EXPERTS OF THE REGIONAL FORUM 2017 IN LODZ

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KAROL BANDURA

11 years in Skanska S.A.

Current Position: Business Development Coordinator

Current position: Business Development – Coordinator

Responsible at Skanska S.A. for the department of Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) projects, i.e. projects acquired and implemented using an innovative contracting model based on the contractor’s early participation in an investment project (i.e. at the stage of developing the project concept and financial structure of the project.)

A specialist in the construction market in Poland and around the world.

He also has experience in coordinating and providing legal services for large and complex projects, e.g. Recreation and Sports Center in Zielona Góra, Faculty of Law and Administration in Łódź, Faculty of Philology in Łódź, Szczecin Science and Technology Park – Technopark Pomerania, Dialogue Center “Przełomy” for The National Museum in Szczecin.

JANUSZ GRĄDZKI

Modern technology enthusiast. Working for the largest integrators in managerial positions, he took an active part in many nationwide IT projects, including administration at the provincial and central levels, as well as several large commercial projects. In corporations in the IT industry, for several years he has been learning about business development trends and implementing modern solutions together with key partners. At Fujitsu, he cooperated with the largest companies in the IT market on large international and domestic projects, while at Microsoft he promoted the latest solutions for effective communication.

In the PKP Group, he supervised the implementation of IT systems. He conducted lectures and presentations on the most modern technological solutions on the Microsoft market, as well as lectures and computer laboratories. He is the co-author of the educational program in the field of ICT in education.

At ENGIE, he heads the Department of New Technologies and supervises the implementation of modern digital solutions in projects implemented by the Group.

KATARZYNA KOPCZYŃSKA-EGER

Adv. Dr. Katarzyna Eger

He specializes in providing legal services to enterprises, in particular in the field of competition law, intellectual property law, and public procurement law. He is an expert on public procurement at Wolters Kluwer. Before starting her independent activity, she cooperated with the law firm Allen & Overy A. Pedzich Sp. k. and Brzezińska Narolski Mariański Attorneys and Advisors sp. p. She completed an internship at the Cleveland Municipal Court in the USA. Lawyer at the District Bar Association in Łódź. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Łódź. Socrates Erasmus scholarship holder at Universiteit Gent, Belgium.

She defended her doctorate in the field of public procurement law.

MACIEJ KOWALCZYK

Pheno Horizon Chief Advisor

A sociologist by profession. CEO of Pheno Horizon for two years. He has experience in working for local governments and local communities, gained during the preparation of strategic and research documents.

He was the initiator and leader of many social consultation processes in the field of building the brand of a place and the development of cities, communes, and regions using various methods and techniques.

In his youth, he was active in building a civic society, especially in the city and the voivodeship of Łódź.

Today he turns his passion into a professional job. Expert and advisor in the development of local government units with the use of spatial, economic, and social potential.

Expert in communication tools and consultations between opposing parties and communities in their pursuit of finding and implementing good solutions.

A supporter of teamwork. He loves solving problems and looking for effective solutions.

Ideally, an editorial related to the LIBERTE publishing house! He loves creation both at the image and text levels.

He has experience in conducting activities in areas all over the country. He is the holder of the international project management certificate Prince II Foundation.

Multiple workshop and training organizers, moderators, and panelists at, for example, the European Forum for New Ideas in Sopot, the European Economic Forum in Łódź, and other nationwide conferences.

MARTYNA LUBIENIECKA

A lawyer with many years of practice in the field of public procurement, in cooperation with law firms provided legal services for both contracting and contractors. Former public procurement office employee, former coach and advisor in the project “New approach to public procurement”.

He is currently an employee of one of the major companies on the construction market which he represents before the National Chamber of Appeals and in the courts on public procurement matters. To date, she represented her mocodawców in over 150 disputes before the National Chamber of Appeals. Author of public procurement publications. Co-author and moderator of the project SPOTKIO-meetings of public procurement market practices. Member of the National Association of Public Procurement Consultants. Co-author of the book “Vademecum of the contracting authority.”

KRYSTIAN MALCZEWSKI

A financier with experience in developing and implementing investment projects, including PPP projects. He participated in the implementation of one of the largest PPP infrastructure projects in Poland – A1 Motorway, section Gdańsk-Nowe Marzy.

ZBIGNIEW MIESZAŁA

A graduate of the Poznań University of Technology, specializing in Civil Engineering.

Working in managerial positions at Skanska Polska for the last dozen or so years. Essential competencies developed in the field of marketing and offering and managing multi-sector project teams. He has knowledge in the field of sustainable construction and Building Information Management technology.

SZYMON MISZTELA

A graduate of the Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering. He started his professional experience in the installation industry. Later, as the Administrative and Technical Director at the Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź, he gained experience in managing teams. Working as a Site Engineer, Project Manager and performing the work of a Site Manager, he realized within SKANSKA S.A. several great facilities, including as part of revitalization projects: the Park of Senses in Poddębice, a tenement house in Łódź for the Entrepreneurs’ Service Center of the Marshal’s Office of the Łódź Province and an office building in Łódź at the intersection of Jaracza and University Streets for Comarch. As part of cubature projects, he supervised the construction of the Tactical Air Base in Łask and the expansion of the Medical Academy in Łódź. Currently, he works as Area Sales Manager at Norma Group.

He loves hiking in the mountains in winter with a backpack. He likes real challenges.

WALDEMAR OLBRYK

Waldemar Olbryk is the vice president for business development in Poland at Skanska Infrastructure Development – an international company Skanska operating in Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Scandinavia, Great Britain, and both Americas. As part of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP), the company builds public utility facilities: hospitals, schools, and roads. As responsible for the PPP sector in Poland, he wants to ensure the transfer of Skanska’s good experiences and standards from other countries to Poland.

Since April 2014, he is responsible for the development of Skanska in the field of projects in Public-Private Partnership in Poland.

The entrustment of management of the PPP area in Poland to Waldemar Olbryk was of strategic importance for Skanska. Projects carried out in partnership with the public sector are one of the most developing market areas for the company in the world, and Poland is perceived as a country with great potential in this area. Waldemar Olbryk’s task is to ensure Skanska’s strong position on the market and active participation in building the sector.

From 2011-2014, he was the President of Skanska Property Poland. As the first Pole to take this position, he was responsible for the continuation and development of the company’s operations. One of his greatest successes was strengthening cooperation with the business services sector. Skanska has become the most frequently chosen supplier of office buildings by service centers in Poland, which culminated in the title of the developer of the decade awarded to the company by the jury of the Poland Outsourcing & amp; competition. Shared Services Award in 2013

Waldemar Olbryk started his career at Skanska in 2008. Until 2011, he was the regional director of Skanska Property Poland in the southern part of the country. In this position, he was responsible for creating a regional team and for the dynamic development of the company’s investments.

Before joining Skanska, he held min. position of a real estate manager in the Polish branch of Philips. Previously, he held managerial positions in companies such as BP Polska and Apsys Sp. z o.o., where he worked on the Manufaktura project in Łódź.

Waldemar Olbryk was born in 1972. He graduated in economics at the University of Lodz and MBA studies were conducted jointly by the University of Lodz and the College of Maryland. He has the title of Professional Project Manager according to the Project Management Institute (PMI®) standard.

MIROSŁAW PODRAZA

Sales and Marketing Director in the Railway Region

Mr. Mirosław is a graduate of the Faculty of Hydroengineering of the Cracow University of Technology. For the last 20 years, he worked at NDI S.A., where from 2011 he was employed as the Director of the Implementation Division, dealing with the offer, execution, and warranty service of projects implemented by NDI in the following industries: railway construction, modernization, and construction of tram lines, cubature construction, utility public, office, residential and marine hydro technics.

In the years 2005 – 2011, Mr. Podraza was the Deputy Director of the A1 Project, as the NDI Representative in the JV at Skanska S.A.