Volunteer, Watch Docs Film Festival

Collaborated with a team in the Bar Pro Bono Unit in London, facilitating the successful distribution of the organisation's annual reviews.

Correspondence Team

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Netguru is a digital consultancy that builds and scales products for high-growth companies worldwide. Highlights ↙

• Led product teams for ChowNow, Delivery Hero, Hopin and Birdcall, focusing on user growth and revenue.
• Built mobile apps, media platforms, and commerce applications across global markets.
• Co-founded the Product Management Academy and established 20+ knowledge-sharing sessions.

Product Manager

Intern

Teaching Assistant (Computer Science Course)

Managed a portfolio of Fintech, Medtech, and Social Media projects with $400K in revenue and 92% client retention. Implemented new internal communication frameworks to improve project visibility.

Project Manager

Product Development Training @ Apple Developer Academy

Packhelp is a leading European packaging platform, helping businesses worldwide design and order custom packaging. Highlights ↙

• Led the development of Packhelp's enterprise e-commerce platform and launched it across multiple EU markets.
• Built key partnerships with Glovo, Deliveroo, and BackMarket to strengthen our enterprise client portfolio.
• Developed a public API that reduced enterprise integration time by 90% and streamlined client onboarding.

Product Manager, Enterprise Partnerships

Software Engineer and Tester

Delivery Management Consultant (with Netguru)

Hungerstation is Saudi Arabia's leading food and grocery delivery platform. Highlights ↙

• Designed a new ranking algorithm that added $1.65M in monthly GMV and lifted app conversion by 0.5%
• Rebuilt the restaurant discovery experience with a new internal design system while adding support for filtering, autocomplete etc.
• Integrated global Delivery Hero solutions while running extensive user testing across user cohorts in Saudi Arabia.

BuildSpace is an intensive 6-week builder program where I developed an iOS photography app from concept to working prototype, collaborating with other builders and presenting at Demo Day.

Builder

Shaped the MVP of a the remittance app Pomelo and co-founded the digital platform InicjatywyOtwarte.pl in the early days of the pandemic.

Junior Project Manager

Kitchen Brains is the primary kitchen automation provider for KFC, Popeyes, and Whole Foods restaurants. Highlights ↙

• Shaped product strategy by conducting on-site research at KFC London and workshops in Connecticut.
• Led market analysis and strategic planning that secured 3x increase in project investment for 2023.
• Built a product roadmap involving key food service partners and helped establish the technical team to execute it.

Product Consultant / Advisor (with Limestone Digital) 

Data Analyst

Apple Store Sales Associate

ChowNow powers online ordering for over 11,000 independent restaurants across the US. Highlights ↙

• Built the Menu-to-Checkout experience for the Marketplace app, focusing on conversion and user growth.
• Launched a unified design system across thousands of white-label restaurant apps to improve scalability.
• Delivered key features like Ratings and Impact Score while implementing a data experimentation and event tracking platform with mParticle.

Product Manager (with Netguru)

Warsaw, PL

Product Manager, Payments & Quote-to-Cash

Product Manager, living in Poland.

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