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Ivan Kostial

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Director of Software Engineering at Alcon
📍 Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

Ivan Kostial is a Director of Software Engineering at Alcon, specializing in lean product development and agile methodologies. He holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the Technical University of Košice, where he researched Natural Language Processing. Colleagues describe him as enthusiastic, highly motivated, and possessing strong leadership skills.

Outside of his primary roles, Ivan has a passion for education, having previously taught software development subjects like Java and Android applications. He also has entrepreneurial experience as the business owner of PDSA driven sro, focusing on lean and agile principles.

Unique fact: Ivan has co-authored several academic papers on topics like "Ontology-based Information Retrieval. "

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Director of Software Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany
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Agile Transformation
As a certified scrum master and evangelist, he is particularly interested in company transitions towards lean and agile frameworks.
Lean Development
His professional specialties center on lean product development, and he has founded a business focused on these principles.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Director of Software Engineering
Alcon
1-2020 - 11-2025
Director of Software Engineering
GlobalLogic Slovakia
7-2019 - 12-2019
Project Manager
PANTHEON.tech
9-2017 - 6-2019
Teacher of technical subjects
SPŠ J. Murgasa
10-2013 - 8-2017
Business Owner
PDSA driven sro
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Education
1997 - 2002
Msc
Technical University of Košice
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