Jan Zahalka
AI Lead at ConSol Software GmbH
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Zahalka is an AI Lead and seasoned technology executive with 14+ years at ConSol steering product strategy, presales and engineering efforts and since 2025 owning the company’s AI strategy and a dedicated KI consulting business unit. He combines hands-on experience as a former Java developer and presales engineer with product leadership of ConSol CM, driving roadmaps, nearshore development and product marketing. His focus is on trustworthy, sovereign and privacy-preserving AI solutions for enterprise customers, pairing technical rigor with go-to-market sense. An open-source contributor to the Citrus testing framework, he brings attention to code quality and test automation—skills that inform robust AI system delivery. Trained as a Diplom-Ingenieur in Computer Science from LMU Munich, Jan bridges academic grounding with pragmatic, enterprise-grade execution.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Github Skills (9)
javas10
test-framework10
java10
spring-boot10
testing10
sql9
refactoring9
databases8
database8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
citrusframework/citrus
Aug 2011 - Nov 2011
Framework for automated integration tests with focus on message-based applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:15 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jan contributed to the Citrus Framework by making minor code changes to improve Sonar analysis, which suggests a focus on code quality and maintainability. They also refactored and simplified the `ExecuteSQLQueryAction`, reducing complexity and improving the code structure related to database interaction. Further contributions include refactoring and bug fixing in the `DomXmlMessageValidator`, demonstrating a deep understanding of XML validation within the testing framework.
test-automationtestingautomationintegration-testsmicroservices
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