The BSS Tour Bydgoszcz: GBS Talks 4.0 Virtual Forum

Wiktor Doktór Pro Progressio CEO Wiktor Doktór is the Outsourcing Industry Expert specialized in a wide range of outsourcing activities, including BPO, R&D, ITO, Call and Contact Centre as well as in the subject of nearshoring and offshoring. He is the CEO of Pro Progressio - the consulting and advisory organization in the area of modern business services. Wiktor is one of the top outsourcing personalities in Poland, many times awarded for his work focused on the development and growth of outsourcing industry. Wiktor and Pro Progressio are European Partners of German Outsourcing Association, IAOP and GSA as well as other global outsourcing associations.

Piotr Boulange Multicowork Director at Founder Institute Warsaw Cowork Expert, and Startup Mentor. Director at Founder Institute Warsaw. Writes PhD thesis on the Benefits of working in coworking spaces. Founded and operated one of the first coworking spaces in Warsaw in 2012. Ex-WeWork Labs Manager in CEE Region.Ex- Bolt Country Manager. Sociologist and an Executive MBA graduate. Runs ultra-marathons.

Artur Skiba Antal International Prezes Zarządu An expert in the field of recruitment and management. Long-term Vice President of the Association of Employment Agencies. Since 2000 in Antal, since 2004 Managing Director. In 2013, he merged Antal in Poland with the Work Service group. Then he assumed the position of the President of the Management Board. Under his guidance, Antal develops both its structures (opening offices in Wrocław, Poznań, Kraków and Gdańsk, as well as in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and - under the Enloyd brand - in Hungary). Winner of the Business Tiger title and three times awarded with the Business Gazelle. Creator of innovative business solutions and opinion leader on the labor market.

Edyta Wiwatowska Bydgoska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego Board President A graduate of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in the field of law and post-graduate studies in Programming regional development and project management. She holds the title of a legal adviser. From 2000, she has been involved in investor service and cooperation with entrepreneurs. She coordinated work related to the launch of a special economic zone in Bydgoszcz, and successfully conducted negotiations resulting in the implementation of many investments in Bydgoszcz. In 2013, she was entrusted with the task of establishing the Bydgoszcz Regional Development Agency, responsible for economic promotion of Bydgoszcz, supporting entrepreneurship and providing services for new investment projects.

Paweł Łopatka SoftServe VP & Country Manager Former Board Member of Project Management Institute Poland Chapter. Mentor and coach of startup environments. Graduated from the Opole University of Technology, Abertay University in Dundee and doctoral studies in field of Strategic Management from the University of Economics in Wroclaw. Gained global experience in companies such as Redknee, Nokia, Siemens and BBC Scotland. Recognized as Manager of The Year 2018 by ProProgressio and also as Business Tiger as a person that had a significant impact on the development of the industry in Poland and Europe.

Peter Ivanov www.peter-ivanov.com Keynote Speaker and Executive Coach Manager, Entrepreneur and Virtual teams Expert with over 20 years of international experience. His book “Virtual Power Teams” is translated in 6 languages and is Amazon Top 3 in the category - international management. In his dynamic keynote speeches and master classes, Peter uses the experience he has gained as Manager, Athlete, Entrepreneur and the father of five girls, to show you how to build up and lead your own successful Virtual Teams. As an expert in New Leadership Peter supports managers to retain the gravity of their Team despite the geographical distance, age and cultural differences, and deliver Top business performance!

Adam Wąsik PracowniaEB Co-owner Employer branding expert, head of sales and CEO with 15 years of experience, related, connected with i.a. Gazeta Wyborcza, Gazeta.pl. A former Goldenline board member. He has been working on the recruitment and employer branding market for over 8 years. He specializes in building and strategic management of the employer's brand, even in very demanding industries as IT or BPO / SSC. Co-owner of PracowniaEB - one of the most awarded employer branding agencies in Poland.

Katarzyna Augustyn Chillispaces.com Chief Marketing Officer Since 2018, Katarzyna Augustyn holds the position of Chief Marketing Officer in Rise.pl – the owner of Chillispaces.com, a leading Polish network of flex offices. Currently, the brand has 7 locations in Krakow with a total area of 14,000 sq m. In the third quarter of 2020, the brand announced a development plan for new locations in central and northern Poland - incl. Łódź, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk and Rzeszów. Katarzyna Augustyn graduated from the administration and management of information technologies at the University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw.

Przemek Berendt Talent Alpha CEO & Co-Founder Przemek Berendt is an IT Services industry executive with nearly 20 years of experience in starting, growing and scaling IT Services businesses in Poland and around the globe. Between April 2011 and April 2018, he served as Global Marketing VP at Luxoft (NYSE: LXFT). In September 2018 he founded Talent Alpha with a mission to build a ‘Future of Work Platform’ that would transform how IT professionals connect with opportunities. Under Przemek’s leadership, Talent Alpha garnered a record seed round investment of $5M and won a handful of big Startup and HRTech awards in 2019. In 2020 Talent Alpha is poised to not only fulfil Przemek’s initial mission but also fundamentally change the way organizations measure, index, access, share and nurture their Talent.

Aleksander Szybilski Cushman & Wakefield Workplace Strategy Team Leader Architect by education, member of the multidisciplinary team implementing the Six Feet Office project in Poland. For nine years he has been involved in the design of office spaces, and for four years he has also been involved in creating a work environment strategy and change management in connection with the opening of new office spaces. As part of the last completed projects in Poland and abroad, he co-created offices for companies such as: Takeda, Novo Nordisk, UPC, Roche, IG, Unilever. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield, he worked for Samsung as the leader of the real estate department responsible for offices in Poland.

Maciej Kotarski Olivia Business Centre Leasing Director Since 2008 leads the leasing team responsible of Olivia Business Centre in Gdansk, the biggest office and mix-use project in Poland, present size 175,000 sqm GLA. Responsible for key negotiations, i.a. Amazon, Bayer, Deloitte, Energa, Epam, Fujifilm, PwC, Ricoh, Sii, Nordea, thyssenkrupp, takes also part in design process of all buildings and creating marketing solutions for Olivia. Work combined with passion: privately interested in office architecture and urban planning – addicted to office buildings for 30 years. Last but not least a happy husband and a father of two sons.

Tomasz Leśniewski Clariant GBS Head of Clariant Shared Service and Board Member Graduate of Faculty of Management at the University of Lodz and the Executive MBA Program at the University of Illinois. He has been closely associated with modern service industry in business since the very beginning of his professional career. For the last 15 years he has been working as a specialist and manager in service industry. Since 6 years he has been bound with the Clariant company, where he works as a Head of Shared Service and Board Member.

Michael Grebennikov Digiteum Co-founder and co-CEO Michael Grebennikov is a co-founder and co-CEO at Digiteum, a digital technology consultancy based in Gdansk, Poland and Minsk, Belarus. Together with the Digiteum team, Michael helps businesses grow by leveraging digital technology and introducing innovation to their operations. During his 25 years of experience in IT, Michael co-founded and co-owned 3 successful IT companies with a proven record of successful project delivery. Being a member of the German Outsourcing Association, he brings the power of Eastern European IT to global customers.

Elias van Herwaarden Location Perspectives Principal Elias has 30 years’ cross-border business experience with leadership positions at Price Waterhouse – Plant Location International, Andersen Business Location Services and Deloitte’s Global Location Strategies. He consulted +750 companies on location and sourcing decisions globally and advised on over 120 business services projects. He recently founded locationperspectives, providing hands-on support in location/sourcing selection, footprint optimization, glocalization and project implementation. He regularly speaks on outsourcing, teaches Business Strategy at two universities, and is a Site Selectors Guild member.

Sylwia Strzeboński-Gancarczyk CPL Jobs CEE HR Lead CEE HR Lead at Cpl Jobs, combining knowledge of internal HR and international recruitment agency overview of the market. Sylwia has almost 10 years of experience in internal HR in international organizations. At Cpl for 5 years she is responsible for HR management, recruitment processes overview and talent development in the CEE region. She also successfully implements training and advisory programs for management staff within the Central and Eastern Europe region. Lumina Learning Certified Trainer.

Łukasz Targoszyński Baker McKenzie M&A/PE lawyer Łukasz Targoszyński specializes in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, as well as in foreign direct investments. Łukasz has participated in introducing the largest players from the BPO and SSC sector to the Polish market, in particular entities from the banking and finance sector, and advises them on all matters related to their day-to-day operation. He owes his in-depth understanding of the shared services industry to many years of cooperation with a nationwide organization associating representatives of companies from this sector, advising on its current activities as well as on the activities of its member companies.

Waldemar Jasiński Livingston International VP Operations Europe and Asia For over 20 years associated with supply chain management and responsible for outsourcing in the supply chain. For the last 14 years he has been associated with Livingston International - a leading provider of international trade services. Initially responsible for the development of the organization and team management in Poland, then for operations in Europe and the creation of a BPO organization serving the company's European clients. Currently responsible for the company's BPO operations in Europe and Asia and for the establishment of the Shared Services Center in Poland.

Magdalena Tomicka Atos Senior HR Business Partner - Human Resources A business practitioner with over 10 yrs. of experience in HR. Currently, managing the HR Department in IT company. Takes care of the implementation of the HR strategy, focused on effective support of the business in achieving competitive advantage. The main areas of professional focus are: implementation of HR projects in the business environment, building career paths, employees retention, development of the managerial group and interpersonal relations in corporate environment. As a graduate of Human Resource Management at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, she is still associated with the scientific community, conducting HR classes at WSB in Bydgoszcz for over 5 years. She is a Senior Certified Professional of SHRM.

Marta Kowalczyk-Rompała HubHR CEO An expert in HR and Operations. Supporting growth of businesses for over 13 years. Since 2015, she’s been running the Polish branch of Sales and Marketing Global, which includes HubHR. Her priority is understanding the client's needs. She believes that even the best business strategy will fail without responsible and competent HR. A graduate of Executive MBA studies at the Kozminski University and post-graduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics. She completed a business coach course and is a mentor at the Women Leadership in Business Foundation. Mother of Hela and Franek.

Marta Lyczmańska Ciklum Managing Director Marta Lyczmańska - Managing Director at CIKLUM, building software engineering teams and innovative business and tech solutions for both Fortune 500 companies and startups. A people and business leader with 15 yrs of experience ranging from large multinationals to boutique consulting houses. While building highly efficient teams, managing and developing services and portfolios, she has forever been focussing on building tailored organisational structures and forging successful company cultures. Very process oriented, with a degree in humanities, she has moved from her hometown Bydgoszcz to the Tricity Bay Area, her absolute fav spot on Earth.

Maria Wasiak Miasto Bydgoszcz Deputy Mayor of the City of Bydgoszcz

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