AI tools in the team's daily routine.
Product Discovery of a dispatching system (PlanetLine)
Situation: A logistics company operating a bus network needed a new dispatching system. The existing application was at the end of its life; management knew it wanted a change but had not named what exactly the new system should do or who to build it with.
What I delivered: Analysis of the dispatching operations, definition of the target state and a complete specification of the new application. Selection of a suitable vendor, contract brokering and handover of the project to implementation.
Result: The new application is in development with the selected vendor. The client knows what it is building and why. The first Manta IT project after leaving the agency.
Modernization of a B2B distributor (under NDA)
Situation: A distribution company with outdated applications running on its own servers and connections to banking portals. Management knew it wanted modernization but had no team that could manage it. Vendor costs kept growing without a clear outcome.
What I am working on: I took over the management of the modernization - vendor selection and control, documenting the existing systems, designing the new technology and integrations. In parallel I lead an analysis of the price calculation process - a redesign of the entire company workflow, not just its IT reflection.
Current state: Research completed, technical design approved. We are starting implementation. The plan is to deliver the first production version by the end of the year.
How it is documented: The client receives monthly minutes with decisions and status, an itemised IT cost overview and the results of vendor checks. Not the sentence "everything is fine" - a document.
Let's start with a conversation.
Half an hour is enough. Online or at your office. After the call you will know whether it makes sense to continue.