Karol Szymanski

BPS is a system with control logic that detects when different bat species fly near wind turbines and stops turbines to prevent the rotating blades from killing bats.

As part of the development team, my task was to discover the scope, break down the features, deliver solution architecture and estimation, design the key components, identify gaps in the created solution, and lead the development team to deliver a high-quality code. After completing the code development, I coordinated the system installation in wind farms with the release manager.

The system detects when rotating turbine blades cast flickering shadows on nearby houses and stops the turbines to avoid human epilepsy. After developing the algorithm, it received an international certificate.

I was involved in defining the scope, features, and solution architecture. I also estimated and designed the critical components while identifying gaps in the prepared solution. As the development team leader, I delivered high-quality code that enabled the installation of the system.

The system with control logic detects ice on turbine blades using various detection methods and performs actions to remove it. The system is designed for safety reasons to get rid of ice in a controlled manner and reduce the risk of ice debris being thrown in random directions that could damage nearby infrastructure or kill people.

I led the development team that determined the scope, broke down the features, designed the solution architecture, and performed the estimations. We also created the components, identified the gaps, and wrote the high-quality code to install the system in the wind farms that the release manager coordinated.

The application creates virtual machines containing different versions of Windows and Linux, installs software developed by a customer in a specific version, performs integration tests, and obtains results. The application was used internally to test whether the software works in different environments or recreate production conditions to fix bugs. As a result, it only required a few clicks on the user interface to create a fully functioning environment.

I was the only developer creating this application and oversaw the following activities:
• gathering project requirements from the customer;
• organizing meetings with subject matter experts;
• presenting demos to the customer;
• performing manual functional testing;
• performing integration between Octopus, VMware ESXi, and HP UFT; and
• creating a mechanism to record errors from Octopus, VMware ESXi, and HP UFT in one place.