Meet the Team

Alec Kinnear

Creative Director

Alec has been helping businesses succeed online since 2000. Alec is an SEM expert with a background in advertising, as a former Head of Television for Grey Moscow and Senior Television Producer for Bates, Saatchi and Saatchi Russia. Alec maintains a photography and culture weblog at uncoy.com. His dance film Lapinthrope won prizes around the world.

Alec holds an Honours B.A. from Trinity College at the University of Toronto in Modern Languages and Literature.

Viktor Klimo

CSS Designer

Viktor comes from Bratislava. During his university studies of Journalism and German language he moved to Nitra. After his studies he spent nearly 3 years in Sydney.

Apart of being a father and designer, he is passionate about food and coffee. He maintains one of the oldest Slovak foodblogs at delikatesy.sk and is judging barista championships.

Patrik Bartas

Junior CSS Designer

Patrik is from Skalica, a charming town known for it's historical architecture and delicious chimney cake called "trdelnik". He’s now living in Bratislava and is studying towards a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Architecture at Slovak University of Technology.

Patrik is involved in many activities and projects in his free time - he’s a member of the Student Parliament and Academic Senate at his faculty, and also the coordinator of the Erasmus exchange program. He’s also a co-organizer of a community bike sharing network in Bratislava called White Bikes.

Besides bikes, Patrik is passionate about skateboarding, swimming and running. His other hobbies and activities include design & architecture, handcrafting, food & cooking, music, movies, learning new languages and of course travelling.

Anna Dudášová

Coordinator, Project Manager

Anna was born in Detva, a small town in the heart of Slovakia. Detva hosts a typical international folklore festival "Folklórne slávnosti pod Poľanou" and those who haven't seen this festival yet should definitely come to Detva and feel its great atmosphere in the middle of the beautiful Slovak nature. Anna will be delighted to be Your guide.

Anna holds a Master of Cultural Studies in the Comenius University in Bratislava so she loves travelling and getting to know the cultural heritage of new countries. Anna is a keen dancer, she has been dancing since her early childhood and today is a member of Slovak National Folklore Ballet Group - Lúčnica.

Zuzana Turlíková

Project Manager

Born and raised in Bratislava, Zuzka holds a Master of Design from the Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava including a year at Copenhagen University College of Engineering. She is currently working on a PhD in Design at the Technical University in Bratislava.

Zuzka loves family, people, art, Denmark and projects.

Zuzka is currently on maternity leave. Congrats Zuzka!

Martin Viceník

Senior Programmer

Martin graduated as an engineer in Computer Science from Slovak Technical University in Bratislava.

Martin grew up in Liptovský Mikuláš in northern Slovakia next to the beautiful Tatra mountains. All the calming wonders of nature have not had an effect on Martin yet as his free time is dedicated to leading themetal band Striguli on guitar and vocals

Zdenka Uhríková

Senior Programmer

Zdenka was born in Bratislava. She has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Comenius University and is finishing PhD in Cybernetics and Computer Science at Czech Technical University and the University of Ulster in Belfast.

Zdenka loves travelling, animals, outdoor sports, photography and her daughter Viki. She never leaves home without her trusty DSLR.

Zdenka is currently on maternity leave. Congrats Zdenka!

Ivana Ilčíková

Programmer

Ivana was born in Trnava – a beautiful historical city in western Slovakia, called ‘Little Rome’ because of the large number of churches around the city. She joined Foliovision while studying towards her PhD degree in Computer Science at Comenius University and she has successfully completed her studies this year.

In addition to her passion for overcoming obstacles in programming, Ivana loves to spend her time outdoors, mostly by doing sports such as climbing, skiing, hiking and floorball.

Richard Račko

Programmer

Richard was born in Očová, a small village near Zvolen, right in the middle of Slovakia. He moved to Bratislava when he began his studies of Computer Science on the Slovak Technical University, which he successfully finished this year with an Engineer's degree.

Richard is interested in new mobile technologies. In his free time he enjoys watching movies and TV-shows.

Juraj Kubričan

Junior Programmer

Juraj grew up near the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, with window of his room overlooking it's cascaded building. He eventually became a student of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and according to his own words, it's "no surprise that I ended there". He's now working on his Bachelor thesis.

Juraj's work in Foliovision is focused on development of our FV Player video plugin, with his areas of expertise being PHP and jQuery. Juraj is a big fan of new cutting edge web technologies and when he doesn't write code, he likes to read, ride his bicycle, occasionally work out, and loves summer festivals.

Sanela Kurtek

Site Promotion Team Lead

Sanela was born and raised in Croatia. From the moment she learned how to talk, she spoke two languages: Croatian and Slovak. Following her roots, she moved to Bratislava where she graduated with a Master’s degree in Journalism. Three years ago she got herself into the magical world of social media and online marketing and she's been happily stuck there ever since.

Sanela likes reading (especially Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King and Terry Prattchet), good music, and rewatching The Office/Friends every once in a while.

Natália Mattielighová

Account Manager

Born and raised in Bratislava, Natália studied Chinese studies at Comenius University and music at Conservatory in Bratislava. Apart from her work as Account Manager for Foliovision, she is also co-organizing the IFF Cinematik in Piešťany, Slovakia.

Natália, Foliovision's very own Bond girl, loves new exciting experiences, especially those that happen outdoors - for instance paragliding and bungee jumping! Besides working with WordPress, she also loves to play music on various instruments and meeting new people.

Diana Takácsová

Account Manager / Writers & Photographers Coordinator

Diana comes from a small village near Bratislava called Veľký Biel, and is a part of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, speaking fluently both languages. She holds a Master's degree in Mass Media Studies which she acquired by studying in Trnava, Slovakia and Sibiu, Romania.

Diana is a talented photographer who has participated on several international projects, focusing her work mainly on questions of identity and relationships between people and places. She’s is also a passionate traveller and blogger, usually heading east or north. She loves the smell of sea, books, well-designed things and challenges.

You can find out more about her work at her website or blog.

Eduard Várady

FV Player Support & Marketing

Eduard was born and lives in Bratislava. He holds a Master’s degree in Marketing Communication from University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia and before that he studied classical and computer animation.

Eduard loves to read and also to write, he’s an enthusiastic mountain biker, likes video games, horror movies, everything Italian, and most of all to spend time with his girlfriend and their dog, a chocolate lab named Mona.

Katarína Vaneková

Social Media Specialist

Katarína was born and lived her whole life in Bratislava with occasional travelling around Europe. She currently works on her Master’s degree in Marketing and Mass Media Communication at the Paneuropean University here in Bratislava.

Katarína is very passionate about writing, board games, pop-culture and fantasy and sci-fi movies and books. She occasionally volunteers and speaks at various Slovak and Czech fan conventions, talking about her academic and personal interests in TV-shows, movies or books she enjoyed.

Liana Rusnáková

Social Media Specialist/Content Manager

Liana comes from the eastern part of Slovakia, having lived both in Prešov and Košice. Later in life she moved west, to study mass media communication in the small, but charming town of Trnava. It was here where she developed an outgoing interest in gender roles in society and eventually graduated with a Master's degree.

Liana considers herself a minimalist with passion for DIY projects, crafts and sustainable living. She loves good books, writing short stories and watching the Twin Peaks series.