• Directed a 120-person IT organization, holding full accountability for technology strategy, execution, and operations to transform the IT division into a reliable and strategic business partner.
• Pioneered the adoption of AI/ML capabilities, establishing governance frameworks, and building engineering workflows to enable data-driven decision-making and enhance product offerings.
• Led a cultural shift from closed to open, ensuring SDLC and project management methodologies were fit for purpose, navigating from Scrum-only to tailored project structures, achieving significant project speed and delivering projects on time and on budget.
• Reduced critical technology debt by 30% by migrating legacy systems to a modern microservices architecture on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and cloud-native services.
• Cut operational expenses (OPEX) by 5% through technology consolidation and renegotiated vendor contracts.
• Fostered a world-class engineering culture, boosting employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) to the highest in the IT division and increasing collaboration tenfold.
• Strengthened the organization's security posture by implementing advanced Privileged Access Management (PAM) and automated key rotation policies.
• Introduced Azure DevOps, enabling 'one-click' developer environments and eliminating pre-production instability for new microservices, enhancing CI/CD capabilities.
• Spearheaded client microservice development, deduplicating the client base by 80% and simplifying client entity usage across teams.

During this period, I undertook a series of high-impact, short-term executive and advisory engagements, focusing on critical transformations, turnarounds, and strategic initiatives across diverse organizations.

Accenture, Technology Consulting
Technology Senior Manager (March 2021 - March 2022)

• Led a complex Google Cloud Platform (GCP) migration for a major bank, delivering the first production microservice on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), which served as an enterprise template.
• Delivered 90% performance improvement and 99.9% availability for a critical banking system by re-architecting it into a resilient microservices solution.
• Introduced 'one-click' developer environments, eliminating pre-production instability and empowering junior engineers to accelerate development cycles.

Domiporta.pl, Real Estate Platform
Interim Managing Director & CTO (August 2020 – January 2021)

• Orchestrated a complete business and technology turnaround, executing a rapid IT transformation and AWS migration that achieved 50% cost savings in three months. Successfully delivered on a defined turnaround mandate.

KPMG, Business and Technology Consulting
Technology & Operations Lead, Financial Services (March 2020 – December 2020)

• Developed and launched the go-to-market strategy for new technology advisory offerings, delivering cloud readiness assessments and marketing automation solutions. Focused on establishing new business lines and strategic partnerships within a dynamic consulting environment.

Sygnity, Software House
Managing Director (May 2019 – February 2020)

• Led a critical Agile transformation and implemented data-driven KPIs and executive dashboards to improve project execution within a challenging turnaround environment. Successfully completed initial mandate amidst significant organizational shifts.