Our speakers

Bruno Morgante
PMO Leader, Founder, Speaker, Mentor

Bruno Morgante helps leaders and organisations develop the skills, confidence and mindset needed to drive their own growth and successfully deliver key projects. With over 20 years of experience in PMO management and transformation programmes at global corporations, he supports companies in achieving strategic goals through high-performing teams, process optimisation and complex portfolio management.

In 2024 he founded Mantegora, a company specialising in project management, leadership and transformation, providing individuals, teams and organisations with the structure, capabilities and approach needed to implement lasting change. Bruno also works as a mentor, coach, trainer and keynote speaker — focusing on leadership, practical insights and stories that inspire unconventional thinking and immediate action.

Grzegorz Błażewicz
Founder, Member of the Supervisory Board at SALESmanago, Co-owner of Tygodnik Powszechny

An entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in marketing and management. Founder of SALESmanago, which he grew from zero to €20M ARR, making it a leading European marketing technology provider for eCommerce. Prior to founding SALESmanago, he served as CMO at Comarch and CEO of Interia.
Academic lecturer, startup mentor and author of the popular book “Marketing Automation. Towards Artificial Intelligence and Hyperpersonalisation”. Finalist of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 competition. Since December 2024, an investor in Tygodnik Powszechny — one of Poland’s leading opinion weeklies. Actively supports Polish tech startups.

Sylwia Królikowska
Charisma and empathetic leadership expert

Sylwia is a psychologist by education — she graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków with specializations in business psychology and change management, and she is currently writing a PhD on charisma. For over 20 years, she has specialized in delivering training programs and has trained several thousand leaders around the world.
She mainly works with corporations, and her clients include Amazon, Facebook, Google, Shell, Unilever, and many others. She most enjoys supporting leaders in developing their skills in empathetic leadership, building authority based on consistency and authenticity, and conducting so-called “difficult” conversations.
She is the author of three books and an expert for Radio ZET and TVN24. According to Forbes, she is one of the most influential women on Polish LinkedIn.

Mariusz Kapusta
Board Advisor, Project Management Expert & Practitioner

The creator of the 12 KISS PM® Questions method, author of the bestselling book Project Management Step by Step, and founder of the largest project-management YouTube channel in Poland. For 18 years, he has been helping business owners and executive teams shift from firefighting to systematic operations. He specializes in diagnosing project maturity and designing simple, practical management systems. He runs the boutique consulting and training firm Leadership Center as well as the Vilamed dental clinic.

Taras Fedoruk
Senior Technical Program Manager, Booking.com

Taras is a seasoned program manager and leader with over 13 years of experience across multiple IT domains, focused on conscious management that benefits teams and organizations. He currently supports Booking.com’s security team as a Technical Program Manager. A passionate mentor and coach, Taras has trained 1,600+ professionals. He is Past President of PMI Ukraine and a recipient of several industry awards, including Best PM in Ukraine 2019, PMI Rising Leader 2022, and PMI Future50 2023.

Bartłomiej Papisz
Modern Leadership Practitioner

A leader with over 25 years of managerial experience, specializing in building high-performing teams and managing change. A Project Manager with a track record of more than 80 implementations and 120+ training programs. A trainer and mentor with a natural drive for supporting, motivating, and developing people.

Grzegorz Jaworek
Expert in Organizational Efficiency

Grzegorz (Greg) Jaworek is an expert in team scaling and technology. With two decades in the industry, he has scaled product teams from a dozen to over 100 people while delivering advanced SaaS platforms. As a leader with ADHD — a diagnosis he received only recently — he discovered that his individuality was the key to his success in management and in building trust within large organizational structures. Today, as a strategic advisor and co-creator of Neuro+Hub, he helps leaders and organizations design effective teams.

Maksym Subbotin
Project, Program, Portfolio Manager. Head of PMO

Maksym Subbotin, is a Program / Portfolio Manager, and Head of PMO with 12+ years of experience leading complex, enterprise IT transformations. He has built and scaled delivery units of up to 300 specialists, designed governance frameworks, and led strategic programs aligned with portfolio objectives. Maksym specializes in hybrid program models that integrate PMI standards, Agile at scale, and change management to drive measurable business value. He also shares his expertise as a PMI-certified professional and Head of PMO, providing training and mentoring.

Helena Heidemann
CEO, Learning Experience Designer

Helena Heidemann is the CEO and co-founder of Mindshifters, a learning experience design company helping organisations create systemic change through learning. As a learning designer and trainer, she combines co-design, blended learning and interactive methods to transform strategies and complex challenges into engaging learning journeys that shift mindsets, behaviours and ways of working. Her work bridges people, practice and purposeful change.

Sylwia Rybak
Expert in Psychological Resilience

An expert in mental toughness and wellbeing. A coach, trainer, and consultant with over 20 years of experience in development projects for corporate and individual clients. Academic lecturer and Managing Partner at AQR Polska; the first Master Trainer of MTQ and ILM72 tools in Poland. She specializes in developing resilience, mental toughness, and effective leadership.

Anna Ślusarczyk
Lead Business Analyst

Experienced Lead Consultant and Core Banking Solution Expert with a strong focus on core banking systems. Throughout her career,she has worked with production systems and ERP solutions, developing a deep understanding of both business and technical perspectives.
IPassionate about connecting people, processes, and technology to create meaningful change. Anna believes that empathy and curiosity are among the most important skills an analyst can have — they help to truly understand user needs, build trust, and ask the right questions.

Dariusz Góras
Business Coach & Consultant. Facilitator of Strategy and Design Sessions. Founder of the Notestorming® Method

Dariusz Góras, PhD (University of Łódź, 2005) – an andragogist specializing in personal effectiveness. He has been active in the consulting and training industry since 1996, working as a coach since 2008, and as a consultant and decision-making process moderator since 2011.
In 2001, he founded Maestrium Sp. z o.o., a company focused on developing soft, managerial, and organizational skills. He has trained over 17,000 people in Poland.
He is the creator of the Notestorming® method and the author of the book Notestorming – An Atlas of Problem-Solving Tools in Business and Personal Development.

Dawid Szkiełka
Product Advisor

Product Transformation Expert. He supports companies in scaling by adapting best practices from major corporations (Allegro, WP, Agora) to scale-ups (Useme, Wealthon). Successfully implemented Shape Up at Useme.com, increasing delivery predictability from 20% to 80%. Combining his experience as a Lead PM at Allegro and a Head of Product, he has helped to build a strong product culture without sacrificing flexibility. He also conducts workshops and specialized Shape Up implementations.

Kajetan Sztuba
Expert in AI Transformation within a Multi-Bank Structure

AI Solutions Specialist at SGB Bank SA – building an AI and Innovation Unit from scratch for an association of 174 cooperative banks. He manages the AI project portfolio and is responsible for organizational transformation and change management. An Engineer (Poznan University of Technology) and Master of Arts (Academy of Music in Poznan), he is also a trumpeter and composer. He designs processes, not prompts. He measures results, not hype. Because implementing AI is not just about prompting – it is about conducting an orchestra of processes, people, and technology.

Filip Krajniak
Psychologist, Soft Skills Trainer, and Educator

A trainer, founder of the Youth Act Foundation and the i.Explorations school for adults. For the past eight years, he has worked with international groups and is currently developing i.Explorations — a workshop space for adults based on experiential learning. In his work, he focuses on developing interpersonal skills, communication, and collaboration, using, among other methods, improvisation techniques that enhance spontaneity and authenticity in working with people.

Paulina Stec
Senior Delivery Manager/ Program Manager

Senior IT Project/Program Manager specializing in agile projects within IT environments, working daily with distributed teams. Shecombines business, technology, and human perspectives.. As a trainer and facilitator, she designs practice-oriented workshops for leaders. She supports the development of others as a mentor in programs for women in IT. Co-founder of the Neuro+ initiative, where leaders learn how to translate knowledge about neurodiversity and neuroscience into everyday management practice.

Dr Marcin Żmigrodzki
Head of Postgraduate Studies

Formerly: IT company owner, long-time project manager, director of PMO and process management in a bank, VP of a manufacturing company, and startup portfolio director. Winner of numerous awards, including Initiative .NET 2003 and 6-time PMI Award recipient. Founder of the Didascal knowledge management system. Head of postgraduate studies in requirements analysis and project management at Kozminski University. Author of the upcoming book “AI Project Management for Beginners.”

Dr Tricia Diamond
Portfolio Management Expert

Dr. Tricia Diamond is an internationally experienced portfolio and programme management executive, certified project management professional, and organisational strategist with more than two decades of leadership across the public sector, aerospace, education, and cultural sectors in the United States and the Netherlands. She has integrated AI-assisted tools into analytical and reporting workflows in both consulting and public sector settings.

Aleksandra Kanofocka
Project Management Expert

A trainer, mentor, and project/program manager with over 17 years of experience in leading international projects. She specializes in defining and implementing project management standards and ensuring project and business continuity based on her proprietary Project Continuity System™. Author of the „World of Projects” blog and co-author of the books „Passion” and „Chance” written together with Brian Tracy.

Agata Kabat
Product Culture Expert i Team Coach

She builds teams people genuinely want to work with and products that solve real problems. She partners with leaders and product teams to strengthen adaptability in a fast-changing world. She helps implement product culture and change processes that drive clarity, ownership, and sustainable impact. She also supports introverts in managing energy and building confidence in demanding environments. She is ICF-certified (one of the first in Poland to hold the ACTC Team Coaching credential).

Marlena Kowalska - Bienias
Product Owner

Marlena Kowalska-Bienias is a Business Consultant Conversational AI at Heineken. Marlena is engaged in a wide range of project focusing on User Experience where she plays a key role in driving thoughtful, user‑centered conversational solutions.

Joanna Chochół
Product Owner

Joanna Chochół is a Business Consultant Conversational AI at Heineken Kraków. Joanna collaborates closely with cross‑functional teams to develop, improve, and scale conversational experiences. She is known for her proactive approach and passion for innovation.

Marcin Gora
Program Management Expert

Marcin works in project management, mainly in the area of transformation within international environments. On a daily basis, he combines the roles of a practitioner, PhD student, and academic lecturer, exploring how knowledge and relationships between people impact project success. He is interested in what happens „between the spreadsheets” – the emotions, informal collaboration networks, and quiet agreements that shape outcomes.

Bartek Olejniczak
Positive Psychology and Burnout Prevention Expert / Business Trainer

Bartek helps leaders working under constant pressure design a way of working that increases their energy and effectiveness without leading to burnout. As a consultant and HR expert with 15 years of experience, he has been supporting leaders in their daily challenges and developing the potential of their teams, combining positive psychology with real – world business practice. Author of the podcasts „Personal Agility” and „Positive Month”.

Judyta Wolak
Technical Program Manager / Business Owner

Technical Program Manager, Project and Team Management Trainer, Lecturer at the AGH University of Krakow at the Faculty of Computer Science, as well as a Mentor. Actively involved in building the IT community, she was a co-creator of the largest free mentoring program for women in Poland – Tech Leaders. Recognised in the prestigious Strong Women in IT 2023&2025 report. She eagerly shares her knowledge by speaking at conferences and meetups.

Jolanta Kuruc
Senior Program Manager

Specialises in complex technology transformation programmes in enterprise environments. She combines a practitioner’s perspective with a background in cognitive psychology, focusing on how people make decisions when collaborating with AI systems. On the panel, she represents the viewpoint of someone who observes AI from within large organisations — asking not only about the effectiveness of implementations, but about their impact on the quality of thinking and decision-making.

Grzegorz Sztandera
Chapter Lead | Product Owner | TEDx Speaker/Organizer | Book author

In my daily work in the financial sector, I manage teams and tech projects at the intersection of IT, business, and regulation – always focusing on clarity, agility, and building bridges across teams. Every day I am going out of the box, optimizing management of people, projects and products to boost up effects and deliver highest quality. Without a close-knit and cooperative team it is not possible achieve the efficiency and quality that can be reached. During my work I always ask one question: “What if we will do it differently?”.

Paulina Polatowska
IT Delivery Manager

Connected to the IT industry for 15 years – initially as a Project Manager, and for the past few years as a Delivery Manager in a Swedish software house. She manages a team of 30 developers, testers, and PMs, delivering projects in the areas of fintech and security. Certified trainer in Prince2, Prince2Agile, PM2, and AgilePM. She has spent nearly 2,000 hours in the training room, running training for clients such as PKO, Deutsche Bahn, and Allegro. Privately, she finds the most satisfaction in spending time with her family, kickboxing training, and traveling to Italy.

Kinga Stawicka - Wibowo
Transformation Coach | Life & Career Design

Kinga specializes in Life & Career Design for corporate managers and leaders who have achieved measurable professional success but feel a growing disconnect between what they do, who they want to be, and how they feel. As a Portfolio Career Mentor and Transformation Coach, she blends years of experience in global organizations with a structured, framework-driven approach to building a career and life on your own terms. She believes that true professional and personal growth begins with a decision to “Bet on Yourself”

Małgorzata Czernecka
Performance psychologist

Psychologist, therapist, founder of Human Power. An expert in managing leaders’ vital energy, optimizing work style and performance. She combines knowledge from sports medicine, neurobiology, mental training, behavioral psychology, and bioenergetics. Author of publications on wellbeing & performance in ICAN Management, HBRP, and HR Business Partner Magazine. Guest on the Forbes Women and ICAN Management „Secrets of the Champions” podcasts. She has collaborated with companies such as Deloitte, Shell, Intel, Samsung, Orange, mBANK, Credit Agricole, ING Bank, and P&G.

Iwona Dawidowicz
Leader of relationships + values + growth

An emotional well-being mentor and trainer specializing in stress management and public speaking. She helps leaders and teams regain full control and clear thinking under high pressure. Acting as a “human accelerator”, ahe avoids artificial distance, focusing instead on authenticity and true partnership. She supports people in overcoming limiting beliefs, turning tension into confident expression and real change.

Agata Kozicka
Engineering Manager | IT Project Manager | Facilitator | Author of the zwinna.com blog| Agility enthusiast

Since 2013, I have been growing in the IT industry, focusing on delivery, leadership, and building effective teams. For over 10 years as an IT Project Manager, I led complex technology projects for clients across various markets and business environments, taking ownership of their execution from strategy through to implementation. Currently, as an Engineering Manager, I combine a technological perspective with people development — supporting engineers in building their skills, fostering a culture of collaboration, and ensuring that technology teams deliver business value effectively.

Przemysław Grzegorek
Value Builder

A builder of value for his clients. He helps define value and then deliver it. A consultant and trainer with broad experience in implementing agile methods in both commercial and public-sector organizations. He works with distributed teams and senior leadership in global environments. He helps organizations understand their challenges and effectively introduce new ways of working.