Mirek Kowalski

- Strategic initiatives in transformation of media business.
- Large scale project management in different fields: from printing industry, via IT systems in publishing houses, to online initiatives of newspaper publishers.
- Optimization processes in publishing companies with negative operating result.

Mirek Kowalski’s Specialties:

- Leadership and mentoring. Focus on team work and coaching.
- New product development and successful launch.

Mirek Kowalski’s Experience

Digital Development Officer

PPF Media

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

September 2009 — Present (4 months)

Internet part of Nase adresa project development.
owner

MKiMEDIA

(Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (7 months)

Digital Media consultant activity.
Central&East Europe representative

iAnnounce

(Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (7 months)
digital advisor

Edytor

(Newspapers industry)

June 2009 — Present (7 months)
Director of New Projects in Digital Media

Media Regionalne

(Newspapers industry)

August 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 7 months)

- Management of MojeMiasto project, which consists of news-community sites in 10 biggest cities in Poland, and 2 free weeklies in Szczecin and Lublin,
- 1 mln UU achieved in January, less than 1 year after launch from scratch:-)
- Coordination of all internet projects development in Media Regionalne
- 3,6 mln UU in total, reached in January; 368% increase within 1 year and 7 month:-)
Chairman of Supervisory Board

Mediatak

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2006 — February 2007 (11 months)

- Improved successful strategy of national wide packages of regional press, as an alternative for Gazeta Wyborcza
CEO

Wielkopolski Dom Mediowy

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2003 — February 2007 (3 years 11 months)

- Successful fusion of Sales Dep. (150 employees) from two previously competing newspapers (Glos Wielkopolski and Gazeta Poznanska)
- One of the biggest ads revenues in polish regional dailies achieved
vice President

Polskapresse

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

August 2000 — February 2007 (6 years 7 months)

- First citizen journalism site www.wiadomosci24.pl created in June 2006 (awarded as a best polish internet news site in 2006; over onet.pl and gazeta.pl)
- Biggest polish internet city hub network created www.naszemiasto.pl
- Successful fusion of Dziennik Zachodni and Trybuna Slaska supervised (bigest polish regional newspaper created)
- Advertising system based on MS SQL server in all Polskapresse newspapers installed (more than 400 workstations)
- Supervision over the biggest and most advanced polish newspaper printing-house project in Katowice Special Economic Zone (budget 30 M euro). From strategic decision, through design phase, to start of the production, all within 26 month
President

Gratka

(Online Media industry)

January 2000 — February 2007 (7 years 2 months)

- Company created from the scratch, beginning of 2000
- Software & hardware infrastructure created for more than 170 million PV/month
- Sales structures created in whole Poland
- Profitability achieved in 2005 and 2006
- Unquestionable leadership in his category; 2,7 million UC in Feb. 2007, 600 thousand ads in database
- Created brand which is among most well known in polish internet, according to SMG/KRC investigations
Member of Supervisory Board

Jagiellonia S.A.

(Newspapers industry)

September 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 10 months)
CEO

Polskapresse Gdansk Division

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

January 1998 — July 2000 (2 years 7 months)

- Highest profitability and highest operating profit in Polskapresse Group achieved in 2000
- Biggest structure of local divisions built up, with 20+ weeklies as a Friday supplement to Dziennik Baltycki for each powiat
- Home delivery distribution system for Dziennik subscription developed; second largest in Poland percentage of subscription in total copy sales
CTO

Polskapresse Gdansk Division

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

January 1995 — December 1997 (3 years )

- IT infrastructure management
- prepress and printing of newspaper organization and supervision
- color printing implemented in Dziennik Baltycki (one of the first in polish newspapers)
- DTP systems installed in Dziennik Baltycki and Wieczor Wybrzeza newspapers
IT Manager

Polskapresse Gdansk Division

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

April 1990 — December 1994 (4 years 9 months)