Karol Szymański

Experience

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  PKO Bank Polski

  Jul 2012 - now

  Supervision of the R&D area of PKO Bank Polski (blockchain, metaverse, startup partnerships).Budget, schedule, scope and deployment of R&D area initiativesSupervision of Poland ClimAccelerator partenrship with PKO Bank PolskiLet's Fintech with PKO Bank Polski program - overall project management as Product Owner from initiation (budget, schedule, scope, etc.) to deployment.Backlog menagment of the Let's Fintech program team.Supervision of pilot implementations with startups in the entire program portfolio.Supervision and development of durable medium.Supervision of PKO Bank Polski Decentraland projectSupervision of VR projects Show less Let's Fintech with PKO Bank Polski program - Overall project management as Product Owner from initiation (budget, schedule, scope, etc.) to deploymentBacklog menagment of the Let's Fintech program teamSupervision of pilot implementations with startups in the entire program portfolio.Supervision and development of durable medium. Sandbox (KIR, IBM, OcHK, Fintech Poland initiative) coordination. New blockchian R&D initiatives supervision. Development of the Electronic Share Register based on blockchain for private companies (eRa) Tokenisation initiatives in blockchain team. Backlog menagment of the blockchain team Show less Let's Fintech with PKO Bank Polski - Overall project management as Deputy Project Manager from initiation (budget, schedule, scope, etc.) to deploymentSupervision of pilot implementations with startups (Coinfirm - blockchain technology based system confirming authenticity and immutability of documents sent electronically, ICSolutions - digital pen, NuDelta - OCR solution for invoices)Building the Bank's R&D environment (business guidelines, legal framework and cooperation with the external environment, IT environment)PKO Bank Polski laboratory branches - Overall project management s Deputy Project Manager from initiation (budget, schedule, scope, etc.) to deploymentSupervision of pilot implementations of innovative technologies (Digital Signage system, footfall analytics system, statistics and communication system based on femtocells) Show less

  • Innovation Manager

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Team Lead of Innovative Projects

    Jun 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Product Owner Let's Fintech with PKO Bank Polski & Blockchain

    Dec 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Product Owner Let's Fintech with PKO Bank Polski

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Startup Partnership & Innovation Ekspert

    Sept 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Startup Partnership & Innovation Senior Specialist

    Jul 2016 - Sept 2018

  • Innovative projects Specialist

    Dec 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Innovative projects Junior Specialist

    Sept 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Intern, Innovation office

    Jul 2012 - Sept 2012