Vladimir, born and raised in Prague, studied Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University. He graduated with distinction and got the Education Minister’s Award for outstanding academic achievement. He later completed an MBA course at the Sheffield Hallam University in 2007. From 1995 he was CTO of RKK, the company he founded together with Hajo. Their start-up team was finally acquired by Apple in 2012. He then worked as Site leader of the Czech Apple team until founding PhiTech. Vladimir co-invented an authentication device patented for Apple.