Justyna Orłowska

Juror | GovTech | Pełnomocnik Prezesa Rady Ministrów

Antoni Rytel

Juror | GovTech Polska

Anna Bednarska

Juror | GovTech Polska

Wojciech Janek

Juror | GovTech | Civil Servant

Robert Król

Juror | GovTech Polska | Zastępca Dyrektora - Digital Skills & Innovation

Odpowiedzialny za zespół realizujący wsparcie na rzecz sektora publicznego (administracja i spółki skarbu państwa) w zamawianiu innowacji - wyznaczanie celów, organizacja narzędzi, przetargów, nadzór nad realizacją i realizacja w boju.

Robert Kalinowski

Juror | Ministerstwo Rozwoju | Naczelnik Wydziału Eliminacji Barier i Relacji z Biznesem

Naczelnik Wydziału Eliminacji Barier i Relacji z Biznesem w Departamencie Handlu i Współpracy Międzynarodowej w Ministerstwie Rozwoju.

Jacek Brzozowski

Juror | PGNiG Obrót Detaliczny | Business Development Director

Business Development Director, PGNiG Obrót Detaliczny – retail branch of PGNiG Group, the leader in the Polish natural gas market. Responsible for the implementation of new products and services in the area of dual-fuel, cross-sell, energy efficiency, heating, smart home. He is also in charge of R&D and Innovation, which includes coordination of technology and innovation scouting and carrying out new projects. His previous work experience included managerial roles in mobile telco industry and major business association in Poland.

Witold Wiliński

Juror | GPW Tech S.A | Prezes Zarządu

Prof. Witold Wiliński, od 2019 r. Prezes Zarządu GPW Tech S.A. spółki odpowiedzialnej w ramach Grupy GPW S.A. za rozwój i komercjalizację produktów softwarowych i usług technologicznych dla sektora finansowego. Posiada wieloletnie doświadczenie w zarządzaniu spółkami sektora IT. Był wiceprezesem Zarządu m.in. w Asseco Systems S.A i Softbank Serwis S.A. Członek Rady Nadzorczej KDPW S.A. Profesor w Instytucie Międzynarodowej Polityki Gospodarczej SGH. Prof. Witold Wilinski, from 2019 year CEO at GPW Tech S.A. (member of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Group responsible for the commercialisation of software products for the financial sector). Formerly member of the Management Board in Asseco Systems S.A. and Softbank Serwis S.A. Member of the Supervisory Board at KDPW S.A. (the Central Securities Depository of Poland). Professor at Warsaw School of Economics.

Witold Wiliński

Juror | CEO GPW Tech S.A.

Prof. Witold Wilinski, from 2019 year CEO at GPW Tech S.A. (member of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Group responsible for the commercialisation of software products for the financial sector). Formerly member of the Management Board in Asseco Systems S.A. and Softbank Serwis S.A. Member of the Supervisory Board at KDPW S.A. (the Central Securities Depository of Poland). Professor at Warsaw School of Economics.

Zbigniew Wiliński

Juror | Polish Financial Supervision Autority | Director of the FinTech Department

Zbigniew Jacek Wiliński – Director of the FinTech Department at the Polish Financial Supervision Autority (Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego) A graduate of the University of Wroclaw and the University of Economics. A long-time employee of Polish tax authorities. Between 2016 and 2019 he was managing the Standard Audit File for VAT Tax project for the Ministry of Finance. He was responsible for the project and for that was awarded with the Poland Chapter of the Year (PMI) prize. He was also managing the MinFinTech project in the field of innovative IT tools, engaging start-ups and improving the operation of the National Revenue Administration. The project was conducted in the framework of GOVTECH Poland Programme, where he was also a mentor and ambassador. He was a lecturer at the Tax&Customs Academy and the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution, where he was focusing on the aspects of tax audit, OSINT, e-commerce and tax fraud.

Jan Ziomek

Juror | Polish Financial Supervision Authority | Leader of the Financial Innovation Team in the FinTech Department

Leader of the Financial Innovation Team in the FinTech Department of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego). A lawyer by profession, admitted to the Warsaw Bar Association. He has experience in e.g. banking law, payment services, EIDAS, exchange of tax information with other jurisdictions FATCA / CRS. Since 2017, he has worked at the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Urząd Komisji Nadzoru Finansowego), where he supports entities from the FinTech sector, including through coordination of the Innovation Hub Programme, under which FinTechs receive legal support.

Sebastian Jaworski

Juror | BGK | Dyrektor Departamentu Rozwoju Systemów

Passioned about team effectiveness and transforming innovative technologies into effective customer solutions. Strong experience in building teams from ground up, flexible team sizing, defining and implementing processes with focus on people development. Very good past experience in different kinds of projects with multiple employers (cross-public and private sector ) including software development, open-source projects and IT ifrastructure innovation. Very strong understanding and implementation of processes and "software as a service" approach including agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).

Tomasz Dunajski

Juror | Microsoft | Experienced ICT Manager, Expert at IT Leader Club Polska, Sales Manager

Experienced ICT manager, expert at IT Leader Club Polska, Sales Manager at Microsoft responsible for cloud solutions for govt customers. The American Chamber of Commerce Poland and AFCEA member, Microsoft INSEAD Online Business Strategy and Financial Acumen, MCSE. Certified specialist advising customers on changing technical solutions in order to achieve better business results and to ensure business continuity and their priority objectives.

Paulina Wójciak

Juror | Qualaroo | CEO

Paulina brings over 10 years of experience in the technology industry, building and developing not only products and services but also growing software engineering and product teams. She has 7 years of experience in user research helping companies to understand their users. Recently, she has been a CEO of Qualaroo, a user research platform for UX Designers, owned by Texas-based venture equity fund, Scaleworks. She was driving the company’s growth by being at the intersection of product management, design, analytics, marketing, and operations. She also has vast experience in HR and recruitment. Paulina is a keynote speaker and mentor and has been a pioneer for leading the path for women in the technology industry. She is an avid book reader, has a passion for UX research and neuroscience and loves to travel.

Katarzyna Kolasa

Juror | Kozminski University | Head of Health Economics and Healthcare Management Division

Driven with the passion to health economics, Katarzyna Kolasa has acquired more than 20 years of academic and commercial experience with the pricing & reimbursement challenges of medical technologies and digital health solutions. Katarzyna Kolasa is the head of Health Economics and Healthcare Management Division at Kozminski University and the chair elect of the Digital Health Special Interest Group at ISPOR as well. She teaches the application of health economics in the field of digital health at MBA Healthcare Program at Medical University in Lublin and Corvinius University in Budapest as well Katarzyna holds a PhD degree in health economics and is an author of more than 40 scientific IF publications in the field of health technology assessment, health economics and pharmacoeconomics. Her extensive knowledge in the field of health economics was acquired at University of York, University of Lund, and University of Bergen as well as during International Doctoral Courses in Health Economics and Policy organized by the Swiss School of Public Health. Katarzyna Kolasa has authored more than 40 scientific IF publications and delivered more than 1000 lectures to different groups of students. She has given speeches at more than 40 international conferences. Prior to Kozminski University, she worked as Adiunct at Warsaw Medical University, Faculty of Pharamcy (2009-2015), Adjunct at Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz (2014-2016). She was a Visiting Lecturer at Łazarski MBA in Healthcare program and College of Pharmacoeconomics, HTA, Marketing and Pharmaceutical Law at the Warsaw School of Businesss. Her business carreer developed across mutilpe commercial entities. At Bristol Myers Squibb and Lundbeck she was leading Market Access teams in Central Eastern European (CEE) and Nordic Region. She was part of Global and Regional Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) teams at AstraZeneca and BiogenIdec being based in Sweden and Switzerland respectively. Her practical skills in the field of health economics were developed during six years employment contract at the Kalmar County Council in Sweden as well. For the last four years, she has been developing experience with the pricing &reimbursement challenges in the field of medical devices. Since 2016, Katarzyna has been representing Straub Medical as Global Market Access Lead for that Swiss family owned company. Prior to that, Katarzyna was employed as a Senior HEOR Director at GE Healthcare. In 2018, Katarzyna was nominated by the Ministry of Science to represent Poland in the COST Action CA17117, COST Association „Towards an International Network for Evidence-based Research in Clinical Health Research”.

Tomasz Jaworski

Juror | Microsoft

Tomasz has over 20 years of experience in strategic digital transformation initiatives nowadays enabled by artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, robotic automation and IoT. He advises public administration and large enterprises in achieving business goals through applying solutions using high technologies engaging business side and technology side. As a key expert, he participated, among others in projects such as PHARE at the Ministry of Finance, merger of ICT infrastructure of Polbank EFG and Raiffeisen Bank, implementation of a new mass storage platform at PKO BP, digitization of recordings in the Chancellery of the Sejm and the Polish Radio Olsztyn, implementation of the main digital broadcasting system in Polish Radio. He has successfully introduced to the CEE region cloud based IT management solutions based on Machine Learning. Recently Tomasz represented ICT industry side in several public consultations, among others Shared State IT Infrastructure (WIIP), National Cybersecurity Platform (NPC), Plan of Integrated Computerization of the State (PZIP). As a certified specialist and IT architect we actively participates in the exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of AI, Robotic Process Automation, cloud and cybersecurity in many industry forums, positively motivating the cooperation of various communities. Has on numerous publications in the industry press (available on the LinkedIn profile). He lectured "International problems of new technologies development" at the Cracow University of Economics.

Patryk Wild

Juror | MPK Wrocław | Dyrektor d.s. rozwoju i inwestycji

Marcin Sowa

Juror | Naczelnik Wydziału Rady Innowacyjności w Departamencie Innowacji Ministerstwa Rozwoju

Zajmuje się instrumentami wspierającymi politykę innowacyjności (ulgi podatkowe, program Start in Poland, w tym działanie Poland Prize), pomocą publiczną, pilotuje innowacyjne projekty (Gospostrateg Hyperloop). W latach 2000-2005 i 2007-2013 I sekretarz i radca – kierownik WPHI Ambasady RP w Budapeszcie. Urzędnik mianowany służby cywilnej, w administracji pracuje od 1995 roku.

Anna Sroka

Juror | GE Healthcare | Senior SAP professional

Senior SAP professional with 10+ years of experience in implementation, operation and support of business technology Lead of multi-cultural teams in different roles providing strategic direction & solution expertise Experienced in engaging both IT & Business leadership to prioritize and align technology roadmap Experienced in traditional and rapid style deployments LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-sroka-302a404/

Przemysław Przybylak

Juror | Cyberspace Defence Forces Command Forming Group

Colonel Przemysław Przybylak assumed his present duties as Commander of Cyberspace Defence Forces Command Forming Group, National Cyber Security Centre, Ministry of National Defence Republic of Poland in March 2020. He previously served form November 2019 until March 2020 as Chief of Cyberspace Security Directorate, National Cyber Security Centre. A native of Ozorków, Łódź province, COL Przybylak is a graduate of Military University of Technology, Warsaw, where he was promoted to 2LT. He assumed his first post as Post Commander/C2 Commander in 1998. COL Przybylak has held technical and command positions across all levels of the Polish Armed Forces and Ministry of National Defence Republic of Poland. COL Przybylak served as Engineer/Analyst at Air Force Automation Centre, Junior Specialist in ICT Systems Operation Branch at ITC Centre of National Defence, Chief of CERT Section in CSIRT Department at CIS Command And Control Agency, Head of Cyberspace Operations Department at Cyber Security Centre of the Polish Armed Forces and Commander, Cyber Operations Centre. COL Przybylak is a graduate of the University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz where he received his M.Sc. at the Department of Telecommunications, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and finished postgraduate studies at the Koźminski University, Warsaw, where he received Master of Business Administration IT. COL Przybylak specializes in assessing the security of ICT systems. He has extensive experience in managing teams conducting security assessments, audits and penetration testing of ICT systems. He also has knowledge and experience related to the designing, implementing, administering security and secure delivering of ICT systems and services in accordance with generally accepted standards. COL Przybylak holds numerous certificates relates to ICT security and management, i.e.: CISSP, C|EH, OSCP, BSI ISO/IEC 27001 LA, ITIL® v3 Foundation, PRINCE2TM Foundation, NSA & CNSS 4013 System Administrator. He has knowledge of CISCO network technologies at the CCNA/CCNP Security level and VMware virtualization at the VCP DCV level. COL Przybylak and his wife are the happy parents of two children.

Adam Lange

Juror | Standard Chartered Bank | VP, Cyber Threat Hunting

Adam has an over two decades of IT and IT Security experience on offensive (red) and defensive (blue) side. Currently he serves as Head of Cyber Threat Hunting Team in Global Cyber Defense Centre for one of the largest global financial institutions. He is responsible for driving proactive identification of abnormal or malicious indicators of cyber threats attempting to evade or bypass security controls. By doing so he protects the bank and its customers located in over 60 markets from cyber attacks. In his spare time, he hunts threat actors on pro bono basis, conducting malware analysis and coding security tools and systems. Frequent speaker at security related conferences such as Confidence, SECURE, Security bSides Warsaw and What The H@ck. Retro gaming and Demoscene fan.

Ewa Kucharska

Juror | Branchspace | Country Manager

Founder of CLUSTER COWORK - local chain of coworking offices, currently also Country Manager at Branchspace.com - London based IT consulting company. Ewa graduated from the law school but she professionally focused herself on running her own business - coworking spaces and consulting services. Currently, for the last 2 years, Ewa has been building and managing IT development team and UX/UI team focused on its own product and services for airlines. Get it touch with Ewa to talk about business strategy, product-market fit and product development.

Piotr Grzesik

Juror | Tech Lead And Engineering Manager at 15Five

I'm a software developer, currently working as tech lead and engineering manager at 15Five. While mostly using Python as my language of choice, I sometimes write a little bit of Javascript and Go, in addition, I know a thing or two about Amazon Web Services and Cloud Computing in general. This is going to be my third time being a mentor at HackYeah!

Piotr Godowski

Juror | IBM | Software Architect

Currently focused on Hybrid Clouds management and software licensing in the containerized world. Passionate of IT technologies, including AI, cyber security, BI, IoT and distributed systems. Member of ISO/IEC Polish National Body, owner of several software patents. Acting CTO of IBM Krakow Lab.

Jerzy Czepiel

Juror | Universality | CEO

Originator and creator of Universality. The owner and founder of the SmartShack software house. Co-author of over 30 internet applications. A programmer with experience in numerical analysis, machine learning and broadly understood scientific programming. Lecturer in Ruby on Rails at the Jagiellonian University.

Jakub Kaczmarski

Juror | Allegro | Engineering Director

Responsible for the Delivery Experience product area. In Allegro.pl since 2013 - manages over 100 engineers and product managers in several cities. Former Java programmer and certified Oracle database administrator. Earlier, head of the Software Development Department at Gazeta.pl (Agora). Privately a big basketball fan. I can help with ecommerce, delivery and product development topics.

Jakub Folczak

Juror | Universality | Development Manager

Expert in establishing relationships, acquiring partners and funds. Manager with extensive B2B sales experience and work in a startup environment. Formerly a volunteer and fundraising manager at the Możesz ITy Foundation and director of the local branch of the IT Coders Lab school.

Martyna Niszczota

Allegro | E-commerce Product Manager | Delivery Experience | Technology

Jan Wroński

Allegro | Product Manager

Michał Perlak

HSBC | Software Engineer

A Software Engineer focused mostly on the JVM backend development, but with some frontend skills and experience also. Experienced mostly with Java and Kotlin and Spring ecosystem. Actively promoting Kotlin as a modern Java alternative. Enthusiast of the functional programming. Currently working in HSBC on the project focused on customer screening for FCR compliancąće.

Krzysztof Tańcula

PRZEkarpacie Foundation | CEO

Krzysiek (Chris) Tańcula Founder of a nonprofit working in a startups' field - PRZEkarpacie Foudation, entrepreneur in the field of marketing services - 1st realtime marketing agency MOMENTALNA. Former startups marketer (Szafa.pl, VictoriaPM), tech journalist (interaktywnie.com) and copywriter (Blip.pl, Multimedia Polska S.A.). Local activist, civiljournalist and changemaker. Eager to help you with: defining your problem for the greatest impact, validation/MVP/prioritizing features and communications - copywriting and pitching.

Jan Bińczyk

Inveox | Lead UX Designer

Jan has over 12 years of professional experience in the field of product design as a UX Designer and UX Manager. He transforms the experience delivered to users by positioning UX design as an integral aspect of strategic product planning. As a Lead UX Designer at Inveox, he designs for the healthcare industry by creating more personalized experiences for patients. Jan has graduated from the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities with a Master's Degree in Social Psychology of the Internet and Communication. He has launched and now coordinates the User Experience & Business Design postgraduate studies at the Tischner European University in Kraków. Apart from that, Jan is also a guest lecturer at the UX Design and Internet Analysis studies at the Białystok University of Technology.

Filip Madej

IBM | Full Stack Developer

Full stack developer currently working on cloud and analytics solutions. A web and mobile enthusiast. Ask me about IBM Cloud and IBM Watson Studio.

Maciej Polonski

Allegro | Product Manager

As a Product Manager I am responsible for mobile experience on Allegro.pl. I can help you with structuring your idea, setting priorities, cutting the pointless stuff. Big fan of listening to people.

Bartosz Pijawski

Revolvair

Over 20 years of experience in indoor air quality, energy-efficient construction and transport. Enthusiast of electric and supersonic aviation. Follower of the principles "simpler is better" and “blue ocean strategy”.

Jakub Wincewicz

Linguido | CTO

Full-stack developer with a background in Java, Spring, Play Framework, PostgreSQL, DevOps and video streaming engine. I have spent most of the time in startups but have also experience in government projects.

Adrian Szindler

UBS | IT Business Analyst

I am Adrian and I am an IT Business Analyst with 5 years’ experience in Financial Industry. I have worked in many IT projects in UBS, Citi Singapore, CommerzBank and mBank, which were dedicated for Back Office and also were client facing. I enjoy my work, because I have a possibility to work closely with business and dev team. I can help in product development, UX/UI and mobile.

Ada Kopeć

PGNIG | Business Development Specialist

I am a business development specialist in PGNiG where we combine innovative solutions with costumer`s needs. I am focused on gas, energy and heat sectors. I am keen on sustainable energy development and renewables.

Błażej Miśkiewicz

Microsoft | Cloud Solution Architect – Azure Apps & Cloud Infrastructure

Marcin Waszczuk

Microsoft Technology Center | Architekt rozwiązań Data & AI

Marcin odpowiada za projekty związane z usługami kognitywnymi, budową botów i pracą z danymi. W Microsoft od 5 lat.

Marek Pyka

Microsoft | Cloud Solutions Architect

dr inż. Marek Pyka Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect w obszarze Advanced Analytics and AI. Zanim dołączył do firmy Microsoft przebył długą drogę od architekta rozwiązań, specjalistę bezpieczeństwa systemów IT, wykładowcę akademickiego i naukowca Data Scientist. Pasjonat technologii chmurowych, zagadnień sztucznej inteligencji i obszarów bezpieczeństwa systemów przetwarzania danych w chmurze. Prelegent na licznych konferencjach krajowych i zagranicznych. Pięciokrotnie nagrodzony tytułem Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) w kategorii Cloud and Datacenter Management. Posiadacz licznych certyfikatów technologicznych i biznesowych. Współpracując z międzynarodowymi zespołami Microsoft, wspiera największe polskie i zagraniczne organizacje w realizacji projektów Data Science, cyfrowej transformacji środowisk IT oraz adopcji usług AI w procesach biznesowych.

Katarzyna Krupa

Projektanci Innowacji PFR | Trainer and Design Thinking moderator. Facilitator

Trainer and Design Thinking moderator. Facilitator at “Projektanci Innowacji PFR” the educational program run in cooperation between Google and the Polish Development Fund. Expert in designing innovation workshops and transitioning from traditional to hybrid & online learning. 10 years of experience as a Global Program Manager for People Development at Google.

Agata Szydłowska

Projektanci Innowacji PFR | Trainer, User Experience Expert & Entrepreneur

Trainer, User Experience Expert & Entrepreneur. Develops and delivers training programs to companies and individuals in the area of innovation and well-being. Facilitator at “Projektanci Innowacji PFR” (‘Designers of Innovation’) Poland-wide initiative sponsored by Google and Polish Development Fund. Worked at Google for 8+ years in the area of user experience, focusing on the development of online help tools for SMBs that use Google AdWords.

Mateusz Nowicki

DevMeetings | Teacher Of Frontend Technologies

Proactive developer with background from different fields of industry and solid experience in whole projects life cycle from small to enterprise level applications. Teaching Frontend technologies by conducting workshops and mentoring across whole Poland with DevMeetings. Can help you with every Web oriented question.

Pascal Geenens

Radware | EMEA Cyber Security Evangelist

As the EMEA Cyber Security Evangelist for Radware, Pascal helps execute the company's thought leadership on today’s security threat landscape. Pascal brings over two decades of experience in many aspects of Information Technology and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Free University of Brussels. As researcher Pascal discovered the BrickerBot, JenX and Demonbot botnets, did extensive research on Hajime, the Hadoop YARN attack surface, and follows closely new developments and threats in the Cloud and IoT space as well as applications of AI in cyber security and hacking.

Dominik Raś

Polcode | Sr Project Manager

Dominik Ras remembers those old days when a Facebook account was a privilege first given out to those top-level geeks of IT squads at Universities in United States, or those days when downloading a 3-minute piece of music took 3 days on Napster. Ever since then he is an enthusiast of disruptive technologies and contributor to the world of innovation, but it wasn’t only an online fascination – he continued his involvement offline as well as a member of a phenomenal entrepreneurial community right across the Hudson River from New York City called NJTechMeetup. Professionally, he was a lead of Learning and Innovation Council at Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters while implementing new tech solutions at companies of various sizes including the top 10 accounting firms of United States. He was one of 3 founding partners at a startup called CleverStep, creator of FieldATeam mobile platform. Currently, as a Sr Project Manager, he’s a member of a panel evaluating innovative ideas at Polcode in Warsaw, Poland

Michał Żyliński

Google | Solution Architect

Michał is a in Google, helping customers and partners utilize cloud to its fullest potential. He's a true passionate about the impact of information on business and social processes and used to work as a consultant on many projects related to big data, machine learning and data science. Michał pracuje w Google jako architekt rozwiązań, pomagając klientom i partnerom w optymalny sposób wykorzystać możliwości, które daje chmura. Jego pasją są dane i ich wpływ na procesy biznesowe i społeczne. Ostatnie kilka lat spędził jako doradca w projektach na styku big data, uczenia maszynowego i data science.

Paulina Sadowska

Allegro | Android Developer

I work as an Android Developer at Allegro. I like to share knowledge through public speaking and blog posts (medium.com/@PaulinaSadowska).

Tomasz Rozmus

Ericsson | Software developer

Master of Engineering in Computer Science from the AGH University of Science and Technology. Software developer in XFT Team at Ericsson. In daily work, he designs, develops and tests new features of telecommunications software mostly using C++. Addicted to good coffee beans and clean code. After work a big enthusiast of web development and console games.

Krzysztof Zalasa

Google Cloud | Customer Engineer

Started writing software in self-learning manner at the age of 15. Many years spent as software or solutions architect in various places like tech startup, interactive agency, end to end OTT provider working on projects for Fortune 500 companies. Builds cloud based solutions for 8 years including multimillion global deployments (USA, Europe, Asia, Australia). Studied psychology, fan of Kanban and continuous improvement. Currently as Customer Engineer in Google Cloud supports hundreds of customers in their architecture, selecting cloud components and implementing best practices. Google for Startups mentor.

Ewa Korzeniewska

Allegro | Product Manager

Ewa has more than 5 years of experience in consulting, product management and tech in an international environment. Previously, advised on international digital projects for global brands & launched on Polish market the biggest e-commerce platform of retailer. Currently is working in Allegro in the Seller Area, responsible for International Sellers Experience. Can help you with Product Management, UX & CX, E-commerce, Mobile, understanding business perspective & finding new solutions and ideas.

Wael Bassem Maher

HSBC | Solutions Architect

13+ years of IT experience; worked in different software houses and technology corporate e.g. Vodafone. Since 2014 with HSBC, my current role is solutions architect; Experienced in Cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevSecOps, chatbots, Web Architecture, Mobile Architecture, .Net development, Application security, CI/CD, Agile, team leading, automation testing. Developed my first software program when I was 13 years old using DOS [the black screen] 🙂 Participated in a couple of Hackathons as member, mentor, and Judge. The latest two were with HSBC Global virtual hackathon 2019, and Technovation Families 2019-2020. – certificates attached if needed – I believe that everyone has his own unique talent, your job is to dig deeper and find it out. Life is tough, you should know how to tackle this to achieve your goals; discipline is the magic key. Don't fear from failure, and don't quit because failure is the first step for success.

Łukasz Maj

Leader of the winning team in the EU project called "Competences as a key path to career", a Google scholarship holder.

Lukasz gained his education at IT technical college, the Cracow University of Technology and the CISCO academy, which he graduated with scholarships for the best graduates. Leader of the winning team in the EU project called "Competences as a key path to career", a Google scholarship holder. His team took third place at the first edition of "HackYeah" hackathon - the largest stationary hackathon in Europe and also first place in the business category and third place in the technical category of the "MinFinTech" hackathon organized by polish government. Most importantly, all of his team's projects created as part of hackathons were later implemented in polish state systems. For over 2 years he ran his own business, after which he became involved with the company Aplikacje Krytyczne, software house of the Ministry of Finance. His role was to create software for eliminating the VAT loophole in Poland, which was a great success. To this day, he is associated with working for Poland as a contractor, bringing both technical and business knowledge. He also works as a System Architect at the American company called Pegasystems.

Piotr Łukasik

C#, .Net, and JavaScript Software Engineer

Software Engineer graduated from AGH University of Science and Technology and a current Ph.D. Enthusiast of every kind of sport, e-sport and new technologies. As a developer, I'm strongly passionate about microservices, blockchain and serverless. My technology main areas are C#, .Net, and JavaScript.

Łukasz Krajnow

PGNiG Retail | Manager

Graduate of management and political science, innovation enthusiast and energy market expert, manager at PGNiG Retail – branch of PGNiG Group, the leader in the Polish natural gas market. Łukasz promotes cooperation between corporations and startups operating in energy sector. He is also responsible for development of "new energy" stream which involves renewables, utilities and energy efficiency.

Marcin Janiszewski

IBM | Senior Manager, HDM Center of Excellence, Data & AI

Over 20 years in IT. Starting from medicine, telco, and banking sectors. Last 10 years working with data and AI, dedicated to appliance solutions. Fan of AI, ML and Watson . Privately ultra and marathon runner.

Kamil Łątka

PKO Bank Polski | Corporate-Startup Collaboration And R&D Projects

Project Manager with over 8 years of experience in implementing innovative products and services. He built his experience in the international consulting company KPMG where he was involved in projects in digital transformation, business process optimization and improvement of customer experience. At present, he is responsible for corporate-startup collaboration and R&D projects at PKO Bank Polski.

Karol Szymański

PKO Bank Polski - Let’s Fintech | Cooperation With Fintech Startups

Experienced manager developing and introducing innovative solutions, products and services that meet real customer needs and lead to the achievement of business objectives. Currently responsible for cooperation with fintech startups at the largest bank in Poland, within bank’s innovation platform “Let’s Fintech with PKO Bank Polski”. With 9 years of experience in project management in finance and IT sectors, Karol previously led and participated in projects related to Laboratory branches of PKO Bank Polski, PKO Junior and PKO Bank Polski Innovation Center.

Przemek Kondraciuk

PKO Bank Polski | Developing Innovations

Przemek is an expert with a proven track record in the area of digital transformation in financial services with the special focus on the FinTech, Open Banking and New Business Models. He is familiar with new technologies (i.e. AI, Cloud, blockchain). Since 2016 he has been representing banking / corporate side in the Polish startups ecosystem. Currently he is developing innovations at PKO Bank Polski under the umbrella of its start-up partnerships program as well as supporting digital transformation initiatives (i.e. digital processes). Previously working in banking and energy sectors, Przemek was engaged in the unique infrastructural and strategic projects.

Joanna Misiewicz

PKO Bank Polski | Responsible For Building Nnnovation Partnerships

Innovation project manager, with experience in bridging the world of research & business and startups & corporations. Gained her experience while working with the largest startup accelerators in Poland and worldwide – MIT Enterprise Forum Poland and MassChallenge, and managing a program for startups in the CEE region. Currently responsible for building innovation partnerships at one of the largest financial institutions in the region - PKO Bank Polski. Prior to sinking into the world of startup-corporation cooperation, she was involved in the field of scientific research and managed a number of international R&D projects.

Gleb Maltsev

Pitch Coach

Gleb listens to around 1,000 speeches a year ranging from a 60-second pitch to a 45-minute keynote. He’s trained presenters for industry-wide pitching showcases such as Slush, Latitude59, TechChill and LOGIN. He’s the co-founder of Fundwise, a founder-to-investor pitching platform with a 68% success rate and raising over 2.8 mln EUR for over a dozen projects. Every year he works with executives from almost every industry that would make the world a bit better, or at least have a shot at doing so. Around a 100 of those execs have gone on to pitch at trade fairs such as the Mobile World Congress, Smart City Expo, conhIT, boot Düsseldorf, Bygg Reis Deg, or BAU. Fields I can help with: Pitching / Storytelling / Writing / Coaching An additional fact: Mentored at three Hack the Crisis hackathons, with two more on-going.

Mariusz Krawczyk

Commander of the Cybernetic Operations Center of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Poland

Colonel Mariusz Krawczyk is currently the Commander of the Cybernetic Operations Center of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Poland. He specializes in assessing the security of ICT systems. In carrying out its current tasks, it builds on previously acquired experience related to the design, implementation and maintenance of extensive IT systems and the services launched in them. As soon as he breaks away from the computer, he tries to explore the world (even the nearest one) or read a book.

Tomasz Zagórowicz

ABB | DevOps Engineer

Automating stuff for IoT/Cloud Platform project in ABB. On daily basis, taking care about removing obstacles from others, complexity with maintaining scalability of project. Big fan of IaC approach. Out of work usually update wetware with data about cognitive science, different cultures and history… or Cthulhu stuff.

Przemysław Piątek

ABB | Fullstack Developer

Developing and implementing rich user interface's web applications being part of ABB Ability™️ cloud platform for industrial IoT. Mostly focused on enhancing my skills in software architecture and fullstack engineering using technologies like Angular, .NET Core and Microsoft Azure. Besides technology, a huge lover of tennis and guitar playing.

Ewa Chachulska

GE Aviation | Java Software Engineer

Ewa has graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology where she studied Aerospace Engineering. She started her work at GE almost 3 years ago joining the Edison Engineering Development Program. As a part of the EEDP she had a chance to participate in a variety of engineering projects across the company, and reveal her passion to Data Science and Software Engineering. You can read more about Ewa's experience and activities on her LinkedIn profile (we encourage you to check out her posts): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewa-chachulska/

Mateusz Cybuła

Kraków Technology Park | Manager of Technology Incubator

Manager of Technology Incubator in Kraków Technology Park, organizer of Startup Weekend Kraków (including Kids edition), Idea Development Camp, Pitching Fight Club and Startups2Students. Member of Supervisory Board in Foundation Supporting #OMGKRK - Kraków's Startup Community and KTP Seed Fund. Previously helped growing startup community in STARTER Gdańsk and Ambassador of Startup Poland, worked IT and gamedev companies, also run his own startup.

Damian Celmer

Focus Telecom Polska | Frontend Lead Developer

Software developer with 13 years of experience. Specialist in web technologies built with among others JavaScript and Node.js. He create projects for omni channel communications. He is a Software Craftsmanship enthusiast that is always eager to learn something new and pass that knowledge on.

Adam Dubiel

Allegro | Team Manager, Architect, Speaker And Trainer With Strong Technical Background

Team manager, architect, speaker and trainer with strong technical background. Till 2020 building core microservice platform, now developing logistic products at Allegro. Defines his mission as creating great environment for teams to focus on tackling complex problems and delivering high quality code and products.

Mateusz Hoffman

ABB | R&D Group Leader / FE Development Team Lead

Technical speaker, R&D manager and frontend developer. Delivering innovative web solutions that supports Industry 4.0 in ABB Ability™️. Passionate about cloud computing (Microsoft Azure), IoT and web development (working mostly with Angular, React, Node.js and ASP.NET). Privately, fan of productivity techniques, Asian Cuisine and ‘60s music.

Mateusz Kozłowski

Motorola Solutions | Designer of Products For Public Safety Sector

Design can also save lives. That's why I work on designing products for public safety sector, where each second matters. Experienced with long-term product development, as well as in in big corporate environments.

Marek Walkowiak

Allegro | Software Engineer

Software Engineer at Allegro specialized in solving all kinds of backend-oriented problems, wielding Java and Kotlin as his weapons of choice.

Tomasz Osowski

Certified Coach of Business and Personal Development, Certified Moderator of Design Thinking.

He helps companies create an excellent user experience while ensuring the profitability of their business. His idea is to create products and services that are needed and bring satisfaction to both customers and business owners. Certified Coach of Business and Personal Development, Certified Moderator of Design Thinking. Entrepreneur for 6 years and sincerely in love with Lean methodology. He always tries to deliver the product to the market as soon as possible with the smallest capital expenditure. He has cooperated with companies such as: T-mobile, Ecard, inPost, ING, Nationale Nederlanden, Brainly, Publicis, Netguru. Organizer of DesignWays Conf. SPECJALIZACJE: Service Design, Product Design, UX Design & Research

Mateusz Wośko

Universality | Manager ds. Partnerów Edukacyjnych

W latach 2016-2018 Przewodniczący Samorządu Studenckiego Politechniki Rzeszowskiej. Działał również jako Koordynator Regionalny Parlamentu Studentów RP oraz w Forum Uczelni Technicznych jako członek Prezydium oraz w kadencji 2018 jako Przewodniczący. Działacz społeczny z doświadczeniem. Obecnie Manager ds. Partnerów Edukacyjnych w Universality, gdzie wykorzystuje swoje najlepsze cechy i cały czas się rozwija. W wolnych chwilach szybownik, mówca oraz szkoleniowiec, uwielbia wystąpienia publiczne którymi dodatkowo się interesuje. Nie boi się wyzwań i uwielbia stawiać sobie ambitne cele.

Szymon Biliński

Allegro | Product Manager

Product Manager in Allegro since 2008. Currently working in Seller Area, responsible for International Sellers Experience. I can help in product development, UX, mobile and ecommerce. Outside of work, you will find me in the park, forest, mountains, by the sea, among the wilderness. I love nature - the largest product in the world.

Tomasz Żmuda

Designer Of Products And Services, With Solid Knowledge In Fintech

I Design products and services, with solid knowledge in fintech (innovation hub), for the B2B segment. I am an ardent supporter of agile. Constantly on the trail of an ideal design process, a fan of design thinking, a supporter of honest business-user relations. A Patient Experience advocate with experience in ehealth. As a mentor and lecturer, I teach digital ux students. At the same time, as a consultant, I work on validating business ideas in the free market. Starting from websites, through e-commerce, to start-up MVPs. I come from the creative industry, life has modified my career path and "anchored" as a specialist and consultant for usability and processes in digital products / services. Additionally, since the beginning of the year I have been honored as a fledgling podcaster (junior podcast specialist) in Digital Science Podcast, which fills me with a mixture of joy, enthusiasm and anxiety during the publication of each episode. I’m happy to share my knowledge, you can find my publications in the industry magazines: UX Magazyn and Product Design Magazine

Andrzej Orzoł

Huawei Warsaw Research Center | Team leader / Tech leader

Team leader / Tech leader at Huawei Warsaw Research Center 10 years of experience in programing mobile/embedded applications and frameworks. Worked for startups, software houses and two biggest mobile device manufacturers in the world. Specialization in fast prototyping. Can help you with Android Java programming, solution architecture and project leading.

Agnieszka Pietrzak

Huawei Warsaw Research Centre | Technology Cooperation Manager

Innovation and R&D manager with 13+ years of experience. Responsible for implementation and business development of various cross-disciplinary projects and business ideas (e-Health, disaster management, remote sensing and GIS, science and education, mobile app). European Commission expert for EIC SME Instrument HORIZON 2020. Evaluator and EIT-Health Mentor working with startups and universities. I am passionate about designing and executing the right projects with the right people and technology for changing the world to be a better and healthier place to live in. I can help with categories: Business, science & technology during the crisis, Education and cross-disciplinary aspects.

Krzysztof Betlej

Huawei Warsaw Research Center | Senior Android Developer

A developer with 8 years of experience, mostly focused on technologies connected with Android system (6 years of experience). Big fan of Kotlin language and new technologies. He started his experiences by creating web pages using PHP/html/JS but after two years he changed his specialization to Android. I can help in mobile programming issues.

Przemysław Piorkowski

Allegro | Software Engineer

Software engineer with focus on backend systems. Ask me about Java, JVM and systems architecture.

Anna Tylikowska

Allegro | Senior UX / Service Designer

Ania Tylikowska pracuje jako Senior UX / Service Designer w Allegro. Prowadzi zajęcia z badań UX i projektowania usług na Uniwersytecie SWPS w Sopocie i Warszawie. Była prelegentką na wielu konferencjach, m.in. UX Poland, Product Camp, Gdynia Design Day; jest również współorganizatorką konferencji WUD Trójmiasto.

Marzena Wróbel

Allegro | Product Manager

I’m Marzena. I have worked for Allegro for 8 years as Product Manager. I’m responsible for the payment process. I enjoy my job because I have challenging tasks and work with friendly colleagues. At the workshops I can help e.g. in organizing work, in issues related to purchase and payments, integration with payment operators.

Mateusz Soboń

Ericsson | XFT Team Software Engineer

Software Engineer graduated from AGH University of Science and Technology. Working for Ericsson in XFT Team since 2016. Developing, testing, and troubleshooting of real-time telecomunicaton system. Passionate with new technologies. Ready to challange programming and testing issues.

Olena Kolikhova

Microsoft | Focusing On CEE Start-Up & Corporate Innovation Ecosystems

Olena works with most promising Polish Startups, helping them scale their disruptive projects. Tech Enthusiast, passionate about innovation and how scalable solutions powered by technology can solve real-world problems. Focusing on CEE start-up & corporate innovation ecosystems, Olena helps B2B startups and scaleups, advising them in launching innovative products in an agile environment, developing operational and execution strategies, driving sales and new revenue streams through trusted partnerships, adopting cloud technology, raising capital, building Go-To-Market and international expansion strategies.

Maciej Korsan

Owner of Lego Millennium Falcon.

Frontend developer with a head full of ideas and over 15 years of experience in creating creative solutions for websites. Likes to mix art with code. Or code with art – he hasn’t decided yet. Loves CSS and photography. Owner of Lego Millennium Falcon. I can help you with: UI engineering, web accessibility, CSS, HTML, JavaScript & TypeScript 🙂

Katarzyna Piosik

Allegro | Senior Product Manager

11 years of experience in various e-commerce projects,10 years in Allegro. I am familiar with the topics like: e-shop platform and online stores, API and external integrations, creation of help pages, chats and communication solutions. Privately a fun of travelling and gardening

Michał Żukowski

Managing Partner Innteo Legal | Head of The Legal Department

For the past years, he was associated with the National Center for Research and Development, where he was the head of the legal department. He specializes in legal issues of financing research and development works as well as intellectual property rights. He gained many years of professional experience working for the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and renowned Warsaw law firms. Over the last years, he participated in several dozen legislative processes related to R & D funding and co-created models of public support for innovation. Winner of the “Rising Stars Prawnicy-Liderzy jutra” ranking organized by Lexis Nexis and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Michał Bultrowicz

Passionate Developer

I'm a passionate developer with a drive for constant improvement and learning. I love Python and working with complex distributed systems. I have a strong belief in testing and gradual change. I (strive to) excel at writing readable and maintainable code and I try to encourage that in others by giving attention to code reviews. You can check out my blog at bultrowicz.com and my GitHub account at github.com/butla

Małgorzata Elszyn Bociek

Allegro | Product Manager

MAŁGORZATA ELSZYN-BOCIEK has been developing products related to customers' experience for almost 13 years. She is currently Product Manager at Allegro, responsible for the purchasing process. In previous years she helped develop customer lifecycle, user model, login, registration and financial systems for Allegro and the company’s foreign sites.

Wiktoria Przybylska

Microsoft | Startup Community

For over 5 years Wiktoria has been involved in various projects around new technologies and innovations. She currently works for Microsoft, where she is building a startup community, scouting and supporting the development of startups from Poland and other CEE countries. Previously, she coordinated one of the most innovative technological projects in Polish retail for Carrefour. Before she found herself in the corporate world, Wiktoria traveled and worked for her projects - as the founder of the now-defunct advertising agency, she cooperated with DUKA, combining business and marketing skills with a passion for food photography. In her spare time, she is more than happy to work with children/young adults (including volunteering in India as part of the AIESEC organization), and to mentor in the area of ​​product/service design and social projects. Wiktoria also leads Global Shapers Warsaw Hub - Community established by the World Economic Forum. She graduated from Lancaster University in the UK, she also studied at the University of Victoria in Canada and the Kozminski University.

Bartosz Balukiewicz

Allegro | Senior Software Engineer

Bartek is a Senior Software Engineer at Allegro. He works on a product which predicts delivery times of orders shown across the whole platform. He can help you with various backend technologies, some data science and also implementing your wildest ideas into code.

Piotr Gajowniczek

Vistex | Web Application Developer

Piotr Gajowniczek is a web application developer since 2013. He started his programming career as a Java developer but now works mostly with TypeScript code. He is a Software Craftsmanship enthusiast that is always eager to learn something new and pass that knowledge on.

Rafał Stańczak

Swiss Consulting Company | Agile Coach And Test Manager Of The IT Software Product Portfolio

Quality Assurance and Scrum consultant, IT manager with rich, nearly 13 years of experience in several large international projects from various industries (e.g. telecommunications, insurance, e-commerce, banking), Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner, blog owner www.scrumdo.pl as part of which he shares his knowledge with the polish IT community. A member of the Scrum Alliance and SJSI (Stowarzyszenie Jakości Systemów Informatycznych). Currently Agile Coach and Test Manager of the IT software product portfolio at a Swiss consulting company supporting private banking industry. Currently he works on a development and implementation project of a large data warehouse in the area of ​​private banking. Constantly frees up his organization, takes care of the design infrastructure, provides Scrum and tools trainings (so far he has trained around 300 people in various locations like Warsaw, Manila, Luxembourg and Dusseldorf), manages the teams of developers and the process of developing software products. By participating in projects, he always focuses on providing the highest value to clients, removing obstacles, leading teams on their way to achieve goals and ensures the highest quality standards. In addition, an entrepreneur, trainer and commercial advisor, speaker at industry conferences and job fairs. Passionate about agile project management.

Paweł Łukaszuk

.NET Software Developer, Speaker, Trainer

Software developer with 10 years of experience. Specialist in web technologies built with .NET platform and novice security engineer. He created projects for financial, e-commerce, energy, medical and travel industry. Big fan of organization and work automation. He believes that the processes and tools should be adapted to the situation and the cargo cult is one of the biggest problems of the IT world. Regularly performs at meetups and conferences. During weekends teaches next generation of programmers. Free time spends on a shooting range, hiking in the forest or reading books. You can find him on LinkedIn (https://linkedin.com/in/pawellukaszuk) and Twitter (@Lukaszuk_Pawel).

Paula Pul

LAWMORE

LAWMORE is a law firm specializing in servicing startups, investment funds, the creative industry and companies operating in the area of IT and new technologies. LAWMORE is a team of lawyers experienced in such topics as venture capital transactions, company law, intellectual property law and handling R&D projects. LAWMORE is a new generation office that has been supporting business and the people who create it since 2013.

Maciej Kowalski

National Information Processing Institute | Tech-lead And Programmer

Together with the team, we build IT systems for the Ministry of Higher Education. We have created the JSA (Uniform Anti-Plagiarism System) which has been available for free to all universities since last year. Specializes in Java and surrounding technologies. From time to time I deal with research problems in the field of NLP / AI. I can help in: matching technologies, setting environments, programming problems, applying ML / AI in systems, UX issues. My linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciej-kowalski-9868268a/

Karolina Bolesta

Scientific Association for Computer Science | CEO

Java Developer with international background. Works as a Research Assistant at Warsaw School of Economics. Conducts trainings on cybersecurity, programming and project management. Huge passion for AI in business and robotic process automation. Loves people who think outside the box. Eager to help in these categories: - Business, science & technology during the crisis - E-commerce and logistics - Education and leisure

Szymon Brandys

IBM

IT specialist with a long history of technical achievements in both development and team leadership roles. Strong IT background with focus on Clouds, Hybrid Clouds and Analytics solutions. Recently employed by IBM.