Filip Cel, Project Manager in Warsaw, Poland
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Filip Cel

Verified Expert  in Project Management

Bio

Filip's journey in IT began with a passion for programming, but he soon discovered his true calling in working with people. This led him to become an Agile and Ways of Working coach. With over seven years of experience, he has refined his ability to drive positive change across diverse organizations. Filip’s approach blends technical expertise with strong leadership, focusing on trust-building, transparency, and creating high-performing teams that achieve measurable outcomes.

Project Highlights

Outriders
Developed and launched a multi-million dollar video game called Outriders available on PC, PS4, PS5, X1.
Calibrate Data Warehouse
Planned, created, and delivered a comprehensive solution for Calibrate that would gather data and present it to stakeholders.
Ripple iOS app
Developed an iOS application with a multi-disciplinary team.

Expertise

  • Agile
  • Confluence
  • IT Program Management
  • IT Project Management
  • Jira
  • Kanban
  • Process Improvement
  • Scrum

Work Experience

IT and Management Consultant

2021 - PRESENT
Rocket Studio
  • Provided expertise in small and medium organizations in terms of internal projects coordination.
  • Improved processes through simplification and digitalization. Guided the organization through change and managed external providers to adopt IT solutions.
  • Built teams and managed conflict and expectations within the IT department and between IT and other parts of the organization.

Agile Project Manager

2021 - PRESENT
Tooploox
  • Solved complex problems and improved over a dozen processes that positively impacted more than 150 people.
  • Implemented Agile transformation in two external organizations.
  • Led change that created a need. Formulated solutions implementing them in the company's culture.
  • Removed impediments and increased work satisfaction, which prevented shutting down three projects.

Agile Project Manager

2019 - 2020
People Can Fly
  • Coordinated the entire programming department: Five teams including 53 specialists comprised of C++ programmers, front-end developers, C# programmers, development QA.
  • Planned releases and their scope (over 30 successful releases, including three consumer demos).
  • Scaled the teams, created new processes and tailored existing ones to support growth (30 new developers only in the programming department, 120 in the entire project within a year).
  • Created long and short-term plans (gathering scope, prioritizing, analyzing estimates and KPIs, and creating a roadmap).
  • Cooperated with key stakeholders, project sponsors, and three external vendors.
  • Mentored two junior agile project managers, standardizing their work and verifying performance.

Junior Agile Project Manager

2018 - 2019
People Can Fly
  • Coordinated two multi-disciplinary teams consisting of 20 people (C++ programmers, front-end developers, designers, and artists).
  • Developed metrics to assist the team in monitoring their progress and velocity.
  • Enhanced team's performance and removed impediments (300% more fixed bugs per month, features developed 100% faster).
  • Chose and implemented methodology based on project situation and team experience.
  • Managed all Agile activities and Scrum rituals. Shared best practices with the company.
  • Cooperated with external vendors; planning, tracking progress, solving dependencies between third-parties and Scrum teams (five vendors consisting of 15 C++ programmers and six artists).

Project History

Outriders

https://outriders.square-enix-games.com/pl/

Developed and launched a multi-million dollar video game called Outriders available on PC, PS4, PS5, X1.

Coordinated the entire programming department: Five teams including 53 specialists (C++ programmers, front-end developers, C# programmers, development QA). Planned releases and their scope with over 30 successful releases including three consumer demos.

Calibrate Data Warehouse

https://www.joincalibrate.com/

Planned, created, and delivered a comprehensive solution for Calibrate that would gather data and present it to stakeholders.

Managed a team of five developers, introducing Scrum, coordinating ceremonies, working closely with product owners to share business perspectives, and develop a solution that would suit the client's needs.

Ripple iOS app

Developed an iOS application with a multi-disciplinary team.

Managed a team of seven developers, introducing Scrum, conducting ceremonies, managing stakeholders expectations, taking an active part in the features prioritization, improving workflow processes, and removing impediments.

Education

2015 - 2020

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Warsaw University of Technology - Warsaw, Poland

Certifications

AUGUST 2021 - PRESENT

Professional Scrum Master Level II (PSM II)

Scrum.org

JULY 2021 - PRESENT

RPA Starter

UiPath

JULY 2020 - PRESENT

Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)

Scrum.org

JUNE 2020 - JUNE 2026

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PMI Institute

Skills

Tools

Jira, Confluence, Git, SQL, Slack, Zoom

Paradigms

Scrum, Agile, Management, Kanban

Other

IT Projects, IT Project Management, Project Management, Process Improvement, C#, Java, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), IT Management, Program Management, IT Program Management, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Google Meet, IT Consulting

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