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Cedric Hnyda

Questioner · DISC type c
Director of Engineering at Cloudera
📍 Prague, Czechia

Cedric Hnyda is the Director of Engineering at Cloudera, a role he took on after Cloudera acquired his startup, Taikun. He is a hands-on engineer with a background in building cloud management platforms, systems, and teams from the ground up. He holds a Masters degree from EPITA, an engineering school in Paris.

He co-founded Taikun to simplify multicloud management, which was later acquired by Cloudera in 2025.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Prague, Czechia
Personality Overview

How Cedric shows up

Systematic
Cautious & Analytical
Not Easily Convinced

They prefer to analyze every situation thoroughly.
 They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Cedric cares about

Cloud Native Platforms
Co-founded Taikun to build a management platform for Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack, AWS, Azure, and GCP, demonstrating deep expertise in cloud infrastructure.
Building from Scratch
Expresses a passion for creating products, systems, and teams from the ground up, as evidenced by co-founding a successful startup.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Director of Engineering
Cloudera
2-2018 - 7-2025
Head of Engineering (Acquired by Cloudera)
taikun.cloud
2-2017 - 1-2018
Cloud Engineer
Mirantis
9-2015 - 12-2015
Software Engineer Intern
SUSE
9-2014 - 6-2015
Teaching Assistant
École pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2012 - 2017
Master
EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Informatique
2016 - 2017
Master's degree
Brno University of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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