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Wojtek Ptak

Executive Director & HoE at Revolut
27.6 yrs experienceFinancial Services
Apr 2022

The move

MoveTalent Alpha → Revolut
TitleCTO → Engineering Executive Director & Head Of Engineering for Revolut Business
LocationDubai → London
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · United Arab Emirates → Krakow & Dubai
Native languagePolish
Years in UAE4.1
Total experience27.6 years
Revolut headcount10,001+ employees
Revolut industryFinancial Services
Revolut HQLondon, England
Revolut founded2015
Revolut typePrivately Held

Career arc

  1. Engineering Executive Director & Head Of Engineering for Revolut BusinessApr 2022 — Present
    Revolut· London, Krakow & Dubai· Full-time
  2. Co-founder & Co-hostNov 2021 — Present
    CTO Morning Coffee· Online community· Part-time
  3. Advisory Board - Machine Learning & AI RnDNov 2019 — Apr 2020
    FreshMail· Krakow, Poland· Contract
  4. CTONov 2019 — Mar 2022
    Talent Alpha· Full-time
  5. CTOJan 2017 — Oct 2019
    FreshMail· Krakow, Poland· Full-time
  6. Head of R&D - Big Data & Machine LearningApr 2016 — Jan 2017
    FreshMail· Krakow, Poland
  7. Co-founder & Product EngineeringMar 2008 — Jan 2016
    The Ministry of Ideas· London, New York, Krakow· Full-time
  8. Senior Software EngineerMar 2007 — Mar 2008
    NoA Ignite Norway· Oslo, Norway
  9. Owner, ConsultantMar 2006 — Mar 2020
    Intelligene· Planet Earth· Self-employed
  10. Information Technology Engineer, Software EngineerOct 1998 — Jun 2006
    Sygnity S.A.· Krakow, Poland

Education

Languages

  • Polish · Native or bilingual
  • Norwegian · Elementary
  • English · Full professional

Top skills

ConsultingProject ManagementStrategyBig DataBusiness IntelligenceScrum

About

Over two decades, I've built my own company or helped businesses transforming their product engineering. My sweet spots: complex business domains, distributed systems, large-scale systems refactoring, data analysis and BI platforms, data integration tools, data stream analytics, and the creation of advanced ML/AI applications. I've grown from hands-on engineering roles to solution architecture and leadership positions, bringing a builder and hands-on engineering perspective to every challenge.To date, I've had the privilege of working on challenging projects with Revolut, The Coca-Cola Company, Novartis, Heineken, Macy's, American Bankers Association, Polo Ralph Lauren, Bloomingdales, Hudson Bay Company (Saks 5th Avenue, Saks Off 5th), Boots, Homebase, Ferrero Rocher, Statoil, Dixons Carph

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