Šárka, Managing Director
Heidelberg Materials Digital Hub Brno
Meet Šárka, who commenced her journey with our company as a WAN ordering specialist in 2015. Her leadership and people management skills quickly became evident, leading her to assume a management position where she effectively oversaw a team of 60 talented individuals in Global Operations team. Eventually, she took over the leadership of the Consulting & Deployment team, responsible for the successful deployment of digital products in multiple countries, collaborating with team members worldwide. At the same time, Šárka was also appointed as the 2nd Managing Director of the hub.
In March 2023, Šárka reached another milestone in her career when she became the 1st Managing Director of Digital Hub Brno, while also managing 70 professionals in Global Operations & Services team providing 1st and 2nd level IT support. Additionally, she is the founder of the cherished Children's Days initiative, established in 2017, and actively participates in company sporting events.
Michal comes from Slovakia and came to Brno to study at Brno University of Technology - Communications and Informatics. His journey at Digital Hub Brno started in 2014 in the Global Operations team, where he held the position of Application Hosting Specialist. Shortly after, in 2015, he added people management to his server responsibilities and became one of the team leaders in Global Operations. Year 2019 brought with it a new challenge and Michal became the first person responsible for the establishment of new Azure Cloud Support at Digital Hub Brno. In 2022, his team expanded by 4 people and now he leads a dedicated cloud services support team. Besides IT, he enjoys Italian cars and spending time with his family.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communications at Brno University of Technology prepared Patrik perfectly for the new era of digitalization. He's career began as a security engineer, where he discovered the potential of this IT field. Over five years, he climbed the ranks to become a team leader of security engineers. When he decided to start looking for new opportunities, Digital Hub Brno came under his radar. Ten years later, he sees cybersecurity as a leader on the IT market. With drastic AI changes and possibilities, massive spreading of social media and their influence during last years, he can barely guess what new challenge will come. Therefore the cybersecurity and information security are will be more attractive.
Coming originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris started working as an aircraft ground handler. With move to Digital Hub Brno he smoothly transitioned into the sphere where he always wanted to work and improve in - the world of IT. Haris has always been interested in languages and new technologies, so he landed as a Support Analyst for UK and NAM countries. Following his passion for languages he moved to German Service Desk just one year later. It wasn't long before he moved to a different department and embarked on a journey of continuous learning and acquiring various IT knowledge and skills, including CCNA, which he currently holds and deals with routers, switches, firewalls, content filtering, monitoring and much more.
In his free time he likes to go to the gym, watch mixed martial arts, travel, spend time with friends and of course play video games. MOBA and adventure games have never let him down.
Marek started in the company in 2017 as Service Delivery Manager, focused on infrastructure projects, where he worked for example on delivery Microsoft updates to all Heidelberg Materials computers globally (approximately 30 000 computers) or working on upgrade of the Active directory environment.
After experience with the infrastructure projects he moved to the application environment and changed the role to Project Manager. Marek worked on establishing a international team to support one of the main reporting application for Ready-Mix business, he managed the rollout of this reporting suite to over 35 countries around the globe together with people from Germany, Australia, Czech Republic & Bulgaria. Recently Marek became Senior Project Manager and works closely with Group Departments to deliver a new complex solution for the Treasury Department. Marek was also one of the founders of our Project Management Office, which is supporting all Projects managers with framework of tools, methods, practices to ensure smooth delivery of DHB's digital projects.
The beating IT heart of Heidelberg Materials
Digital Hub Brno (DHB) is an in-house IT hub of Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials, having the vision of becoming the first industrial technology company in the sector. With the infrastructure operations being the main focal point, the IT L1 – L3 technicians along with professionals such as Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Strategic & Project Specialists deliver the best possible service to HDigital products while helping to reach digitalization as one of the key goals of Heidelberg Materials.
Starting with Centralized Service Desk on the first level, the multilingual agents lay the groundwork for troubleshooting common everyday IT troubles before escalating them to Global Operations teams on the second level. By contrast, the 2nd level technicians provide 24/7 support on servers, networks, client services as well as applications while monitoring & processing tickets inflows.
More than that, our expert teams on the third level deeply focus on cutting edge technologies in addition to ensuring the operational excellence for IT products and services. Hence, the work revolves predominantly around digital client services e.g., Active Directory, voice, video messaging; application hosting e.g., cloud, databases, Citrix &Wintel; besides connectivity e.g., network & security.
Additionally, the Chapter Area Deployment professionals solely orient to client consultations on finding and deploying the best products & services while Chapter Area Engineering team, made up of IT technical backbone experts, transforms the innovative ideas into consumable outputs.
Not leaving out the Security Department that is skilled in securing all the data and thus, managing its confidentiality together with Project & Strategic Development Specialists, Scrum Masters & Product Owners aiming to strengthen client relations on the top of securing the complex & smooth running of HDigital products and services.
A great match for the team
You can feel the welcoming and laid-back vibe from miles away once setting foot in the office. All clichés aside, the company creates real growth opportunities for all employees equally and hence, strongly encourages them climbing up the hierarchical ladder. This fact has led many staying with us for more than 10 years and still counting. DHB is furthermore straightforward in communicating the stable and family-oriented working environment to the public as it comes as a priority to stress the importance of maintaining a sustainable work-life balance.
Adapting to hybrid work model made the employees taking the advantage of Work from Home Arrangements with daily energy compensations.
Also, our supportive Top Management is open to any conversations and therefore, runs several surveys on company-related topics to create positive environment and thus, highly encourages the activities of focus groups that significantly contribute to their actions towards leveling up the work life for all.
When speaking of the female minority at DHB, our ladies are given the best treatment one can possibly imagine. Having their considerable representation in the management, the company supports the ladies’ uniqueness by throwing nights out as we, girls, just wanna have fun.
Not to forget about the modern office space equipped with two kitchens, our employees oftentimes utilize the spacious outdoor terrace as a chill zone for a casual chit chat or even a workstation during hot summer days. As very much valued comes free workplace parking along with bike storage room, showers & lockers being non-stop at our disposal. But the real deal is undoubtedly the recently finished kids’ playroom full of miscellaneous toys & virtual reality gaming zone.
A place you never get bored of
One may tell, it is the employees who make DHB a great workplace. Therefore, we put a special effort into hiring the right person, having not only the adequate technical skillsets, but also the right kind of personality to match up with our vibe. In essence, the company looks for highly motivated & open-minded team players being up for any new challenges while having a constant hunger for self-education and upskilling. We are certainly not deceiving you by saying that the stable, informal & “family feel”, collaborative as well as rewarding work atmosphere is what sets us apart.