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California, United States

Responsibilities:- Building teams responsible for building high-tech, human-centered AI products- Communicating the vision and providing research and design input for AIUS products and prototypes: Aize assistant, AI-agent memory, Personal Knowledge Graphs and technologies at the frontiers of AI

Selected projects I was responsible for:- Cyber Range, delivered to one of the CEE military agencies: Led a team of almost 25 experts who built 8 complex virtual CTF environments for teams participating in the NATO Locked Shields competitions- Assisted Poland's #1 private college, WSB Merito Universities, in launching over 800 online classes weekly within just 2 weeks of the pandemic onset. Managed hands-on automated creation of online classrooms using a mix of a self-developed Java API… Show more Selected projects I was responsible for:- Cyber Range, delivered to one of the CEE military agencies: Led a team of almost 25 experts who built 8 complex virtual CTF environments for teams participating in the NATO Locked Shields competitions- Assisted Poland's #1 private college, WSB Merito Universities, in launching over 800 online classes weekly within just 2 weeks of the pandemic onset. Managed hands-on automated creation of online classrooms using a mix of a self-developed Java API SDK and JMeter playbooks. Aided in populating databases for each day of classes. Concurrently, within just 3 weeks, our team trained over 500 academic staff members on how to teach live online, marking us as the first to achieve such a scale so early, with excellent feedback from students and staff- Developed a custom ERP system for our company using Google Sheets, later extended with BigQuery, GCP DataLake, Looker Studio, and GDrive integrations by a colleague and myself- Designed and supervised the development of an RFOs (Requests For Offer/Proposal) automation software: a custom-made crawler (of a tendering market platform and bulletins) that indexed data into Elasticsearch, computed scores for the best-matching, highest-value RFOs based on our algorithms (a mix of Data Science and ML-/LLM-powered techniques), and a React app that retrieved the Elasticsearch-served data- Collaborated with the top administration of some of the best Polish colleges on strategy development, information and education systems modernization, and taught the teaching staff the most efficient active teaching methodsProvided consulting and training in:- Cybersecurity, Cloud computing, Networking, DevOps, Programming, Databases- Data Science and Data Analytics, Information and Knowledge Management, Information and Communications Theory, OSINT, Artificial Intelligence- Design Thinking, UX, Problem-solving, Creativity, Entrepreneurship- Strategy, Balanced Scorecards, Data Visualization, Tableau, BI Show less

In its initial two years of operation (2012-2013), the company achieved significant milestones:- Emerged as a local leader in three investment banking education niches- Secured approximately €500,000 in EU grants for edtech platform and course content development- Conducted its first two M&A transactions, including the acquisition of MrCertified and another company, with the assistance of two team members and skilled legal counsel- Raised a pre-seed angel investment from… Show more In its initial two years of operation (2012-2013), the company achieved significant milestones:- Emerged as a local leader in three investment banking education niches- Secured approximately €500,000 in EU grants for edtech platform and course content development- Conducted its first two M&A transactions, including the acquisition of MrCertified and another company, with the assistance of two team members and skilled legal counsel- Raised a pre-seed angel investment from Krzysztof Szczawinski, who over the years has been providing us with bootstrapping guidance and became a key partnerFrom 2014 to 2016, the company:- Developed perkmylife.com, a social learning platform, to which I commited nearly 30% of the codebase (top contributor)- Introduced its services at Stanford and in Poland, facing challenges in sustaining user engagement- Instead of signing a seed round term sheet that we negotiated with one of the VCs, we opted for bootstrapping and focused on revenue-driven growth after evaluating the competitive landscape dominated by Udemy, Coursera, and LyndaBetween 2016 and 2018, with a reduced team, the company developed several innovative applications:- PERKprints, an automatic printing service across Warsaw, which despite very good adoption was discontinued after two years due to limited business prospects- PERKnotes, a Dropbox alternative integrated with the printing system- PayPERK, an online wallet facilitating in-platform transactions and financial reporting for partners and users- A content creator dashboard for perkmylife, supporting course management, payments, blog posting, and educational group management- Crawllerro, an automation tool for account creation and actions on various online servicesFrom 2019 onwards, PERK:Halted new investments, embraced negative growth, and shifted focus to passive income generation and providing services to MrCertified. Show less

Computer Science

Master'S Degree, Strategy Management And Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Data Science In Economics And Information Systems