Szymon Kaczmarczyk

Szymon Kaczmarczyk has a diverse work experience spanning over many years. Szymon currently serves as the Head of Engineering Services at First Derivative, where they are responsible for deploying innovative solutions in financial markets. Alongside this role, they also work as the Managing Director, building the Polish chapter of First Derivative.

Before joining First Derivative, Szymon held various positions at GFT Group, including Client Unit Manager, Head of Delivery Asia Pacific, and International Delivery Unit Manager. In these roles, they focused on expanding GFT's presence in Poland and building a strong delivery organization for tier-1 clients in the financial market sector.

Prior to GFT Group, they were a Delivery Manager at Rule Financial, where they managed the delivery risk of projects for financial sector clients. Additionally, they worked at Peer2Peer Systems as a Lead Developer for financial systems and held software development positions at Cybercom Group, auSystems, Teleca, TeleAtlas, and Siemens.

Overall, Szymon Kaczmarczyk has demonstrated strong leadership skills and a extensive experience in the financial and software development sectors throughout their career.

Szymon Kaczmarczyk has a postgraduate degree in Management and Negotiation Skills from Lodz University of Technology, which they obtained from 2007 to 2008. Prior to that, they completed their MSc M.Eng. in Software Engineering and Network Systems from Lodz University of Technology from 2001 to 2006. Szymon'sundergraduate education includes studies at III LO im. Mikolaja Kopernika from 1997 to 2001, where they pursued a multidisciplinary field of study. In addition to their formal education, Szymon also holds several certifications, including Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) Practitioner, and Prince 2 Practitioner, although the dates and institutions of these certifications are not provided.