Telco Days 2023:
Where telecom
meets the cloud

Arkadiusz Sitek

Senior Telco Solutions Architect at Red Hat

Arkadiusz Sitek has been working in the telecom industry for 20 years in different roles, from R&D and service delivery to pre-sales and sales, both on the operators’ and vendors’ side of business. Currently, he’s a Senior Telco Solutions Architect for the Central and Eastern Europe region at Red Hat. His interests encompass Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Telco Cloud architectures for RAN, Core and OSS.

Wojciech Marcinkowski

Cloud Solutions Engineer at Intel

A Cloud Solutions Engineer, technical leader and confidential computing enabler, Wojciech assists clients in tailoring confidential computing solutions to suit their specific requirements across diverse sectors such as finance, healthcare and retail. His specialized domains encompass Intel SGX, Gramine and Intel TDX.

Łukasz Kołodziejek

Global Solutions Architect at Amazon

Łukasz Kolodziejek, a Global Solutions Architect in the AWS Telecommunications team, helps operators in Central & Eastern Europe with their cloud journeys. Prior to joining AWS, Łukasz gained experience in the finance & telecommunications industry while designing and building highly available, resilient applications that support critical workloads.

Alvaro del Campo

Solutions Architect at Casa Systems

Álvaro del Campo brings over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry to his role as a Solutions Architect at Casa Systems. Alvaro's areas of expertise encompass a wide range of crucial aspects within the telecommunications sector, including small cell deployment, cloud architecture and mobile network security architecture. Prior to joining Casa Systems, Alvaro held numerous technology leadership positions in various areas, including support, engineering and solutions architecture.

Greg Gaj

Principal Systems Engineer at Casa Systems

Greg Gaj is a Principal Systems Engineer at Casa Systems with an impressive track record of over 20 years in the telecommunications sector. Over the course of his career, Greg has held various key roles in broadband engineering, and for the past 5 years, has been intently focused on innovative wireless 5G cloud-native solutions.

Jarosław Bosacki

Technical Solution Architect at Cisco

A Telco/IT professional with over 20 years of international experience in a variety of engineering activities, Jarek has deep knowledge of telecommunications, IT protocols and ecosystems, which he gathered by working both with vendors and service providers. An active proponent of customer engagement, for the last 8 years he’s been a Technical Solution Architect in the Sales Engineering of Collaboration unit at Cisco, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence capabilities embedded in collaboration products.

Luigi Ferraro

Sales Specialist at Cisco

A Sales Specialist with over 25 years’ experience in the technology and telecommunications industries, Luigi has been actively involved in all pre- and after-sales processes, including project management, team collaboration and technical support setup. His broad expertise in mobile and unified communication technologies enables him to identify and tailor solutions to the specific needs of customers.

Jakub Kokoszka

System Engineer at Software Mind

A System Engineer with almost 4 years’ experience in software development, Jakub has been configuring and implementing various systems for telecommunications and IT companies. With expertise that spans networks, network monitoring and a range of technologies like Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes, Jakub’s interests revolve around the automation of infrastructures and application deployments that ensure high availability.

Sławomir Bednarczyk

Principal Systems Engineer at Software Mind

A Principal Systems Engineer with 18 years’ experience in the telecom and IT industries, Sławomir has cooperated with various mobile network providers such as T-Mobile, SFR, Orange, O2 and Etisalat. His extensive telecom and Linux knowledge enable him to effectively automate tasks and efficiently manage networks and protocols. A keen problem-solver, Sławomir enjoys exploring protocols and network architecture, as well as automation and DevOps strategies.

Michał Furmankiewicz

Principal Program Manager & Industry AI Team at Microsoft

An experienced professional with 15+ years’ experience, Michał has worked in various roles as a consultant, architect and team leader. An expert keen on problem solving and business enablement through technology, he’s spent the last 10 years working with diverse cloud technologies, and helping customers understand broader concepts, build solutions and get desired business outcomes. Currently, Michał is focusing on making the Microsoft AI platform successful, and while pursuing a special interest in Large Language Models and Azure OpenAI.

Piotr Kalinowski

Senior Cloud Architect at Software Mind

A cloud data engineer with extensive experience with architectures, software development and building advanced data processing systems, Piotr has worked with the largest institutions in the financial sector. Along with developing AI/ML solutions in AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle and Alibaba Cloud, he is an avid cloud blogger.

Daniel Pisarek

Cloud Architect at Software Mind

A Cloud Architect and Engineer specializing in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure, Daniel has enhanced and optimized cloud environments for both start-ups and enterprise-level companies in a range of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, big data, travel and technology. His GCP and Microsoft Azure certification and cross-sector experience enable him to deeply understand clients’ unique challenges and tailor optimal solutions in terms of cloud governance, migration and infrastructure. A public cloud enthusiast, Daniel actively expands his skills in emerging technologies like AI to constantly drive innovation in the IT industry.