Launchpad Mentors

Meet our Mentors

Product Mentors

Marcin Zaremba
(Lead Mentor)
 

Ex-Board member and co-owner of Senfino Software House and ex-Head of Products in PizzaPortal, biggest online food delivery service in Poland, part of Delivery Hero Holding. Currently Chief Product Officer in iTaxi, biggest polish taxi hailing app.

Maxime Dahan
 

Maxime mentors early stage startups at the accelerator of StartupBootCamp and Google Launchpad. Notably using the Lean and Agile methodologies, Maxime develops and optimizes the development processes of business ideas by breaking them down into actionable steps in order to reach defined targets. He successfully manages projects end to end through close collaborations with different teams.

Filip Miloszewski
 

Co-founder of Listonic - one of the most popular Polish apps. Involved in mobile business & startup scene since 2008. Computer Science graduate (Coventry University & Politechnika Łódzka), passionate about product development, mobile UX & user acquisition strategies, huge fan of internet, bikes & stand up comedy. @milof on Twitter

Bartek Balewski
 

Expert in user experience with over 10 yrs experience. Gained in Poland and abroad, working for large innovative companies such as HP, SEAT and Bank Millenium. He is a managing partner of Together consulting agency. Together with the Google expert's community, he is helping companies around the world to deliver exceptional products to users. He is a certified moderator of the Google Design Sprint workshop.

Jonas Kwaschik
 

Jonas is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Sleighdogs. As a mentor he helps to streamline ideas; discusses business models; and defines the core values of a product.

Bartłomiej Roszkowski
 

Experienced in the field of digital media and modern technology founder of Nexto.pl - the leader of sales of books and electronic press, highlighted as one of the best online stores in Poland by the portal Money.pl. From 2013, co-founder and board member of mFind.pl - groundbreaking new insurance vendor and marketplace - offering innovative solutions on the market. He studied law and administration, management and marketing / e-business at the University of Warsaw. In the extreme version practices climbing, snowboarding and diving.

Bartłomiej Sobczak
 

The only screen that matters is the one in front of me. Head of mobile at Empik Group. LUB As head of mobile i am responsible for omnichannel strategy at Empik group, and measure how mobile impact offline sales. Previously i was head of mobile at RTV EURO AGD. 

Yorai Gabriel 
 

Yorai Gabriel - Serial Disrupteneur, with design, strategy and product background. Adviser for various startups and enterprises on Innovation operations and programs. Developed Creative Entrepreneurship and Innovation acceleration programs for several Universities and Founder of Defensoft.com, RIDARTECH.com and the Israeli Construction Tech Forum.

Edyta Korona
 
In the past i was leading numerous projects, but love to share experience with people who are prepared to contribute, cooperate and take from others consciously.
Kacper Sulisz
 
Dedicated Mobile Entrepreneur (way before it was hip).Founder at inFullMobile, a mobile software boutique. Leading the company to working with major international brands (T-Mobile, Vodaphone, Orange, P&G, MercedesBenz, Condé Nast etc.) and numerous startups on their mobile strategies and app development. Leader at heart. Technical. DIY. Curious. Always Hungry.
Michał Dusiński
 

Experienced Dad, Project Manager and Software Architect. In love with Machine Learning. Born to be AGILE. Agile Evangelist and Speaker, Entrepreneur. Still Scout in the heart. Trainer and coach. Friend. Sometimes Scrum Master, sometimes Product Owner, sometimes Architect and Developer but always believes on People. 

Tomasz Borowiec
 

For 20 years in the IT / Software Development industry, Java architect, co-founder of dev shops - 'Cohesiva' and 'Delta Unit'. Business coach, Scrum certified expert, creator of a Scrum simulation game (scrumdroid.pl) awarded by Project Management Institute. For many years he worked in German-speaking countries as a software developer in the banking sector. He's the CEO and co-founder of 'Agile Force' - an agile training company.

UX/UI Design & Development Mentors

Emilia Maj
(Lead Mentor)
 

Emilia is Google certified Sprint Masters. Sh'e passionate UX/UI designer, product strategy mentor and founder of the HUSKY design agency. As a product designer, she's responsible for driving the software product from inception through execution to ensure that the products amaze end-users. Her artistic background and passion for technology help clients from around the world create functional and visually attractive applications. Emilia is also a deeply committed member of the IT community, being involved in many activities like WebMuses, Rails Girls, AfricaHackTrip, Children's University.

Konrad Dzwinel
 

Konrad is a front-end developer at Brainly and a Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies. Over the years he worked for various startups, consultancies and software houses building webapps, websites and hybrid apps.

Magdalena Nowak
 

UX and Product Expert with a multidisciplinary background. She’s fallen in love with qualitative research and design thinking methodologies. Experienced in building digital products from scratch - from web systems to mobile apps and wearables.

Konrad Synoradzki
 

Lead UX Designer at Allegro, manager of a group of talented and creative people. Ask me about User Experience, Research, Product Design & Strategy. Big fan of A/B testing.

Łukasz Tyrała
 

Designer at miastologia.pl, former User Experience Design Director at VML and Front-end Developer at CreativeStyle. 10+ years of experience using design to learn about people, improve business operations and deliver meaningful and reliable products and services. Currently focused on: digital transformation and the role of design in the process, jobs-to-be-done, key performance indicators, augmented reality interfaces and design decision ethics.

Krystian Miąsik
 

UXPA Poland founding member & certified UX Project Manager. Currently working as a UX researcher for global marketplace company where is he responsible for incrase user satisfaction and conversion rate. Every day goals: to make the Internet better and more friendly for all users. Focused on giving advice and consulting in term of UX. Always looking forward.

Piotr Tuszyński
 

Worked for startups and large corporations, ex-founder of a venture funded startup, ex-entrepreneur-in-residence at a VC fund. Currently CTO at digital product design studio inFullMobile.

Iga Mościchowska
 

Interaction designer and user researcher, UX trainer, workshop facilitator and consultant. Co-author of a bestselling book about the role of research in product design, supervisor of UX & Product Design studies on AGH University of Science and Technology, co-organiser of UX Wroclaw barcamps. She was a founder and managing partner of WitFlow, one of the top UX agencies in Poland.

Igor Farafonow
 
I create innovatory solutions for digital business. I believe that genius is formed by two components – ideas and details. Ideas make us fly up to the sky and design products of great innovatory. Details make our products perfect in their every aspect.
 

 

Mateusz Herych
 
I work at IG where I am trying to make a dent in the trading software industry using my Android abracadabras. I am also an Android member of the Google Developer Expert program.
 

 

Hubert Anyżewski
 
Designer, Educator/Mentor, Entrepreneur. Pioneer and Leader in UX Design in Poland and region with over 15 years of experience. Specialist in Experience Designing of product and services for over 30 markets. Master’s Degree in Social Psychology (major in HCI). Founder and CEO of Uselab. Cofounder of UX Poland Conference. Founder of UX Design Studies on University SWPS. Experience Design Director at Deloitte Digital CE

Marketing Mentors

Adam Wesolowski
(Lead Mentor)
 

Adam is an experienced T-shaped marketer that help startups to grow and build or scale their online marketing activities. Currently advising few startups from all over the world, responsible for creating and implementing their growth and marketing strategy. He worked for companies such as Google, PizzaPortal, SecurionPay, Nasza-klasa. He is an active speaker engaged to the local startup community and loves working in sprints and A/B test a lot.

Justyna Kot
 

In brief: blogger, geek girl & coffee lover with strong background in visual communication and digital marketing. Currently working as project manager in software house and community manager and lead organizer at Women Techmakers and Google Developers Group Rzeszów.

Sebastian Szczygieł
 

Sebastian is Chief Marketing Officer/Co-Founder at Huuuge Games. Responsible for all marketing, business development and advertisting strategies.

Romeo Man
 

Romeo Man is a Business Automation specialist and founder of MAN Digital. If you can get him on your side, you'll start attracting the right people and converting them to customers with a custom-built sales funnel built on data, not hunches. Find out how he does it at MAN.Digital, and follow him @RomeoMan.

Beata Mosór-Szyszka
 

Co-owner of Project: People, PR and marketing manager, trainer and strategic consultant with over 10 years of experience gained in companies with a significant position in the Polish & international market specializing in on-line services (i.e. Yellow Pages, nazwa.pl, Sabre).

Omar Nawaz
 

Omar is strategist and technical marketer specialising in brand & communication strategy. He has worked with some of the worlds leading brands including Pepsi, Amazon, Renault & Honda and has extensive experience planning, developing and executing multi-channel marketing campaigns.

Katarzyna Dorsey
 

Kasia Dorsey, co-founder & CEO of Yosh- fashion e-commerce marketplace for leading European online retailers. Currently focusing on delivering personalised recommendation through use of Artificial Intelligence and chatbot. Previously leading marketing on  Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite for The Coca-Cola Company on 9 markets.

Antonello Schiavo
 

My name is Antonello Schiavo and I have been working with Google Marketing Solutions team for 2.5 years. Currently I'm a Sales Coach for EMEA and my goal is to coach people on Digital Marketing strategies.

Yonatan Kagansky
 

Yonatan Kagansky is a marketing communication strategist and consumer psychology expert, specializing in Story-Powered marketing. Yonatan is also the founder of NewSpark — a team of star freelance professionals, providing a wide range of high-touch marketing services to tech companies and startups.

Maria Połońska
 

Maria is a sales & marketing strategist working with new technologies. She is a founder of an interactive agency Kreatik. She builds digital products together with a go-to-market strategy helping her clients reach their goals. Previously, Maria worked for management consulting companies such as Roland Berger or CMT Advisory and for VC/PE funds. She was a mentor in HugeThing and Alfa.ac accelerator programs. Whenever she can, Maria travels to Asia. She reached Beijing by The Trans-Siberian Railway and Istanbul in charity rally Złombol with 25 years old Fiat 125p.

Bogumila Sobiczewska
 

Founder and CEO of ShopTrotter – mobile shopping guide for traveling fashion lovers. Former journalist, marketing manager and PR specialist. Traded the safe career for the bumpy road of being a start-up entrepreneur. Enthusiastic about fashion and retail, feels on a mission when it comes to merging offline and online activities. Preaches independent fashion retailers about tech solutions to grow their businesses.

Ewa Wysocka 

Founder at Tribe47, digital marketing expert with over 8 years of hands-on expierience, designing and implementing online sales funnels for early stage companies.

Business Mentors

Artur Kurasiński
(Lead Mentor)
 

Founder & CEO of “Fokus - smarter analytics” (getfokus.com/en) and MUSE (yourmuse.io) YouTube analytics. Successful entrepreneur focused on supporting and investing in IT start-ups. Mentor (Seedcamp, StartupFest, Intel Business Challenge and many more) and IT bloger (AK74.pl). Co-founder of Aula Polska (aulapolska.pl - biggest polish monthly event for start-ups), Aulery Awards (aulery.com) and WARP Conference (warpconference.com)

Marek  Zmyslowski
 

Marek Zmyslowski is a polish-born serial entrepreneur and investor. Being an enthusiast of Africa, Marek moved in 2013 to Nigeria to become a part of the continent’s online revolution. He co-founded HotelOga.com - Hospitality Technology Company and Jovago.com - Africa's Biggest Hotel Booking Portal, with backing from Rocket Internet and Goldman Sachs. He was chosen as one of the Ten Most Important Africans in Tech by IT News Africa Magazine. Marek is also a former snowboard instructor, holding a racing license in motorsports.

Chris Kobylecki
 

Chris is taking care of Innovation Nest's deal flow activities and making sure that people know about Innovation Nest. He runs an invite only event called SaaS Meetup which gathers together B2B SaaS Companies, Founders, Mentors and Investors. Previously he was taking care of marketing for a Board of European Students of Technology, addressing 32 countries and over 90 universities.

Andrzej Targosz
 

Andrzej Targosz is a visionary, an educator, a community-builder, and a businessman who wears many hats. He is founder and CEO of over 5 different companies including the PROIDEA - producer of premier tech and startup conferences around Poland. Today, Andrzej’s ultimate business goals steer towards the bigger picture - wanting to create greater international exposure to Poland’s tech scene and creating successful startup- Eventory.cc.

Jackie Rogowski
 

Jackie is Startup Program Manager at Campus Warsaw and she loves incubating new ideas, managing programs to bring them to life, and leading people through change. She has worked at Google for over 10 years building new businesses in roles focused on commercializing advertising products: building go-to-market strategies, training and activating sales teams as well as managing expansion into new markets.

Omri Shabi
 

Omri is a serial entrepreneur with vast experience in senior management, strategy, business development and marketing. He has co-founded DoctorFinance, TrustMe, MyLeisure and Viewly and currently, he is the Director of Marketing at Woo.io.

Growth Mentors

Mariusz Gąsiewski
(Lead Mentor)
 

Advising on mobile strategy , business optimization in mobile environment in CEEGR region. Founder the biggest search engine marketing community/conference in Poland, SEMcamp (semcamp.com.pl). Currently CEE Performance Sales Activation Lead at Google.

Adrian Kajda
 

Creator of Fuelio app that allows drivers to track all the costs of running a vehicle, covering fuel, maintenance and more. The project began as a hobby and in March 2015, Fuelio was acquired by Slovak company Sygic.

Tomas Ruta
 

Growth Lead at Founders Factory London, a corporate incubator and accelerator backed by l'Oreal, easyJet, Aviva, Holtzbrinck, CSC and Guardian Media Group. Previously Head of Growth at two VC-backed startups.

Ania Bywanis-Kwiecień
 

Co-Founder & Growth Hacker @ whoishiring.io. Partner & Content Strategist @ man.digital. Creator of regardingtheartist.org. Passionate about people, art and well told stories.

Daniel Hastik
 

Always curious and questioning everything. I listen, learn, experiment, collaborate and keep things simple. Mentoring in Google Launchpad, StartupYard, StartupBootcamp, Warp Accelerator & ChallengeUp (Intel, Cisco and HUB:Raum) with topics related to funding, product development and business scaling. I like share my knowhow with people. Proud to be Google Growth Engine Ambassador. I love to surf . Road is my only destination. 

Ofer Golan
 

A Google Product & Brand strategy expert
A Google Certified Sprint Master
A Startup Mentor
A Bambi

Chris Waclawek
 

Technologist. Singularitanian. Here to work hard and make a dent in the universe.

Krzysztof Raś
 

IT leader, Delivery and Project Manager with several years of experience in general management, software development, project portfolio management, software delivery, professional consulting, operational and HR management. Experienced manager passionate about building and running high performance teams of professionals that produce exceptional results in a global environment. Ambitious, always striving for improvement and seeking challenges

Michał Tajchert
 

CEO @ Icelytics. Author of dozens of mobile applications from 20 to 200,000 downloads. Mentor & serial entrepreneur.