Petr Janda

CEO & Co-Founder @ SYNQ

Petr is an experienced tech & data leader, previously leading technology teams at Pleo as the CEO.

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Petr has spent the last 10 years building technology at data-intensive companies, where data has played a central role in the success of the business, from monetizing data directly with customers to training robust AI systems.

Experience

Co-Founder and CEO at SYNQ
CTO and VP of Engineering at Pleo
VP of Engineering at Merlon.ai
CTO at GlobalWebIndex

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Rethinking Data Observability in the Age of AI

Recently, we hosted a live webinar to talk about the evolution of data observability: what’s changing, what’s broken, and how SYNQ is building for what’s next. Our CEO & Co-Founder Petr Janda joined by our Field-CTO Stepen Murphy walked through the macro trends reshaping data workflows, where we see AI adding the most value, and how Scout, our autonomous AI agent, is helping customers resolve data quality issues before they become incidents.

June 16, 2025

Building Incident Management at SYNQ

Discover how Synq developed its Incident Management system tailored for data teams, integrating error detection, ownership, and lifecycle management to enhance data reliability.

October 28, 2024

Unpacking Synq’s approach to incident management for data teams

Explore Synq’s tailored approach to incident management for data teams, highlighting key stages like issue detection, triage, handling, and post-incident analysis.

March 26, 2024

Why incidents – not issues – must be the basis of data reliability SLAs

Learn why tracking data incidents, not just issues, is key to reliable SLAs. Explore best practices for detection, triage, and postmortems.

March 25, 2024

How we built code-column lineage to reimagine the data practitioner’s experience

Building new software engineering-like workflows

February 23, 2024

Why we’re taking column-level lineage to the next level

As column-level lineage becomes the standard, what is next?

February 22, 2024

Helping data teams improve reliability of their critical data

Synq Data Products create greater clarity, foster a stronger sense of ownership, and enhance reliability for your business-critical data within scaling data ecosystems.

November 8, 2023

New capabilities to manage data reliability at scale

Discover how Synq’s self-learning testing engine enhances data reliability by dynamically detecting anomalies, reducing false positives, and integrating seamlessly with existing dbt tests.

May 9, 2023