Deputy Director of MoD Communication and Information Systems Division

Colonel GS Zdeněk Rýpar

 

Education:

• 1979 – 1983
  Professional secondary school with final examination
• 1983 – 1988
  Military Academy in Brno, electrical engineering branch, Master’s degree in – electronic computers
• 1993
  Senior Officers’ Course, command automatization – building of armed forces information systems
• 1994 – 1996
  Automatization and informatization management
• 2002
  Senior Officers’ Course, English language – United Kingdom
• 2012 – 2013
  General Staff Course – University of Defence, Brno
• 2015
  English language Course – United Kingdom
   

Service career:

• 1988 – 1989
  Engineer, engineer-technical group, engineer-technical support section, 7th Computing Centre, State Air Defence Command
• 1989 – 1991
  Senior officer – lead engineer of the engineer-technical support group, engineer-technical support section, 7th Computing Centre, State Air Defence Command
• 1992 – 1993
  Chief, engineer-technical support section, chief engineer of the operation and engineer-technical support of the 4th Development and Computing Centre, Air Force and Air Defence Command
• 1993 – 1994
  Chief, operation and engineer – technical support section, of the 4th Development and Computing Centre, Air Force and Air Defence Command
• 1995 – 1997
  Chief, operation and technology support section – Deputy Chief, 4th IT Project and Technology Centre, 4th Air Defence Corps
• 1997 – 1999
  Senior lead officer – specialist, Coordination and Integration Section, Command and Control Development Department, Command and Control Division, General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
• 1999 – 2000
  Senior lead officer – Deputy Chief, Coordination and Integration Section, Command and Control Development Department, Command and Control Division, General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
• 2000 – 2001
  Chief, CIS Section, CIS Department, Command and Control Division, General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
• 2001 – 2004
  Chief, IS Section, Stationary CIS Department, Command and Control Division, General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces
• 2004 – 2006
  Head of the CIS Architecture Section, CIS Development and Planning Department, MoD CIS Division
• 2006 – 2009
  Chief, Czech Delegation to SHAPE, Mons, Belgium
• 2009 – 2010
  Head, CIS Development Department, IT Development Agency
• 2011 – 2013
  Director, Information Systems Development and Integration, MoD CIS Division
• 2013 – 2016
  Director, CIS Department, MoD Support Division
• 2016 – 2019
  Head liaison officer, NATO Liaison Officers, Brussels
• 2019
  Chief, CIS Integration and Interoperability Department, CIS Agency
• 2020 – 2024
  Director, CIS Development and Projects Department, MoD CIS Division
• 1 May 2024
  Deputy Director, MoD Communication and Information Systems Division

Decorations:

• Cross of Merit of Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, 3rd grade
• Medal of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic "For service abroad", 3rd, 2nd grade
• Czech Armed Forces Honorary Medal of Merit, 3rd, 2nd, 1st grade
   

Language skills:

• English

February 24, 2025