Bartosz Cudny
Chief Software Officer
Experience
Chief Software Officer
Sybilla Technologies
- Led the Software Engineering function with full end-to-end ownership across the organization, encompassing strategic oversight and operational execution.
- Accountable for the successful delivery of software products and projects, including lifecycle management from ideation to deployment.
- Directed IT operations and infrastructure strategy, ensuring scalable, secure, and optimized environments.
- Spearheaded the growth and evolution of the engineering team through targeted hiring, performance optimization, and continuous training programs aligned with business goals and technological advancements.
Programme Manager
Cubic
- Led the presales team in preparing bids for transit and ticketing system replacements in Cracow, Warsaw, and Budapest.
- Conducted market analysis and product localization.
- Coordinated formal tender documentation and submission processes.
Director, Implementation
Mastercard Processing Europe
- Responsible for Business Analysis, Implementation, and Testing domains of Customer Delivery.
- Significantly increased implementation capacities by hiring and contracting Way4 implementation engineers.
- Designed and progressed Target Operating Model for the transition of functions out of Customer Delivery.
- Created managerial structure by employing two directors and three managers.
- Converted 40+ contingent workers into employees, generating substantial savings on resource P&L.
- Defined and managed the Standardization initiative, moving the company from custom-built solutions to a product-oriented approach.
- Extended Customer Delivery capabilities to deliver beyond Europe.
Delivery Director
Luxoft
- Responsible for delivery of a wide portfolio of outsourcing deals to banking clients in the Nordics.
- Built the regulatory library.
- Managed resource allocation in line with project priorities.
- Defined the roadmap of programmes and projects for clients.
Programme Director
FNZ
- Responsible for programme delivery to banking clients including Barclays, HSBC, Santander, and BBVA.
- Led small to medium implementations for Santander Bank.
- Led medium implementation of HSBC regulatory changes (portfolio statement).
- Built competencies for performance testing as a common repeatable process.
- Managed resource allocation and hired project managers.
- Defined the roadmap of programmes and projects for clients.
Head of Delivery – Europe
BPC Banking Technologies
- Led delivery of all BPC Banking Technologies projects in Europe, centered on the SmartVista suite.
- Achieved successful go-lives for acquiring and issuing projects in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Albania.
- Led AML solution go-live in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Sold and implemented change requests for Paylink and ING Romania.
- Stabilized acquiring and issuing operations for EGCP in Croatia and built a local support team.
- Introduced organizational changes such as ring-fencing client teams and collocation with R&D.
- Co-operated with recruitment agencies to hire resources into the European delivery group.
- Converged AML product into one source code line, reducing support costs.
- Created a dedicated support team and common reporting standard.
- Led migration of project plans to Enterprise Project Server.
- Collaborated with card producers to introduce new chips to clients.
Programme Manager
TBC Bank
- Responsible for the programme of replacing the core banking system.
- Defined criteria and functional requirements for the future CBS.
- Created RFI and RFP documents and influenced the list of potential bidders.
- Analyzed vendor inputs and organized reference visits.
- Delivered detailed budget WBS for implementation and integration.
- Negotiated and managed contracts.
Senior Project Manager
Prudential Life Insurance
- Managed implementation of multiple front-end internet applications supporting sales and maintenance of life policies.
- Created application architecture and integration with the core insurance system.
- Selected and coordinated vendors for web and mobile applications.
- Designed KYC processes and customer journey from prospect to policy cession.
- Managed front-end systems SDLC in agile iterations.
- Defined criteria for cyber security tests and selected a security consulting company for penetration testing.
- Coordinated development across locations and organized a month-long vendor collocation in Reading, UK.
Senior Project Manager
FIS
- Managed a portfolio of BAU projects for Polish and European clients.
- Ran 5+ BAU projects annually and supported presales efforts.
- Established the “Polish Library” internal project to address market-specific product requirements.
- Created detailed internal reporting on RAID artifacts.
- Developed an estimator tool for functionality and integration used in selling change requests.
Delivery Manager
Fiserv
- Managed delivery department operations of 30+ resources.
- Ran 5+ BAU projects and introduced digital banking applications to clients.
- Established a common PMO for all projects.
- Created a competency centre for digital banking (Corillian) of 15 resources.
- Customized digital banking to a “Polish Library” of common requirements.
- Developed automated testing for customer onboarding functionalities.
Project Manager
Accenture
- Managed the implementation of the Globus/T24 core banking system for KMB Bank.
- Served as technical lead then project manager for a 65-member mixed team.
- Defined application architecture and integrations with Visa.
- Influenced stakeholders to adopt a common project management approach.
- Created common reporting standards and data migration, including cleansing.
- Led implementations of Release 0 (client onboarding) and Release 1 (accounts and loans).
- Defined functional areas for agile delivery.
- Developed a translation engine between Russian Accounting Standards and the T24 engine.
Team Manager
Accenture
- Managed the implementation of a corporate strategy for client segmentation and profiling.
- Identified criteria for corporate clients and created segmentation with profiles.
- Developed onboarding processes and standardized product offerings.
- Centralized client data into a master system.
Team Manager
Accenture
- Managed the MIS/DWH team of 10+ resources for a core banking, customer acquisition, and MIS/DWH programme.
- Defined data structures and sources for the MIS/DWH solution.
- Built the MIS team and delivered the solution.
- Organized a 24-hour working regime to synchronize system dates, optimizing performance to align with real dates.
Activators Manager
Accenture
- Managed Accenture resources supporting on-site implementation of core banking systems.
- Prepared training materials and delivered end-user training.
- Supported system rollouts across multiple locations in geographic waves.
Team Member
Accenture
- Created business processes for mortgage loan origination, risk assessment, and processing.
- Developed manuals and procedures for loans origination, litigation, and collection.
Team Member
Accenture
- Participated in CRM and billing system implementation.
Team Member
Accenture
- Developed strategies for cost base reduction in administration and IT divisions for a major Polish bank.
Team Member
Accenture
- Implemented a digital banking solution.
Management Accountant
Commercial Union (now Aviva)
- Prepared yearly, quarterly, and monthly financial statements for Polish and London-based regulators.
- Built an OLAP reporting system using Business Objects.
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Professional Services, Insurance, and Government and Administration.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Business Intelligence, Quality Assurance, and Procurement.
Summary
I am Senior Manager with over 25 years of professional experience within IT Transformation and IT Project Delivery Industries.
Since December 2024 I have been Chief Software Officer (CSO) in Sybilla Technologies, company within space industry specializing in observations and sky monitoring (satellite management, collision avoidance). I have been responsible for entire IT/Delivery/Software domain of the Company.
I previously worked as Programme Manager for Cubic preparing for project of replacement of transit systems for cities of Cracow and Warsaw.
I joined Mastercard Processing Europe (MPE) Customer Delivery (CD) in in December 2019 as Implementation Director being responsible for Business Analysis, Implementation and Testing domains of Customer Delivery. My main actions and achievements include substantial extension of Way4 capacity by hiring/contracting Way4 implementation engineers, designing Target Operating Model of transfer of functions out of CD (still in process), successful conversion of 40+ contractor resources to employees generating substantial planned savings, creating management structure within MPE, and defining and building Standardization Team.
Previously, as Delivery Director for Luxoft I was responsible for delivery of wide portfolio of outsourcing deals to Banking Clients in Nordics.
Earlier I was Head of Project Delivery - Europe being responsible BPC Programmes and Projects in Europe. I joined the Company as Programme Manager for consolidating Erste Group Banks payment systems into one platform run by EGCP (Erste Group Card Processor) in Croatia Zagreb and later was internally promoted to Head of Delivery – European Region being responsible for Programmes and Projects for European Customers (10 Clients and 60 People). My Clients were Banks and Card processors in Central and Southern Europe. Cooperation involved heavy cooperation with Visa, MasterCard, Diners and a number of local payment schemes. The implementation was within card authorization systems: (mostly replacing of legacy Base24 and others), Acquiring, Issuing, Card personalization, virtual Cards, 3D secure etc.
For over a year I was Programme Manager of Core Banking System Replacement for leading universal Bank in Georgia, responsible for vendor selection, System Integrator selection, IT Architecture Roadmap, gap analysis, vendor management.
For almost two years I was working for FIS (Technology Poland) where I held a position of Senior Project Manager, being responsible for delivery of FIS run Project in Poland and Europe.
For almost two years I was working for Fiserv Polska where I held a position of Delivery Manager. I was responsible for Delivery Department Operations for all projects run by Fiserv Polska for Banks in Poland and UK).
For over 8 years I worked for Accenture. At Accenture I participated in number of assignments quickly progressing from an Analyst to Managing position being involved/managing following Projects (only selected mentioned): Implementation of a first digital (internet) bank in Central Europe named mBank, Implementation of a complex cross-platform IT solution for credit sale for a leading consumer finance bank in Poland and Implementation of Core Banking System in the middle-sized Russian Bank.
I am ambitious and highly motivated to work towards corporate and my own personal professional success. Among my strengths I can mention high analytical skills, ability to work with a team and motivate the team, experience in Banking and Insurance industries that I gained throughout various professional assignments which ranged from IT Implementations, Process Optimization and High-Value Business Consulting and knowledge of common project management methodologies.
I hope my enthusiasm and diversified professional experience could prove useful for the position advertised.
Skills
Growing Implementation/delivery Capacity
Delivery Strategy
Target Operating Model (Tom)
Project/programme Management Methodologies (Prince 2, Agile, Waterfall, Pmp)
Business Process Definition
Bpr
Bpo
System Architecture Definition
Crm
Mis
Data Mining
Data Warehousing
Retail Banking
Consumer Finance
Credit Risk
Collection
Accounting Information Systems
Life Insurance
Testing Methodologies
Data Migration
Data Cleansing
Payment Systems (Way4, Smartvista)
Core Banking Systems (T24, Flexcube, Icbs, Profile, Alnova)
Quick-learner
Mixed Professional Experience Built On Various Projects
Easiness In Establishing Good Relations With Clients
Skilled In Motivating A Team Towards The Success
Stress-resistance
Enthusiastic About Business Travel And Establishing Personal Contacts With Clients
Languages
Education
Warsaw School of Economics
Master, Accounting Information Systems · Finance and Banking, Quantitative Methods and Information Systems · Warsaw, Poland
Liceum Ziemi Kujawskiej
Włocławek, Poland
Statistics
Experience
Global Experience
Expertise
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