Written by John Einar Sandvand
Communications Manager - product & tech
Published July 11, 2016

New site manager in Gdansk

Filip Szczucki joins Schibsted Tech Polska as site manager in Gdansk.

The new site manager will start in his new position on October 3, leading a unit of software developers working for partners in Norway and Sweden.

Filip Szczucki (41) has long experience as a manager in the IT industry,  He is from Gdansk, and has a Master of Science from Technical University of Gdansk.

For the last five years he has held different management positions in the large software company Sii Polska, currently as Business Unit Director. Previously he worked several years as senior scientist for NATO in The Hague.

Experienced manager

I am very glad that Filip has decided to join our team as a site manager in Gdansk,” says Schibsted Tech Polska´s CEO Stig A. Waagbø.  

“Filip has a strong and impressive track record from the software development industry in Tricity, and he will make a great addition to our management team as well.

He is already familiar with Scandinavian culture, and he will continue to work with our current strategy for our operations in Gdansk.”

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Natural step

“Working for Schibsted Tech Polska is a natural step in my career, and I am very much looking forward to taking on the challenge of leading the branch in Gdansk,” says the new site manager.

“My personal goal is to make sure the branch operates with the best quality, that all staff members are motivated to work efficiently and that we can enable Schibsted Tech Polska in general to grow and perform even better”.

The new site manager says he looks forward to a close cooperation with colleagues in Scandinavia.

“In my experience, the Scandinavian work culture is straight-forward and transparent. I also find  that there are many similarities between people on both sides of the Baltic sea.“

The Gdansk office is growing quickly - and currently has 23 employees.

The Gdansk office is growing quickly – and currently has 23 employees.

Strong growth

Schibsted Tech Polska has grown from 0 to 170 employees in five years, with headquarter in Krakow. The unit in Gdansk was established in 2014 and currently has 23 employees.  But new teams are being formed, and It is expected that the unit will grow to more than 30  before the end of the year.  

Among the partners with teams in Gdansk are Let´s Deal, Lendo and Nya Wärmlands-Tidningen.  A team of software consultants that do short-term projects for other Schibsted companies also has its main base in Gdansk.

Filip Szczucki has long experience from the software industry in Tricity. Photo: John Einar Sandvand

Filip Szczucki has long experience from the software industry in Tricity. Photo: John Einar Sandvand

Written by John Einar Sandvand
Communications Manager - product & tech
Published July 11, 2016