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$55  / per hour

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16+

About

I am an experienced IT Director and technology strategist with over 22 years of experience in software development and IT leadership roles, currently leading the Data & Artificial Intelligence portfolio at *um (The Unbelievable Machine Company) in Berlin. My expertise spans across creating technology and data strategies, with a strong focus on AI/ML, cloud data platforms, data lakes, advanced analytics, and driving innovation projects in IoT and cloud environments. Over the past decade, I have held senior leadership positions, managing complex projects and teams in dynamic settings, including my role as Head Officer at Intive, where I was instrumental in developing technology solutions accelerators and leading technical advisory services. My career trajectory demonstrates a consistent track record in fostering engineering excellence, offering development, and managing high-performing distributed teams across Poland and Germany. I have been responsible for several transformative initiatives, including cloud migrations, introducing new tech governance models, and pioneering a guilds culture to enhance productivity and innovation. My technical proficiencies encompass a range of platforms and practices such as DevOps, multi-cloud architectures, and AI-driven data science applications, underpinned by a deep understanding of Agile methodologies and Management 3.0. Equipped with a solid educational background in Automatics & Robotics, I am passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex business challenges, delivering value-driven innovations and leading teams towards achieving exceptional results.

Tech Stack

Management, Azure, Backend, BigQuery, Frontend

Experience

  • Technology and Data Strategy Development: Formulate comprehensive technology and data strategies to align with organizational goals, focusing on innovation and efficiency in cloud data platforms, data lakes, advanced analytics, AI/ML, and data science.
  • Leadership of Data & AI Portfolio: Oversee the Data and Artificial Intelligence portfolio, ensuring that projects and initiatives such as IoT and cloud innovations are executed effectively and contribute to business growth.
  • Driving Innovation Projects: Spearhead innovation projects, applying cutting-edge technologies to create solutions that enhance business operations and customer engagement.
  • Partnership Management: Manage and cultivate strategic partnerships with major technology providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Oracle, leveraging these relationships to gain access to new technologies and collaborative opportunities.
  • Team Management and Mentoring: Lead and mentor a team of developers and data scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Responsible for team dynamics, productivity, and professional development.
  • R&D Leadership and Solution Acceleration: Guide the research and development team, focusing on developing solution accelerators particularly in areas such as AI/ML, Edge AI, IoT, Big Data, and Cloud, enhancing the company's competitive edge in the market.
  • Speaking and Thought Leadership: Act as a speaker and thought leader at significant industry events, such as Oracle Open World, sharing insights and promoting the company’s technological advancements and expertise.

Employment history

IT Director-Finetech March 2021-Present

-Developing and executing comprehensive technology and data strategies to support the company’s goals and enhance its technological capabilities.
-Head of Data & Artificial Intelligence portfolio (Cloud Data Platforms, Data Lakes, Advanced Analytics, AI/ML, Data Science, MLOps).
-Driving innovation projects (IoT, AI, Cloud).
-Spearheading innovation projects involving IoT, AI, and Cloud technologies to maintain a competitive edge and leverage cutting-edge advancements.
-Building and maintaining an agile and secure backend infrastructure using Node.js, ensuring the system can handle high volumes of requests without compromising performance.

Head Officer-Intive September 2019-March 2021

-Responsible for technology strategy of the company.
-Align technology decisions with the organization’s goals.
-Responsible for R&D team and projects, developing solution accelerators (with the focus on AI/ML, Edge AI, IoT, Big Data, Cloud).
-Leading technical advisory services.
-Partnership Management (e.g. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle).
-Speaker on events (e.g. Oracle Open World in San Francisco).

Director of Service Line-Intive June 2017-September 2019

-Head of Software Services organization: Big Data, Data Science, AI/ML, Computer Vision, Cognitive, Cloud Computing (Azure, AWS), cloudnative and multi-cloud architectures (micro-services, serverless, containers).
-Responsible for Offering Development, Engineering Excellence (guidelines, processes, tools, competences), Team Management of distributed teams in Poland and Germany.
-Speaker on tech events.

Technology Manager-Intive September 2016-June 2017

-Responsible for leading technology management of the company.
-Responsible for technology strategy and roadmap, technology governance, establishing and maintaining technology partner programs (AWS, Azure).
-Introduced a guilds culture and other Management 3.0 concepts.

Head of Development Centre-Intive January 2015-September 2016

-Head of Software Services organization.
-Building and running Development Centre in Poznan city (including Site Management).
-Responsible for business, technology, delivery, team and project management.
-Engineering Excellence in Data, Web, Cloud, Mobile, DevOps

R&D/IT Director-Sagra technology February 2011-March 2015

-CTO and Head of Software Engineering organization in a SaaS product company – CRM/SFA product, eCommerce, data-driven, Mobile & Cloud products in SaaS model.
-Responsible for Development and Operations (Data Center & Cloud), Team & Project Management, Agile / Scrum,Technology Product Roadmap, new products development with Design Thinking.
-Cloud migration to the public cloud.

Senior Project Manager and Program Manager-Tieto October 2009-February 2011

-Head of Program Delivery.
-Managing software development teams, projects and programs.
-The biggest challenge was to ramp-up ~140 team members onsite agile organization in 9 months, within ~300 team members program with agile scalability in distributed teams (several
international nearshore and offshore sites).
-Developing Java/JEE large scale projects.

Center of Competence Manager/Project & Program Manager-Tieto January 2005-October 2009

-Leading Software Services organization in a Center of Excellence manner.
-Telecommunication domain (OSS/BSS).
-Responsible for Quality
-Assurance, IT & Dev projects, processes, methods, tools and governance models, team management, Project and program management, engineering excellence (standardization).
-Developing Quality Assurance and System Tests offerings. Responsible for test lab data center.

Software Development Engineer - Tieto August 1999-January 2005

-Telecommunication domain (OSS/BSS). C++, Java, C#, Scripting programming.
-Software development of backends for large distributed systems, high availability and resilience, test automation of protocol compliance, performance tuning.

Education history

Warsaw University of Technology 1993-1997 Warsaw University of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Warsaw University of Technology 2008-2010 Warsaw University of Technology
Master of Science in Information Technology
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