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ABOUT ME

Digital analyst, developer, and lifelong learner based in Brno.

The Story

Branislav Mateáš

I was born in the coldest village in Slovakia, where winter teaches you patience early. My first taste of code came in 2014 with Imagine Logo at school. Visual blocks, turtle graphics, and the "I made the computer do a thing" moment that never wore off.

By 2018, enough late nights with HTML, CSS, and PHP had convinced me I already knew everything. I didn't. That year I shipped my first commercial WordPress build. When COVID hit, quarantine turned into a Flutter bootcamp of one: I learned Dart, built a demo, and that demo landed me my first corporate Flutter role.

Moving to Brno for university opened a different door. At a UX agency, a mentor introduced me to web analytics, and the overlap of code, data, and human behaviour clicked instantly. I implemented measurement for enterprise clients, ran one project as PM, and grew across the full marketing stack: GA4, GTM, BigQuery, Looker Studio, with AI in the loop.

Two years into Computer Science I transferred to Information Studies at the same university, because programming without context is just code. Today I'm freelance, studying both fields in parallel, and starting to take what I learn onto the conference stage.

Connecting the dots

2014

First taste of code

My very first line (not really a line) in Imagine Logo at school. Visual blocks, turtle graphics, but the "I made the computer do a thing" moment landed hard.

2018

WordPress, for real

After grinding through HTML, CSS, and PHP, convinced I already knew everything (I didn't), I shipped my first commercial WordPress build.

2020

Flutter & mobile dev

Dived into cross-platform app development with Flutter/Dart. Built and shipped small apps, learning to think in components and state.

2022

UX agency & analytics pivot

Moved to Brno for university. Joined a UX agency where a mentor opened my eyes to web analytics, the intersection of data, UX, and business.

2023

Enterprise clients & PM

Led analytics implementations for Kentico, KD, and others. Grew into a project manager role, owning the full technical marketing stack.

2024

Freelance & KISK

Went independent. Simultaneously enrolled in CS and Information Studies at KISK, combining technical depth with information science context.

What I Believe In

Data with context

The answer is 42, but only if you asked the right question first. Numbers without narrative are noise. Every metric needs a so-what, a clear thread back to a decision someone is actually going to make.

No bullshit policy

When I pick a tool or commit to a delivery, it ships at the highest quality I can pull off. I've seen too many people sell services they can't technically back. That's not me, and it never will be.

Privacy by default

GDPR-first, even when the brief is loose. Cleaner consent, fewer dark patterns, safer data. Better for the user, and almost always better for the business too.

Off the clock

What I think about when I'm not thinking about analytics.

FC Barcelona & football analytics

Long-time Barça fan. Football analytics is actually what first pulled me into data: xG, pass maps, and pressing stats before I ever opened GA.

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Chess

FIDE rapid 1592 over the board. Once peaked around 2000 on Lichess (probably a fluke, but I'll take it). I like positions where one quiet move flips the evaluation.

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Ping pong

Casual but competitive. The closest you get to live A/B testing: every rally is a new hypothesis about your opponent.

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Photography

Picked it up in 2025 with a Canon R100. Basic mirrorless, learning the fundamentals: light, framing, patience. I'm getting better one walk at a time.

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Fascinated by China

Language, history, food, and the tech ecosystem. I read about it constantly, a reminder that the Western internet is one bubble, not the whole map.

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Random fun fact

I was born in the coldest village in Slovakia. I love random trivia like this and collect it constantly. Ask me about anything obscure, there's a decent chance I have an opinion.

Did I convince you yet?

Got a project that needs clean analytics, a reliable implementation, or just a second opinion? I'd love to hear about it.

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