Karol Chlasta, PhD
Paweł Sochaczewski, MSc
Karol was awarded his doctoral degree in engineering and technical sciences in the field of technical informatics and telecommunications by the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, Poland.
Beyond academia, Karol is a certified specialist (Mimecast, Dataiku, Salesforce, SAP, Mimecast, MicroStrategy, IBM, Dell/EMC), consultant, trainer (HCAI – Huawei Certified Academy Instructor), and IT manager. With over sixteen years of professional experience in various IT roles (including several leadership positions) in organizations such as HP, IBM, MicroStrategy, Royal Bank of Scotland, Brown Brothers Harriman, and Aviva where he received the “Outstanding Leader” award from Aviva’s global CIO for the best leader in IT (globally, for all Aviva markets and joint-venture companies). In 2022-24, he has been serving as the Head of Technicus Poland, responsible for establishing, and the operational management of the Polish branch of the company, as well as founding and developing Technicus’ global internal IT and cybersecurity function.
Holds a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics of the Warsaw University.
Academic teacher in College of Education Polish Teachers’ Union (WSP ZNP) and Kozminski University in Warsaw.
As a developer participated in building and supporting life insurance and electricity billing systems.
As a DevOps Engineer he is developing and administering IT infrastructure for financial systems in AWS Cloud.
