ABOUT ME
Introduction
I am a highly experienced technology project and program manager with over 15 years of professional experience in various industries. Throughout my career, I have successfully led and managed multi-million projects and teams of up to 250 full-time employees. My extensive education and wide array of professional certifications have solidified my expertise in the field.
Currently, I am pursuing a PhD in project management, allowing me to further enhance my knowledge and stay at the forefront of industry advancements. Additionally, I have gained valuable experience as a lecturer and trainer, specializing in Agile and project management for the past 5 years. With a strong track record of delivering successful projects and a passion for continuous learning,
I am dedicated to driving innovation and achieving exceptional results.
Education
Wrocław University of Economics
PhD (2022 - current) - Hybrid Project Management impact on project effectiveness
MBA (2011 - 2013)
Master's Degree (2011 - 2013) - Project Managment Processes Optimalization
University of Business in Wroclaw
Bachelor's Degree (2007 - 2011) - IT Project Managment
Experience
Program, Product & Delivery Manager (2021 - Current)
Managing agile delivery, governance, maintenance and continuous development of Indirect Tax product portfolio:
- Global VAT Reporting [SDLC, SaaS, Cloud, Data analytics]
- EY Trade Connect [ERP, SDLC, Cloud, SaaS, MS Dynamics, Power Platform]
- Global E-Invoicing [Vendor, SDLC, SaaS, Cloud, integrations]
- Annual budget: $20-25M
- Team size: 250 FTE
Program Manager (2020 - 2021)
Managing Global VAT Reporting Programme within Indirect Tax, responsible for build and enhancement of first EY SaaS product (rollout in 60+ countries).
- Annual budget: $6M
- Team size: 50+ FTE
Senior Project Manager (2016-2020)
Managing Global Finance Operate Technology and Transformation Programme.
- Technology build of global platform (100+ countries)
- Transformation of accounting business, new strategy development
- Annual budget: $6M
- Team: 60 FTE
EY
UBS
Project Manager (Contractor - IT Security) (2015 - 2016)
Managing Digital Rights Management (DRM) project within the bank, both in terms of developing the product (following SDLC), onboarding applications and users and building support organization.
Project budget: $4M
Team size: 20 FTE
HP
Customer Project Manager (2014 - 2015)
Leading operations for the team (15 FTE) within Labor, Demand & Supply Chain area (PMO & An alytics), managing utilization.
Applying governance model and ensuring customer satisfaction
Acting as Data Quality Program Lead
Annual budget: $0.5M
Volvo IT
Project Manager (2013 - 2014)
Delivering IT (infrastructure, services/processes) projects including Data Center build and migration of client and partner facing support platforms to a new solution.
Project budget: up to $1M
Team size: up to 20 FTE.
IBM
Project Manager (2010 - 2013)
Managing IT projects for various customers (AstraZeneca, Jaguar Land Rover, Carphone Warehouse) with scope related mostly to IT infrastructure and services.
Project budget: up to $1,5M
Team size: up to 15 FTE + vendors
Domestic Software & Digital Agencies
Project Manager (2009 - 2010)
Working in a few domestic software and digital agencies, delivering IT, marketing, social and digital projects for large domestic clients (banking, telecommunication, manufacturing)
I hold a number of various industry recognized certificates:
PROSCI Change Practitioner
Program Management Professional PgMP®
Project Management Professional PMP®
SAFe ® Practice Consultant
SAFe ® Product Owner/Product Manager
MSP® Foundation and Practitioner
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
Professional Scrum Master I (Scrum.org)
DevOps Foundation
ITIL Foundation
Azure Fundamentals
Design Thinking Moderator
Power BI Foundation & Advanced
Certification
Teaching
2020 - now: Design Thinking moderator
2019 - now: Scaled Agile Framework trainer
2019 - now: University lecturer:
Project Management & Case Study
Strategic Management
Business Models
Cybersecurity Project Management
CSR
Non-Profit
2020 - 2021: CSR / Charity group in EY
2018 - 2021: Chairman of the board for Lemur Foundation - regional NGO involved and kids education and health care
2016-2017: Project Manager for local civic budget project
Beyond work
After work I enjoy:
Reading about new technology
Cooking
Playing guitar
Powerlifitng
Investigating stock market
Computer games