The network did not arrive in an inbox. It was built on stages, in lecture halls and inside published research — the places where technology buyers decide who is worth a meeting.
It started in Poland with Zwolnieni z Teorii, where the social‑impact project I led was recognised by the Prime Minister of Poland, and continued through the Forbes "25 Under 25" programme run with McKinsey & Company, where I reached the finals — and where the Polish corporate network that still opens doors today began.
From there the rooms got further away. I spoke on emerging technology at the Berlin and Malta Blockchain Conferences, then moved the centre of gravity to the Gulf — presenting on Saudi digital transformation at Saudi Digital Days and the Liferay DXP Roadshow in Riyadh, and working the floor at LEAP and the PIF Private Sector Forum.
Between conferences I give guest lectures at leading Polish universities, including the University of Economics and Collegium Da Vinci in Poznań.
Alongside the speaking sits the written work: contributions to industry reports and publications on airport digitalization, e‑government transformation and banking digitalization — the three sectors where GCC technology budgets concentrate, and the reason the conversations that follow tend to start already halfway there.
