Maciek Gdula
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Maciek is a US-raised, bilingual Scrum.org-certified product owner and scrum master with work experience spanning three continents. He led collocated and remote teams of over 40 people in different time zones to create apps for up to 50 million users with 100 million item databases. Maciek routinely works with startup and corporate clients from Singapore, Kuwait, Norway, Australia, the UK, Switzerland, and the United States.
Project Highlights
Expertise
Work Experience
Senior Project Manager
Intent
- Managed the initiation down to signing the service-level agreement of the official mobile app for an organization with almost 50 million members.
- Organized a structure in a 40+ developer deep machine-learning project from scratch with teams distributed across five countries.
- Handled over a dozen projects in eCommerce, blockchain, and image recognition for all popular mobile and web frameworks.
- Supervised other project managers and mentored them to effectively manage various tasks involving the project, product, team, and relationships.
- Enforced company processes, guidelines, and metrics-gathering.
Scrum Master
LUX MED
- Spearheaded the transition of four teams within the IT department from a Waterfall methodology to an Agile one.
- Coached over 30 developers and QA specialists in Scrum, large-scale Scrum, and other lean frameworks.
- Assisted in a project involving formulating private medical insurance plans for the company.
Chief Operating Officer
Inteliclinic
- Directed the company's implementation of scrum methodology with the help of agile management tools such as Jira and adjusted them according to its growth and development process.
- Cooperated with human resources personnel to recruit new employees to the company.
- Supervised the relationship and feedback process with the company's external hardware design studio.
- Coordinated a multitude of day-to-day operations of a 15-odd person team composed of software and hardware engineers.
- Oversaw the company's communication with clients, journalists, bloggers, public relations firms, distributors, and other contractors.
- Handled the negotiations with hardware electronic component producers and distributors from Taiwan, China, and Japan.
Project History
Mobile Apps for 50 Million People
Managed 2 official mobile apps from initiation to close to create a watered-down version of Facebook in less than five months.
100 Million+ Database Fashion Store
Led a team of 40+ people across five countries to deliver a fashion "snap-n-buy" app in 12 months.
General Data Protection Regulation for a S&P 100 Company
Delivered a personal data-processing GDPR web app based on blockchain technology with extensive UX testing in four months.
Sleep Aid Device Crowdfunded for $430K by 2,000 Backers
Oversaw the design process and manufacturing of the device and its software over a 12+ month period.
Top Grocery Delivery App in Kuwait with 100K+ Customers and 200K+ Orders
Delivered 2 interconnected apps for shoppers and grocers that allowed shopping in 20+ brick-and-mortar stores.
Education
Certification in Chinese Language and Business
Tsinghua University - Beijing, China
Bachelor's Degree in History and Political Science
University of Nottingham - Nottingham, United Kingdom
Certification in History and Political Science
McGill University - Montreal, Canada
Certifications
Building Secure Software - Software Deployment
Security Compass
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
Design Thinking
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