Karel Hudínek promoted to head of technology partnerships at Sharry

Sharry, a workplace experience platform around digital employee badges, promotes Karel Hudínek to Head of Technology Partnerships. Previously a Product Manager at 2N, Karel has held the same position at Sharry for the past year.

His recent promotion is pivotal to Sharry’s growing partnership programme with international vendors. Currently, Sharry has fully running integrations of more than 20 access control systems and mobile credential providers, including all relevant sector providers worldwide.

Karel’s main challenges

Karel’s main challenges in the role are establishing and maintaining relationships with access control system (ACS) vendors, streamlining certifications and partnerships with tech partners, tech analysis pre-integration, organising joint events with partners, and more.

Karel’s main challenges in the role are establishing and maintaining relationships with ACS

“I am grateful to Sharry for entrusting me with this role,” said Karel Hudínek, Head of Technology Partnerships at Sharry. “The uniqueness of Sharry lies in its extensive library of integrations, and I am excited to collaborate with outstanding partners to drive innovation in the field of access control systems and mobile credentials, as well as other types of integrations.”

Sharry’s plug-and-play solution

“With his extensive industry experience, Karel has been a real asset to Sharry over the past year as we have continued upgrading our product to fit our clients’ needs,” said Josef Šachta, Co-Founder and CEO of Sharry. “Access control systems are our most important technology partners and we are thrilled that Karel accepted the opportunity to drive this program further.”

Sharry’s plug-and-play solution and open API, ready for third-party integrations, perfectly fit the needs of a hybrid workstyle and flexible offices even across a property portfolio. This is especially important in post-pandemic times when businesses are establishing new protocols for office attendance. With Sharry, enterprises can provide employees and occupiers with a best-in-class workplace experience through the integration of all office and building systems into one platform.

Sharry's capabilities

Sharry redefines workplace experience with its platform built around digital employee badges

Based out of Prague, Sharry redefines workplace experience with its platform built around digital employee badges, with Apple Wallet support. Over the past year, Sharry has launched an employee badge in Apple Wallet at 167 Green Street, a multi-tenant office in Chicago. This has been possible thanks to a long-standing collaboration with HID.

In fact, Sharry's capabilities and reliability were recently recognised through the company's designation as an Elite Level HID Origo Technology Partner, a premium tier for industry providers offering innovative and integrated HID Origo solutions.

Czech Startups

Additionally, in the past year, Sharry delivered its workplace experience platform at office developments in Spain, Belgium, and Peru. 

Sharry continues to solidify its position in the Czech market, with recent inclusion in the 20 most popular Czech Startups (as selected by the magazine CzechCrunch), as well as receiving multiple international accolades for its product in international media outlets such as Forbes Peru, PlaceTech, Security Journal Americas, Verdantix, and more.