Olaf Bujak

Olaf Bujak

Sales Director at Becomo S.A.

Kraków Area, Poland

Current
  • Sales Director at Becomo S.A.
  • Co-founder and Editor at IT w Krakowie
Past
  • Sales and Marketing Officer at Gridwise Technologies
  • Chairman at Geos Informatica

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Education
  • Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie
  • Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie
  • Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Tadeusza Kosciuszki w Ropczycach
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Industry
Information Technology and Services

Olaf Bujak’s Summary

A natural leader and a good team member, focusing on "geting things done". He enjoys the challenge, a great responsibility and work well under deadlines pressure. Bloger, sailor... etc.

Olaf Bujak’s Specialties:

Business Development.
Ideas incubator.

Olaf Bujak’s Experience

  • Sales Director

    Becomo S.A.

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

    We have been specializing in the implementation of state-of-the-art IT technologies for business. We offer ready-made as well as customized solutions that are specially tailored to one’s particular needs - both applications and the portals.

    Over 10 years on the market, the power of references and experience. Our competence give us place among the best but... we are not corporate so we still have good prices and can react quite fast.

    Contact me to know more about our products and services.

  • Co-founder and Editor

    IT w Krakowie

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

    March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)

    Participated in developing this project from scratch to a stable, well known non-profit foundation impacting the IT community in the city of Krakow, known as the "Silicon valley of Europe".

    * organizing meeting with Robert Sutor (VP IBM) and Erik Josefsson (EFF). Main topics: openness and innovation and also noOOXML campaign.
    * Leading of IT Technology Pioneers shows (ComArch, GridwiseTech).
    * Top Editor. Column writing and editing.
    * Promoting portal and building its community.
    * Technical work in the creation and organization of the portal. Organization of group work and enhancing of communication through wiki system.


    www.it.wkrakowie.org - "IT w Krakowie" literally means "IT in Krakow". It is both a news portal, and a non-profit and a-political group of dynamic volunteers whose mission is to build and develop the IT community in Krakow, Poland.

  • Business Development

    GridwiseTech (Grid Polska, Systemy skalowalne, Przetwarzanie siatkowe)

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2006 — September 2008 (1 year 10 months)

    Responsible for GwT expansion on market in Poland. Mentoring how to build a reliable, scalable and optimized Grid architecture in banking and finance, oil&gas and engeneering sectors. Gaining new clients as well as working with our partners (Platform, IBM, Cluster Resources) and older clients.

    www.gridwisetech.com (Grid Polska)

    My references: http://olaf.bujak.googlepages.com/2008-10_references_screen.JPG

  • Business Development and Strategy

    GridwiseTech (Grid Poland, Scalable systems, Grid Computing)

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 4 months)

    Responsible for the marketing strategy of company. Responsible for initial contact with potential clients and partners, primarily in the US and EU countries.

    * Gaining new clients as well as working with our corporate partners.
    * Online Marketing: CRM management. Analyzing statistics, trends, and marketing channels. SEM(SEO&PPC) and advertising of our company’s web page. Creating a Polish version of the company’s portal.
    * Organizing the training course "Globus Toolkit", along with its worldwide promotion and sales (participants from Belgium, Holland and Poland).
    * Organizing and participating in the recruitment process for technician/marketing position. Coaching new employee. Creating a base of potential future employees, subcontractors and free-lancers.
    * Responsible for GridwiseTech winning the "Innovator Malopolski" competition.
    * Representing the company at trade fairs and events as well as organizing business trips.

    www.gridwisetech.com

  • Organizer and Coordinator

    Noc Linuksozercow (Linux Night)

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Events Services industry)

    January 2004 — February 2006 (2 years 2 months)

    Organizing of all-night renowned Linux Night meetings. Effective gaining of sponsors as well as media promotions of our meetings. Complete coordination and leading of conferences.

    www.noc.linux.pl

  • Sales and Marketing Officer

    Gridwise Technologies

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2005 — September 2005 (4 months)

    Implementing and heading up of marketing plan and advertising campaign. Manager of business contacts. Took part in the building of new marketing strategy.

    * Gaining new clients. Relations with our corporate partners.
    * International promotion of the book Grid Computing: "The Savvy Manager’s Guide". Creation of an internet portal as an abbreviated form of the book.
    * Designing, creating and positioning of the company’s new internet portal using CMS solutions. Excellent SEO led to an increase in viewers and interest in our offer.
    * Customer Relations Management and newsletter editing.
    * Enhancing intra-company communication through wiki system.
    * Public Relations. Successes include arranging cooperation with the editor of Computerworld. Organized change of company image, including shortening of the company name and related PR.

    www.gridwisetech.com - vendor-independent expert in Grid computing and virtualization of distributed IT infrastructure.

  • Chairman

    Geos Informatica

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2002 — September 2005 (2 years 11 months)

    Progression from Member, Treasurer to President. Organization leader. Organizer of Linux workshops "Linux Forum & Academy" and various other events including mass winter Snowman Action party for all students in Krakow. Manager of many technical projects.

    www.informatica.agh.edu.pl

Olaf Bujak’s Education

  • Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie

    MSc Eng , Management and Marketing , 2007 — 2010 (expected)

    I'm still trying to learn more and more!

  • Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie

    Computer Science in Geology, Faculty of Geology Geophysics and Environmental Protection 2002 — 2007

    * August 2004 (1 month) - field training in geological cartography in Slovakia
    * June 2004 (1 month) - field training in geophysics
    * September 2003 (1 month) - field training in geodesy
    * May 2003 (1 month) - field training in geology

    Activities and Societies:
    Geos Informatica, AZS AGH, CLUG, PLUG

  • Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Tadeusza Kosciuszki w Ropczycach

    IT, Math 2001

    Activities and Societies:
    school theather actor, the volleyball team captain,

  • Courses and Trainings

    * July 2008 negotiating skills training
    * June 2008 - project management training
    * April 2006 - negotiating skills training
    * September 2005 - presentation skills and public speaking training
    * May 2005 - e-business Law course

    * various courses and trainings related to Grid Computing and IT resources virtualization technologies during my work at GridwiseTech (&Gridwise Technologies)
    * various English courses

Additional Information

Olaf Bujak’s Groups:

Goldenline, Krakowscy Fanatycy Siatkówki (Krakow volleyball fanatics)

  •    Business Development
  •    IT w Krakowie
  •    GoldenLine
  •    Manager Tools
  •    Virtual Poland
  •    Poland
  •    Grill IT
  •    Jugglers
  •    Cloud Computing
  •    Polish Linux Users Group
  •    High Performance & Super Computing
  •    Rootnode
  •    Jogger.pl
  •    AGH University of Science and Technology Alumni
  •    Cracow Linux Users Group
  •    Kariera Managera - Executive careers in Poland
  •    Visionaries In Technology (VIT)

Olaf Bujak’s Honors:

Quotations:

* tiny.pl/j3ph (bankier.pl)
* http://www.gridwisetech.com/customers/fortis (full, EN)
Fortis Bank korzysta z rozwiązań GridwiseTech

* http://tiny.pl/19h9 (biznespolska.pl)
GridwiseTech zakończył wdrożenie w Geofizyka Kraków

* http://www.computerworld.pl/news/100028.html
Adrem i GridwiseTech "Innovatorami Małopolski"

* http://www.computerworld.pl/news/87904.html
Polacy pomogą w walce z HIV

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