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Co-CEO
Sebastian co-founded Lingaro in 2008 after more than 10 years with Procter & Gamble and Hewlett-Packard Poland, where he most recently directed P&G Account Delivery for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. He also led HP’s Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Center of Excellence, a platform supporting over 800 professionals around the globe. An innovative technologist early to sense market opportunities, he leads Lingaro’s evaluations of new ventures as well as product and service development. He also heads the company’s R&D initiatives, which have so far resulted in one patent with two more in the works. He holds an MBA from the the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management in conjunction with the Warsaw School of Economics and an MSc in Information Technology from the Technical University of Szczecin.
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Co-CEO
One of Lingaro’s co-founders, Tomek is responsible for developing partnerships with customers and for overseeing the company’s HR and Finance departments. Together with the executive team, he drives the company’s fast-paced growth which includes geographical expansion and planned acquisitions. He spearheaded Lingaro’s expansion to the Philippines. Previously, Tomek was the Chief Customer Officer at Lingaro. As such, he successfully added several Global Fortune 500 companies to the company’s client base. Prior to co-founding Lingaro in 2008, Tomek worked at Hewlett-Packard for 6 years where he occupied various positions including that of Client Manager. Previously, Tomek spent 2 years at the Procter & Gamble Company where he started his professional career. He managed the development and support of global applications for supply chain analysis and managed the transition of support services from the US and Canada to Poland and the Philippines. Tomek is married to a Filipina lawyer and they have two kids. In his spare time, he likes to travel with his family and read books.
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Chief Operating Officer
Małgorzata brings more than 25 years of experience in the IT and education sectors to her role at Lingaro. In addition to leading its marketing, sales, and delivery functions, Małgorzata has played a key role in aligning the company around its core values of Technology Excellence, Customer Focus, Collaboration, Autonomy, and No Barriers. Previously at Microsoft Poland, she led Enterprise Services Delivery Management, Partner Strategy and Programs, as well as Customer and Partner Experience for which she received the organization’s top global award for outstanding results. She started her Microsoft career focusing on leadership and organizational development in the CEE. She has also led CEE & MEA Learning and Development at HP and supported Talent Acquisition and Marketing at Unilever. A certified Meyers Briggs Type Indicator coach, she conducts regular internal workshops on performance psychology and has made leadership development a strategic priority at Lingaro. She holds a Certificate in Business Strategy and Financial Acumen from INSEAD, a MA in Journalism from the Warsaw University of Humanities, and a BA in English and Foreign Trade from the Warsaw College of Foreign Languages. Since 2012 Małgorzata has been actively mentoring women business leaders within the Vital Voices Partnership.
Małgorzata was featured in Come Creations Group’s 2019 “Strong Women in IT” report, which profiled women leading Poland’s most innovative companies and serving as role models for the next generation of female IT movers and shakers.
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Chief Financial Officer
Damian is responsible for all aspects of the financial, legal, and administrative operations that support Lingaro’s internationally expanding business. Prior to joining Lingaro, Damian served at Wolters Kluwer for more than 15 years in various roles, including CFO for Poland and Controlling Director for Central and Eastern Europe. There he oversaw a wide range of successful business and financial initiatives, including tax optimization, mergers and acquisitions, and cost optimization projects. He holds an MBA from Kozminski University and an MS in Finance & Accounting from the University of Bialystok.
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HR Director
Since joining Lingaro in 2012, Anna has played a key role in more than doubling the company’s headcount, refining its onboarding processes, expanding its internal knowledge sharing programs, and designing agile talent management processes for its teams in Poland and the Philippines. An ambassador of an open-minded and value-driven leadership approach, she focuses on fostering Lingaro’s unique company culture that attracts the market’s best performers and encourages them to shape their own path to success. After spending more than 12 years in Human Resources, Anna strongly believes that a company’s success comes down to the passionate motivation of the people it has onboard. She holds an MSc in Psychology and has completed postgraduate studies in management at Kozminski University and SWPS University.
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General Manager North America
Jan’s priorities at Lingaro include understanding clients’ technology goals and tailoring Lingaro’s service offerings to help achieve them. He has 14 years’ experience in multiple leadership positions at Procter & Gamble, where he developed IT strategies and headed dispersed, multi-national, and multi-cultural teams. He oversaw a multi-million dollar portfolio of global Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing projects involving 150+ internal and external contributors. Jan is also an experienced public speaker having delivered over 500 hours of presentations and trainings on leadership, team dynamics, and effective coaching, among other organizational performance topics. He holds an MBA from Kozminski University and an MS in Computer Controlled Systems from the Gdansk University of Technology.
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Country Head, Lingaro Philippines
Eric is responsible for the overall growth of Lingaro in the Philippines and future expansion in Asia Pacific. With over 22 years of industry experience, he brings an extensive background and deep expertise on IT services sales leadership and delivery excellence. He joined Lingaro from SAP where as Sales Director he enabled large enterprises to succeed in providing high value to end-users and consumers through SAP services. He also served IBM for 16 years in various leadership roles including regional sales for Asia Pacific and Philippines Country Manager for technical services and support where he received various awards for his sales and delivery accomplishments. Eric’s personal mission is to build the best Business Intelligence and Analytics service provider where people love to work and clients choose to partner with. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from the Ateneo de Manila University.
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Business Unit Director,
ORBA’s CEO
Roman leads Lingaro’s e-commerce business development efforts. He is the CEO and founder of ORBA, a rapidly growing enterprise e-commerce software services provider acquired by Lingaro in September 2018. Roman has led ORBA through the successful execution of web-based technology projects for leading organizations like Accenture, PKP Cargo Logistics, PWPW SA, Sony Mobile Poland, and InPost SA, among others. A Member of the Board of the Polish Chamber of Digital Economy, he graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology and received a scholarship to study at the Diderot University in Paris. He has also worked for the Southwestern Company in Seattle, USA.
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Business Unit Director
Arkadiusz is responsible for the sale, staffing, delivery, and combined P&L of all projects executed by Lingaro’s Data Warehousing, BI Reporting, Big Data, Internet of Things, Cloud, and Data Science teams. He also manages new business development and relationships with key clients relying on solutions from his section. In previous leadership roles at Teradata and HP, he built strong relations with leading FMCG and Telco clients while managing the delivery of multiple projects and overseeing global DevOps automation and innovation programs. He completed a BA in IT from Lazarski University, an MSc in Quantitative Methods in Economics and Information Systems from the Warsaw School of Economics, and postgraduate studies in IT Management at the University of Warsaw.
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Business Unit Director
As Data & Analytics Business Unit Director, Guillaume leads Lingaro’s teams delivering Data, Analytics, and Automation solutions leveraging the Cloud, BI reporting, Data Warehouses, and Data Science to support enterprise Supply Chain, Consumer Marketing, and Retail functions. In addition to handling this section’s talent development, key customer relationships, finances, and operational excellence, Guillaume is also the Global Account Director for Lingaro’s largest account. He has over 15 years of industry experience in large organizations and has directed multiple international IT teams and projects in his native France as well as Canada and most recently Spain, where he optimized a project portfolio worth over 40 million euros as Portfolio Manager at AXA Assistance. He holds an MSc in Information Technology from Toulouse, Paul Sabatier University.
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Business Unit Director
Łukasz is the Business Unit Director of the Delivery Section at Lingaro, where his priorities include excellent communication with clients and a deep understanding of their business requirements. He joined Lingaro from Capgemini Poland, where as Managing Consultant he won the 2013 Excellent Performer Prize and led the winning development project bid for the Polish National Health Services’ records system (KSI), the largest of its kind in Europe. He has a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Podlasie and completed postgraduate studies in project management at the Warsaw School of Economics.
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Center of Excellence Delivery Director
Blazej has a strong, goal-oriented combination of technical and leadership experience gained over 15 years overseeing international teams — sometimes with as many as 200 members — and developing IT solutions based on a broad range of Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Business Process Management, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Web and Mobile application technologies. At Lingaro he focuses primarily on delivering Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions that best fit customer needs in Consumer Solutions and Demand Planning initiatives. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics.
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Delivery Director
Originally joining Lingaro as a Project Manager, Piotr has gone on to lead the entire Web and Mobile team through its dynamic organizational growth from a domain into a section. To his current role he brings more than ten years’ experience leading multicultural IT teams at Lingaro as well as BIside, a telco Business Intelligence solution provider, and ConSafe Logistics, where he oversaw the design, implementation and support of warehouse management systems. He holds an MSc in Engineering and Electronics from Warsaw University of Technology.
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Delivery Director
Marcin leads the Supply Chain Analytics team at Lingaro. He is focused on building not only effective, motivated, and collaborative teams but also long lasting relationships with customers. Marcin joined Lingaro in 2008 as one of the company’s first 5 employees. He has worked in various roles such as ETL Developer, Technical Leader and Project Manager serving the FMCG, Telco and Banking industries. He holds an MScEng in Computer Science from the Technical University of Gdansk.
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Delivery Director
PMP Certified Senior Manager with a solid mix of the business and technical skills required to turn data into actionable business insights. At Lingaro, Krzysztof leads a team of more than 35 consultants delivering over 40 projects annually. He is responsible for business development and managing relationships with key customers from Fortune Global 500 enterprises located in North America and Europe. Prior to joining Lingaro, he served at AtoS, MicroStrategy, and Integris. He holds an MBA from Kozminski University and an MSc in Electronic Business from the Poznań University of Economics and Business
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Chief Technology Officer,
Head of Lublin Site Strategy
Grzegorz has over 20 years of experience serving global customers in the FMCG and Financial sectors with Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture solutions. Recognized as one of Europe’s leading Oracle specialists, he focuses on applying his strong mathematical background and extensive knowledge of data science principles, machine learning programs, and deep learning algorithms to clients’ most complex business challenges. He holds 10 industry certifications, earned an Engineering and MSc from The Franco-Polish School of New Information and Communication Technologies, and is completing an MBA in Innovation and Data Analysis from The Institute of Computer Science at The Polish Academy of Sciences in partnership with the Woodbury School of Business at Utah Valley University.
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Head of Product Strategy
Krzysztof brings 15+ years of business and consulting experience in defining and executing product strategies, managing innovation ecosystems, and leading digital transformations. He has served some of the world’s largest organizations in Poland and beyond, including Fortune 500 companies in the finance, consumer goods, retail, and business services sectors.
As the former VP of a venture studio and co-creator of several startup acceleration programs, Krzysztof is well versed in using design thinking and lean startup methodology to create and scale digital businesses.
Krzysztof also guest lectures and leads workshops on startups and innovation management in various postgraduate and MBA programs.
Krzysztof graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics with a degree in International Relations. He has also completed postgraduate studies in Management and HR Management.
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Data Driven Strategy Director
Carlos is responsible for strengthening meaningful, executive-level relationships with major accounts. An advocate of data-driven, customer-centric decision making across entire organizations, he places particular emphasis on user-friendly, well-designed analytics platforms as tools to deliver consistently high value to clients. He has over 10 years of industry experience and joined Lingaro from Hewlett-Packard Poland, where as Delivery Manager he oversaw the launch of a prototype solution generating $2M in revenue and led a global team with 50 total members. He holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from Nebrija University.
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Business Development Director
Michal has 20 years of IT industry experience specializing in selling and delivering professional services around key sector-specific business processes. As Business Development Director, he seeks to enter Lingaro into partnerships with customers who can drive growth and effectiveness through data- and insight-based decisions. Having worked predominantly in the CPG, Finance, and Telco sectors, he has extensive experience delivering enterprise class solutions and services with a primary focus on data and analytics platforms and solutions. An advocate of simplicity, honesty, and fair dealings, he believes that a project is successful only if benefits everyone involved. He has worked on both the customer and vendor sides and effectively envisions how complex engagements should be orchestrated from all angles. Michal holds an MSc in Management Information Systems from the Silesian Technical University.
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Head of Legal
With over 13 years of experience advising international IT companies on intellectual property, labor, and corporate law, Barbara provides comprehensive legal expertise on every aspect of Lingaro’s rapidly growing business. Previously, she was The NCR Corporation’s Legal Counsel for Poland and Russia, where her duties included leading hardware and software delivery, maintenance, service, and licensing agreement negotiations with major banking, IT, and retail players. She has also worked at the National Bank of Poland and other Polish commercial banks. Barbara is a member of the Warsaw Bar Association of Legal Advisors and holds MSc in Tax and Financial Law from the University of Warsaw. She has also completed postgraduate courses in Financial Law at the Warsaw School of Economics and New Technology Law at Kozminski University as well as the “The Bullet Proof® Manager” leadership and management training program led by Crestcom, Trainers to the World®.
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Head of DevOps
Tomasz has over 15 years of successful IT services experience including team lead roles at Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Poland, where he served as Account Delivery Manager. At Lingaro, he leads a highly skilled support team operating within a unique DevOps model that he designed to motivate consultants and foster successful relationships with both internal and external customers relying on business-critical applications. He has a BSc in Software Engineering and Databases from the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
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Head of Customer Experience
Piotr focuses on reinforcing Lingaro’s customer-centric cultural orientation. He oversees a wide range of initiatives that include positioning the company on the market, standardizing its core business processes, and broadening its customer base. He has been closely involved not only in achieving consistently high customer satisfaction ratings from major a FMCG player but also structuring a joint business plan to guide the key relationship. Previously at Lingaro, installed key oversight mechanisms for Lingaro’s Manila site as acting Philippines Country Manager, and served as Legal Liaison leading intellectual property protection initiatives. Prior to joining Lingaro, he co-founded a Software-as-a-Service startup providing a cost-efficient way for FMCG producers, distributors, and market research companies to collect field data in nearly real-time. He also served at Procter & Gamble, where he led the roll-out of a global Trade Funds Management system across Poland, Russia, Turkey, and the Arabian Peninsula. He holds an MSc in Information Technology and Information Systems for Decision Support from the Warsaw University of Technology.
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Senior Delivery Leader
Experienced IT Manager and Senior Project Manager with a proven record of successful project execution and team leadership. Over 15 years of experience working with diverse technologies used mainly to deliver business intelligence, data management, and robotic process automation solutions. PMP, ITIL, Agile/Scrum, and Six Sigma certifications holder. Passionate about unlocking the full potential of data and business processes for clients, I believe in acting in strong partnership with my clients and team to build trusted and transparent environments designed for high performance. I take strong ownership of every aspect of the multimillion dollar projects under my leadership. I pay attention to aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage, and bottom-line gains. In a constantly evolving environment, I believe in innovation and agility and encourage initiative from every stakeholder to achieve delivery excellence. I advocate effective change management and accurate communication. I leverage technical, business, and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams. I am known for my ability to produce high-quality deliverables on time and on budget.
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Senior Delivery Leader
Tomek joined Lingaro in 2009. He has over 10 years of experience delivering Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions based on a diverse range of technologies. He combines broad technical know-how with a deep understanding of business. He previously served as a Developer, Technical Leader, Project Manager, and Solutions Architect for clients in the Consumer Goods, Banking, and Telco sectors. At Lingaro he leads a team of over 90 experts focused on automating and streamlining clients’ business processes with Big Data and Data Management solutions. Passionate about building well-balanced, motivated, and scalable teams, Tomek works closely with customers as their trusted advisor. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from the Warsaw University of Technology.
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Strategic HR Advisor
Piotr has spent over 20 years helping professionals and organizations perform better. With on-the-ground experience gained in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and Poland, he has supported leading enterprises as they enter European markets, develop their sales teams, and improve their operations. Since joining Lingaro, Piotr has played a key role in strengthening the company’s leadership team, initiating its corporate transformation, and restructuring its business units. Currently serving as a Strategic HR Consultant, he helps Lingaro continue its leadership development journey, enter new markets, and launch new sites. A firm believer in values-driven leadership, he supports Lingaro’s exponential growth by helping our top managers gain the knowledge and skills they need to win the future. Piotr holds a BA in Economics from the Poznan School of Business and an MBA from London South Bank University.