Marketa Lorinczy

After making the decision to quit my previous job, I carefully considered where to go. There were many options and I had to evaluate which one would be the best for me. I was tempted to go back to IT, but my primary goal was to attain freedom by the age of 50 – the freedom to pursue whatever I want; regarding work, sports, or family.

In 2009, I started looking for a new job. I had been working as a project manager and wanted to continue in that line of work, which is why VUT’s offer caught my eye. When I arrived at the job interview with Honza Černocký, who was the head of VUT’s Speech@FIT group, I was surprised that a committee of more than six people was also present.

I have always been interested in mathematics, research and generally how things work. Examining or building new things is what I find the most exciting. Therefore, when I finished my master's studies at BUT FIT, I was happy to receive a SPAM from Honza Černocký saying he was creating a group of speech recognition.