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Michal Talaga

Michal Talaga

Chief Technology Officer

Warsaw, PL
+48600877544
Polish, English

Background


About

About

With over 20 years in the software industry, I've combined technical expertise with leadership, working across agile startups and established enterprises. My experience encompasses growing SaaS products and managing teams at respected companies. This blend of technical knowledge and leadership fosters a balanced approach to technology and management, translating into measurable achievements and growth.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Tech LeadPetsy

    Nov, 2023 - Present

    As CTO at Develocraft, I refined our sales, delivery and administraive processes. I backed sales by linking tech expertise with client gains, securing deals. My focus on efficient delivery built trust and client satisfaction.

    • Worked with founders on the company's technology strategy

    • Managed a team of internal and external developers

    • Hands on with devops and product development

  • FreelancerGeneration CFO

    Jun, 2023 - Present

    Devlopment and maintenance of the company's digital assets

    • Developed and maintained the company's digital assets

  • Chief Technology OfficerDevelocraft

    Apr, 2023 - Sep, 20235 months

    As CTO at Develocraft, I refined our sales, delivery and administraive processes. I backed sales by linking tech expertise with client gains, securing deals. My focus on efficient delivery built trust and client satisfaction.

    • Worked on the company's technology strategy

    • Supported sales efforts with technical expertise

    • Managed and oversaw project portfolios and ensured timely delivery with optimal resources

    • Managed multidisciplinary teams of developers

    • Optimized and streamlined processes, enhancing efficiency across departments

  • Head of EngineeringTalent Clouds

    Apr, 2021 - Nov, 20221 year 7 months

    At Talent Clouds, I was the highest ranked technical person responsible for all technical domains, from software engineering to IT infrastructure and security. I managed partnerships and orchestrated the onboarding of remote teams. I led hiring processes and onboarded in-house developers. I Collaborated closely with the CEO, Head of Customer Success, and clients to deliver features and services based on roadmaps.

    • Responsible for all engineering efforts

    • Built roadmaps & OKRs

    • Led distributed teams of developers

    • Managed partner teams' relationships

    • Recruited and onboarded developers

    • Startup culture

  • Software Development ManagerReed Online

    Jul, 2019 - May, 20211 year 10 months

    As the Software Development Manager at Reed Online, I led the in-house and remote partner teams including the recruiter platform and the shared services teams. I focused on improving processes, eliminating waste and fostering collaboration with partners and internal teams. My innovations were recognized with awards for problem-solving and value creation. I successfully managed integrations with third-party systems, restructured development workflows, and directly improved the recruitment pipeline by engaging with talent acquisition teams and conducting extensive developer interviews.

    • Lead recruiter platform and shared services teams

    • Recognized for Resourceful Problem Solving

    • Recognized for the Best Idea in a Reed Group-wide challenge (json resume)

    • Best Business Value hackday winner (cloudflare workers site hosting)

    • Supervised integration with a third party data collection platform

    • Supervised integrations with third party Application Tracking Systems

    • Supervised integration with a third party customer engagement platform

    • Ramped up and managed multiple partner teams

    • Reorganized development processes and workflows

    • Worked directly with recruiters and talent acquisition team and improved recruitment pipeline

    • Conducted 100+ telephone & face to face interviews and hired a number of developers

    • Liaised between internal teams

    • Actively involved in architectural discussions

    • Conducted leads and team meetings

  • Technical co-founderSpread Software

    Aug, 2020 - Jan, 20216 months

    Technical co-founder responsible for all things technical (TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Firebase, GCP, Serverless, React)

    • Built an MVP

    • Recruited and worked with freelance developers

    • Evaluated and decided on technology choices

  • Lead .NET DeveloperMountain Warehouse

    Jun, 2018 - Jun, 20191 year

    At Mountain Warehouse, I led a .NET development team, upholding strong service levels and implementing DevOps practices. My team and I improved system architecture for peak sales events and streamlined warehouse integrations, driving efficiency in returns and exchanges processes. My role included mentoring and expanding the team, directly contributing to the firm's operational excellence.

    • Maintained a low incidents ratio SLA

    • Maintained a CI/CD pipeline with on demand deployment to production

    • Operated a fully devops environment with developers owning their work end to end

    • Conducted regular 1:1 and team building activities. Mentored and coached team members

    • Conducted phone and face to face interviews. Hired 6 developers

    • Extracted parts of the monolith to services

    • Implemented 3 new warehouse integrations. Unified codebase and workflows for 2 existing warehouses. Worked directly with warehouses' developers

    • Implemented returns from stores process for bulk stock transfers back to a warehouse

    • Rebuilt returns/exchanges data flow

    • Improved performance around orders processing to support Black Friday peak sales

    • Worked with a third party vendor to Create a Web Returns in Store portal and supporting data flows

  • #1 DeveloperGoHosting

    Jan, 2014 - Jun, 20184 years 5 months

    As #1 developer and co-founder at GoHosting, I've built our main product for camping fields management including online booking and IoT-based access control.

    • Created a camping field management: online booking & payments, resource & inventory management, accounting, payments, data migrations

    • Created a point of Sale system integrated with web printers

    • Built an access control system based on RFID and Raspberry PI

    • Created a home monitoring system & self service control panel with Raspberry PI

    • Supervised and mentored on site and nearshore developers

    • Migrated from a single tenant to a multi-tenant application model

    • Maintained a character traits and qualities assessment website

  • TrainerSitecore

    Aug, 2012 - Dec, 20131 year 4 months

    Conducted training & certification sessions for new Sitecore Certified Developers (C#, ASP.NET, .NET, Sitecore). Assisted in sales process

    • Delivered training sessions across the globe

    • Supported numerous successful technical sales presentations

    • Prepared proof of concepts demonstrations

  • ConsultantRoche

    Sep, 2011 - Aug, 201211 months

    Developed a data migration solution as part of the top 10 priority projects globally (C#)

    • Acted as a team lead of 3 developers

    • Built a tool to migrate data between 3rd party vendors in a validate environment

  • Freelance Business Owner, Objectware.pl

    Sep, 2008 - Dec, 20102 years 4 months

    Outsourced software development (C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Active Directory, SQL Server, ELK, PHP)

    • Hired and outsources 3 software developers as a nearshore solution to Scannet

    • Joined a startup and built a self service hosted office solution with Windows Remote Apps

    • Multiple small projects & assignments

  • Software DeveloperScannet.dk

    Sep, 2006 - Dec, 20082 years 4 months

    Created company's web control panel for products. Built a resource monitoring and billing solution. (C#, ASP.NET WebForms, .NET, SQL Server, MS Exchange, HMC)

    • Created a self service web control panel for Hosted Exchange and other products

    • Programmatically migrated organizations and users from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

    • Created a resource monitoring and billing tool and earned the company 500k DKK/year in missing invoices

  • Software DeveloperSputnik Software

    Apr, 2005 - Aug, 20061 year 5 months

    Development of WinForms & WebForms applications (C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server)

    • Built a drag and drop any application in place auto update component

    • Developed a digital signature solution using a X509 certificates and a hardware security module (HSM)

    • Created an ORM library

    • Ported a WinForms application to ASP.NET WebForms

  • Software EngineerDantek

    Apr, 2004 - Mar, 20062 years

    Maintenance and development of VB6 applications (VB6, SQL Server, VB.NET, .NET)

    • Developed a VB.NET frontend over VB6 COM components

  • System AdministratorBCC

    Jan, 2000 - Mar, 20044 years 3 months

    Responsible for all systems operations. Hardware & software maintenance and purchases

    • Built a VB6 application for Amica Wronki service centers

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • Descartes Website, Develocraft

    Jul, 2023 - Sep, 20232 months

    Development of Descartes website

    • Managed a team of 2 developers

    • Represented the company in client meetings

    • Developed the website using python & django

  • Company's Website Migration, Develocraft

    Jun, 2023 - Sep, 20233 months

    Migration of company's website from Strapi to Webflow

    • Managed a team of developers and designers to ensure seamless transition

    • Worked with the marketing team to align branding and ensure consistent messaging during migration

    • Ensured security measures were in place to protect data and maintain website integrity

  • Software Delivery, Develocraft

    Apr, 2023 - Sep, 20235 months

    Managing software delivery teams

    • Managed cross functional software development teams

    • Fostered relationships and addressed the needs of existing clients

    • Engaged new clients to expand business opportunities

  • Company's ERP System, Develocraft

    Apr, 2023 - Sep, 20235 months

    Implementation of company's ERP system

    • Collaborated with departments like administration, recruitment, and sales to understand and document their processes

    • Identified and proposed and ERP soltion

    • Implemented the ERP solution internally

  • District Leadership Committee, Toastmasters International

    Jan, 2023 - Jun, 20236 months

    Overseeing the District's nominations process

    • Recruited and led a 6 members committee

    • Developed a detailed roadmap with clear milestones for the nomination and selection process

    • Launched multiple advertisement campaigns to solicit nominations

    • Interviewed and appointed leaders for 34 roles

  • Pimp My Resume, Individual

    Feb, 2023 - Present

    AI based CV improvement service

    • Created react based web application

    • Open AI Integration

    • Infrastructure as Code

  • Digital ID, Talent Clouds

    Apr, 2022 - Aug, 20225 months

    Integration with Digital Id provider

    • Lead a team of 4 developers

    • Stripe integration

  • ECC Card Payments, Talent Clouds

    Aug, 2021 - Sep, 20212 months

    Introduced Stripe Card payments for orders

    • Lead a team of 4 developers

    • Stripe integration

  • Cloudflare Migration, Talent Clouds

    Aug, 2021 - Aug, 20217 days

    Migrated all DNS records to Cloudflare

    • Consolidated all DNS in one place

    • Secured assets against DDoS attacks

  • Virtual Machines to App Services Migration, Talent Clouds

    Jun, 2021 - Aug, 20212 months

    Migration of IIS hosted sites from Virtual Machines to App Services and Azure DevOps build Pipelines

    • Lead a team of 2 developers

  • DBS Integration, Talent Clouds

    Apr, 2021 - Jul, 20213 months

    Integration with a DBS

    • Lead a team of 4 developers

  • Content Repurposing Tool, Spread Software

    Aug, 2020 - Jan, 20216 months

    Content Repurposing Tool

    • Developed SaaS product

    • Managed freelance developers

  • Braze Integration, Reed Online

    May, 2020 - Feb, 202110 months

    Integration with a third party customer engagement platform

    • Lead a team of 4 developers

  • DataHen Integration, Reed Online

    Jun, 2020 - Dec, 20206 months

    Integration with a third party data provider to scrape jobs of websites, xml and json feeds

    • Main point of technical contact. Lead 1 developer.

  • Messaging Service, Reed Online

    Dec, 2019 - Mar, 20204 months

    Extracted SFMC integration functionality from monoliths into a dedicated service

    • Lead a team of a developer and a tester

  • Search SEO Service, Reed Online

    Aug, 2019 - Sep, 20192 months

    Extracted SEO related logic from the monolith to a dedicated service

    • Lead a team of 3 developers

  • Online Distribution Warehouse Integration, Mountain Warehouse

    May, 2019 - Jun, 20192 months

    Integration with Online Distribution NZ warehouse. Bulk stock transfer UK -> NZ

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 2 developers

    • Worked with the warehouse IT staff across different time zones

  • TaxJar Reporting, Mountain Warehouse

    Dec, 2018 - Jun, 20196 months

    Reporting US sales to TaxJar

    • Lead 1 developer

    • Integrated with Amazon and legacy systems & handled major data inconsistencies

  • Clipper Poznan Integration, Mountain Warehouse

    Feb, 2019 - Apr, 20192 months

    Integration with Clipper PL warehouse. Bulk stock transfer UK -> PL

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 3 developers

    • Moved 200K+ items, 20+ trucks worth of stock UK -> PL on a short (Brexit dictated) deadline

  • Store Web Returns, Mountain Warehouse

    Nov, 2018 - Dec, 20182 months

    Coordinated third party work and setup Jenkins/Docker swarm deployment

    • Start to finish

    • Created deployment pipeline using Jenkins & Docker swarm

    • Enabled returning of items purchased online in a physical store and tracking of the returned stock

    • Worked with third party vendor

  • Rework of Returns Processing, Mountain Warehouse

    Nov, 2018 - Dec, 20182 months

    Re-implemented large parts of automated returns and exchanges processing

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 2 developers

    • Increased the percentage of returns processed from 20 to almost 60%

    • Enabled automatic exchange processing

  • Store Returns to Warehouses, Mountain Warehouse

    Sep, 2018 - Jun, 201910 months

    Implementation of bulk stock returns to warehouses

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 2 developers

    • Directly worked with with engineering of 3 different warehouses

  • Neon Sheep E-Commerce, Mountain Warehouse

    Aug, 2018 - Sep, 20182 months

    Integration with Clipper UK warehouse to support e-commerce for Neon Sheep brand

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 2 developers

  • Scribd Audiobooks Downloader, personal

    Jan, 2020 - Jan, 20204 days

    Tool for downloading audiobooks mp3 files from Scribd

    • Start to finish

  • Rightmove Downloader, personal

    May, 2019 - Sep, 20195 months

    Tool for scraping Rightmove into google sheets and calculate commute time to work for each property

    • Start to finish

  • Home Monitoring System, GoHosting

    Jan, 2017 - Jun, 20176 months

    Raspberry PI based system for collecting data and interfacing with modules + Web Control Panel

    • Start to finish

    • Fully DevOps environment - owned the system from code to production

    • Works integrated with Camping Site Management System or as standalone including online and offline mode

    • IoT on the edge

  • Access Control System, GoHosting

    Jan, 2016 - Jun, 20182 years 5 months

    Distributed Raspberry PI based access control system

    • Start to finish - run on 30+ sites

    • Fully DevOps environment - owned the system from code to production

    • Works integrated with Camping Site Management System or as standalone including online and offline mode

    • IoT on the edge

  • Point of Sale System, GoHosting

    Jan, 2016 - Jun, 20182 years 5 months

    Point of sale web application for camping sites

    • Start to finish - run on 30+ sites

    • Fully DevOps environment - owned the system from code to production

    • Web printer integration

    • Lead 1 developer

  • Identity Profile, GoHosting

    May, 2014 - Jun, 20151 year 2 months

    Web based personality profile assessment tool

    • Maintenance & feature development

  • WebHooker, GoHosting

    Dec, 2015 - Dec, 20152 days

    Web request forwarding tool for local development of webhooks

    • Start to finish

  • BookingWeb, GoHosting

    Jan, 2014 - Jun, 20184 years 5 months

    Camping site management system

    • Start to finish - run on 30+ sites

    • Online booking integration with any site

    • Inventory management, resource planning, invoicing, accounting, statistics, reporting

    • Integrated with 2 payment gateways

    • Integrated with Danish statistics authority

    • Integrated with a WiFi system

    • Integrated with Access Control system

    • Data migrations from 3rd party systems

    • Fully DevOps environment - owned the system from code to production

    • Fully localized into multiple languages

    • Lead up to 3 developers

  • Clinical Trial Data Migration, Roche

    Sep, 2011 - Aug, 201211 months

    Tool to clinical trial data between 3rd party tools

    • Roche Diagnostics Top 10 priority projects

    • Worked in a validated environment

    • Acted as a team lead of 3 developers

  • MP3 Downloader, Individual

    Jan, 2011 - Dec, 20111 year

    Tool to download and keep in sync a large online MP3 library used by DJ

    • Start to finish

  • Localizable StackExchange Clone, Objectware

    Jan, 2010 - Dec, 20101 year

    SEO optimized, fully localizable stackexchange/stackoverflow clone

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 2 developers

  • SEO Tools Online, Objectware

    Jan, 2010 - Dec, 20101 year

    Set of SEO tools to analyse any site and suggest improvements

    • Start to finish

  • Surveillance System, IT Management

    Jan, 2010 - Dec, 20101 year

    Hosting center monitoring system

    • Start to finish

    • Skype calls to a phone number in case of an incident

  • CMS, IT Management

    Jan, 2009 - Dec, 20091 year

    Custom CMS system

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 2 developers

  • Remote Office - OHA, IT Management

    Jan, 2009 - Dec, 20091 year

    Self service web control panel for Windows Server Remote Apps

    • Start to finish

  • Hubb, Scannet

    Jun, 2009 - May, 20101 year

    Exchange 2003 to 2007 migration tool

    • Start to finish

    • Migrated tens of thousands of MS Exchange organizations and hundreds of thousands of mailboxes

  • Billing System, Scannet

    May, 2007 - Dec, 20078 months

    Resource usage reporting system

    • Start to finish

    • Read usage data from multiple sources: disk storage, active directory, sql server databases, etc

    • Earned 500k DKK/year in new revenue

  • Product Admin, Scannet

    Sep, 2006 - Dec, 20082 years 4 months

    Self service web control panel for hosted exchange

    • Start to finish

    • Managed MS Hosted Exchange via Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC)

    • Managed Active Directory

  • Digital Signature Solution, Sputnik Software

    Apr, 2006 - Aug, 20065 months

    Digital signature solution using X509 certificates for government units

    • Implemented system to digitally sign and receipt emails sent to an organization

  • BeSTi@, Sputnik Software

    Apr, 2005 - Aug, 20061 year 5 months

    Budget management system for local government units

    • Ported a Windows Forms application to Web Forms to support 'should run on Linux' last minute requirement

  • Auto Update Component, Sputnik Software

    May, 2005 - Jun, 20052 months

    Software component to automatically update any app

    • Start to finish

  • BiblioMatik, Dantek

    Apr, 2004 - Mar, 20062 years

    Library Management Tool

    • Maintained legacy codebase

  • Amica Wronki Service Centers' Tool, BCC

    Jan, 2003 - May, 20035 months

    Tool used to find replacement parts for appliances

    • Start to finish

    • Interfaced with SAP R/3

  • DECM - Munich - 2017, Toastmasters International

    Oct, 2016 - Feb, 20175 months

    District Executive Committee Meeting

    • Start to finish

    • 2 days, 60+ attendees

    • Lead a team of 5 volunteers

  • DECM - Poznan - 2016, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2016 - Sep, 20163 months

    District Executive Committee Meeting

    • Start to finish

    • 2 days, 60+ attendees

    • Lead a team of 5 volunteers

  • Helsinki Bootcamp - 2015, Toastmasters International

    May, 2015 - Jun, 20152 months

    Bootcamp for incoming District Leaders

    • Start to finish

    • 2 days, 20+ attendees

    • Lead a team of 5 volunteers

  • The Legendary TLI - Poznan - 2014, Toastmasters International

    Feb, 2014 - Jul, 20146 months

    Toastmasters Leadership Institute Conference

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 20+ volunteers

    • 3 days, 400+ attendees

  • Toastmasters Leadership Institute - Lodz - 2014, Toastmasters International

    Aug, 2013 - Jan, 20146 months

    Toastmasters Leadership Institute Conference

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 20+ volunteers

    • 3 days, 400+ attendees

  • District Conference - Athens - 2018, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2017 - May, 201811 months

    Hosted Toastmasters International District Conference

    • 600+ attendees

    • Hosted Balraj Arunasalam - 2017–2018 International President

  • District Conference - Brno - 2017, Toastmasters International

    Dec, 2016 - Nov, 20171 year

    Hosted Toastmasters International District Conference

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 20+ volunteers

    • 300+ attendees

    • Hosted Darren Tay Wen Jie - 2016 World Champion of Public Speaking

  • District Conference - Berlin - 2017, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2016 - May, 201711 months

    Hosted Toastmasters International District Conference

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 20+ volunteers

    • 400+ attendees

    • Hosted Mark Brown - 1995 World Champion of Public Speaking

  • District Conference - Warsaw - 2016, Toastmasters International

    Dec, 2015 - Nov, 20161 year

    Hosted Toastmasters International District Conference

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 20+ volunteers

    • 300+ attendees

    • Hosted George Yen - 2013–2014 International President

  • District Conference - Timisoara - 2016, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2015 - May, 201611 months

    Hosted Toastmasters International District Conference

    • Start to finish

    • Lead a team of 20+ volunteers

    • 300+ attendees

    • Hosted Mohammed Qahtani - 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking

  • District Conference - Prague - 2015, Toastmasters International

    Jan, 2015 - Nov, 201511 months

    Hosted Toastmasters International District Conference

    • Lead a team of 20+ volunteers

    • 300+ attendees

    • Hosted Jim Kokocki - 2015–2016 International President

  • District Conference - Poznan - 2012, Toastmasters International

    May, 2011 - May, 20121 year 1 month

    Hosted Toastmasters International District Conference

    • Start to finish

    • First District Conference in Poland

    • 300+ attendees

    • Responsible for registrations, website and on-site IT support

    • Lead a team of 5 volunteers

    • Hosted Mark Hunter - 2009 World Champion of Public Speaking

    • First Polish Speech Championships

  • KontestMasters, Toastmasters International

    Mar, 2013 - Nov, 20152 years 8 months

    Opened a Toastmasters Club

    • First club in Poland focusing on politics and economics

    • Start to finish

    • Weekly meetings, 20+ members

  • Twitch Streaming, personal

    Aug, 2017 - Jun, 201810 months

    Streamed games on Twitch

    • Twitch Affiliate

    • 50 followers

  • Mlotek PBEM, personal

    Jan, 2003 - Dec, 20042 years

    Play by email & browser based strategy game

    • Start to finish

    • 50 players

    • PHP, Html, MySQL

Skills

Skills

  • Leadership

    Coaching

    Mentoring

    Team Building

    Public Speaking

    Presentations

    Goal Setting

    Processes

  • Backend Development

    C#

    .NET

    JavaScript

    TypeScript

    Microservices

    SOA

    Event Driven Architecture

    Messaging

    RabbitMQ

    CQRS

    Event Sourcing

    DDD

    Docker

    DevOps

  • IoT

    Raspberry PI

    Raspbian

    Linux

    Mono

    .NET

    .NET Core

    C#

    SignalR

    Python

  • Web Development

    HTML

    CSS

    Javascript

    Typescript

    jQuery

    AngularJS

    Bootstrap

    Knockout

    ASP.NET WebForms

    ASP.NET MVC

    .NET

    C#

    VB.NET

    PHP

    SignalR

    MySQL

    PostreSQL

    Wordpress

  • Desktop Development

    VB6

    C++

    WindowsForms

    .NET

    WPF

Education

Education

  • Information Technology, MSc, Poznan University of Technology

    Oct, 1999 - Sep, 2005

  • Public Speaking & Leadership, , Toastmasters International

    Jan, 2011 - Jun, 2018

    Leadership

    Public Speaking

    Coaching

    Mentoring

    Team Building

Awards

Awards

  • Professional Scrum Master , Scrum.org

    Awarded on: Jul 17, 2022

    Fundamental level of Scrum mastery

  • Distinguished Toastmaster , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 29, 2021

    Highest level of educational achievement in Toastmasters

  • Best Business Value , Reed Online

    Awarded on: Dec 18, 2020

    Best Business Value hackday winner

  • Best Idea , Reed Online

    Awarded on: Jul 03, 2020

    Recognized for the Best Idea in a Reed Group-wide challenge

  • Resourceful Problem Solving , Reed Online

    Awarded on: Jun 10, 2020

    Recognized for resourceful problem solving

  • Advanced Communicator Gold , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 24, 2020

    Advanced level certification in communication

  • Distinguished Toastmaster , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 16, 2020

    Highest level of educational achievement in Toastmasters

  • Advanced Communicator Silver , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 13, 2020

    Advanced level certification in communication

  • Advanced Communicator Bronze , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 13, 2020

    Advanced level certification in communication

  • Advanced Leader Silver , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 13, 2020

    Advanced level certification in leadership

  • Leadership Excellence , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: May 28, 2020

    Advanced level certification in leadership

  • Advanced Communicator Gold , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: May 14, 2020

    Advanced level certification in communication

  • Excellence in Program Quality , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2016

    Met all the goals in program quality. The District scored top 10 in the world

  • President's Distinguished District , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2016

    Top score in the Distinguished District Program

  • Excellence in Marketing , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2015

    Met all the goals in club building and membership growth. The District scored #1 in the world

  • President's Distinguished District , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2015

    Top score in the Distinguished District Program

  • President’s Distinguished Division , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2014

    Top score in the Distinguished District Program

  • President's Distinguished Club , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2012

    Top score in the Distinguished Club Program

  • Advanced Communicator Bronze , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 30, 2013

    Advanced level certification in leadership

  • Advanced Leader Bronze , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 30, 2012

    Advanced level certification in leadership

  • Competent Leader , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 30, 2012

    Basic level certification in leadership

  • Competent Communicator , Toastmasters International

    Awarded on: Jun 30, 2012

    Basic level certification in public speaking

  • Sitecore 7 Certified Developer and Trainer , Sitecore

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2013

    Passed exam WND (Sitecore)

  • Sitecore Certified Marketer and Trainer , Sitecore

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2013

    Passed exam DMC 2.0 (Sitecore DMS)

  • Sitecore 6.5 Certified Developer and Trainer , Sitecore

    Awarded on: Sep 01, 2012

    Passed exam SND (Sitecore)

  • Microsoft - exams , Microsoft

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2010

    Passed exams 71-519 (.NET 4/Web Applications), 71-518 (.NET 4/Windows Applications), 71-516 (.NET 4/ADO.NET), (.NET 4/Web Applications), (.NET 4/Windows Applications)

  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - Silverlight 4 , Microsoft

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2010

    Passed exam 71-506 (.NET/Silverlight 4)

  • Microsoft Certified Professional Developer - Web , Microsoft

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2009

    Passed exams 70-564 (PRO ASP.NET .NET 3.5/C#), 70-536 (.NET/C#), 70-528 (ASP.NET/C#)

  • Microsoft Certified Solution Developer , Microsoft

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2006

    Passed exams 70-300 (Architecture/Requirements), 70-229 (SQL Server), 70-547 (ASP.NET 2.0/C# 2.0)

  • Microsoft Certified Application Developer , Microsoft

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2005

    Passed exams 70-320 (Web Services/C#), 70-316 (Windows Forms/C#), 70-315 (ASP.NET/C#)

  • Microsoft Certified Professional , Microsoft

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2001

    Passed exam 70-210: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Volunteer Work

Volunteer Work

  • Corporate Club Advisor, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2023 - Jun, 2024

    Primary liaison for all corporate clubs, assisting with their chartering process and addressing inquiries

    • Served as the single point of contact for District's corporate clubs

    • Assisted and guided companies in the successful chartering of new clubs

  • District Leadership Committee Chair, Toastmasters International

    Jan, 2023 - Jun, 2023

    Responsible for overseeing the nomination process for district-level leadership positions

    • Assembled a 6 members committee

    • Developed a detailed roadmap with clear milestones for the nomination and selection process

    • Launched multiple advertisement campaigns to solicit nominations

    • Actively liaised with existing district leaders to obtain candidate recommendations

    • Ensured all pivotal district positions were filled through the committee's efforts

  • Immediate Past District Director, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2017 - Jun, 2018

    Advisory role to the incoming team

    • Presided over newly formed District Conference

    • District Parliamentarian

  • District Director, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2016 - Jun, 2017

    Responsible for all of District's operations from creating the District Success Plan and budgeting to daily operations

    • Lead a team of 6 district leaders and 12 Division Directors

    • Presided over district executive and district council meetings

    • Prepared the District for a new Educational Program

    • Navigated through number of major obstacles such as dues increase & black PR from competing organizations

    • Realigned the District into 3 new districts

    • 2 x District Conferences - 300+ attendees (Warsaw, Berlin)

  • Program Quality Director, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2015 - Jun, 2016

    Responsible for program quality in continental Europe. Organization of District Conferences

    • Part of the District Leadership team. Worked directly with 10 Division Directors

    • Organized trainings for incoming leaders

    • Excellence in Program Quality

    • President's Distinguished District - highest recognition

    • 2 x District Conferences - 300+ attendees (Prague, Timisoara)

  • Lieutenant Governor Marketing, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2014 - Jun, 2015

    Responsible for building new clubs and membership base in continental Europe

    • Part of the District Leadership team worked directly with 10 Division Governors

    • #1 in the world in club growth

    • Excellence in Marketing recognition

    • President's Distinguished District - highest recognition

  • Division Governor, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2013 - Jun, 2014

    Responsible for all clubs in Poland: building new clubs, ensuring quality, organizing conferences

    • Lead a team of 7 area governors

    • President’s Distinguished Division - highest recognition

    • Hosted the first polish humorous speech championship

    • 2 x Toastmasters Leadership Institutes - 300+ attendees

    • 30% growth in club base

    • Chaired the Division Reformation Committee

  • Vice President Public Relations, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2012 - Jun, 2013

    Responsible for all PR activities

    • Club members featured in local TV and radio stations

  • Club President, Toastmasters International

    Jul, 2011 - Jun, 2012

    Presided over a club of 30-50 members. Represented the club on District Council Meetings

    • Presided over club weekly meetings, club's board meetings and lead a team of 6 club officers

    • Missed no meetings in over a year of membership

    • President’s Distinguished Club - highest recognition

    • Organizers team of a District Conference - 300+ attendees

    • Trained small business owners, students and scouts on public speaking

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