Graduate of the University of Economics in Katowice, he has also completed post-graduate project management studies at the Kozmiński University in Warsaw. He has been financing projects in the seed and start-up phase for nearly 10 years, acting as the investment manager and the Board President of the Technology Accelerator Gliwice ASI Sp. z o.o. Member of a number of technology companies’ supervisory boards. As an expert on developing business models, he conducts market analyses, prepares and supports implementation of both business plans and development processes. He has worked as a coordinator and implementer of international ventures and projects co-financed from the EU funds. He has gained extensive experience in start-ups’ management, growth strategy development, creation and implementation of business plans along with project management. He has analysed over 400 business and investment ideas, he has prepared more than 100 business plans, business planning related analyses and economic profitability analyses for private companies, he has also advised on the establishment of a dozen or so innovative companies in the SME sector.

Linkedin/Michał Chojkowski

Graduate of the Silesian University of Technology, Polonia University, University of Management and Marketing in Sosnowiec and the Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National Louis University in Nowy Sącz. Director of Science and Technology Park “TECHNOPARK GLIWICE” Sp. z o.o., consultant, trainer and coach in the field of academic entrepreneurship, technology transfer as well as establishment and development of business activities.
He is an expert on business models creation within the Business Models Development Competence Centre established by Technopark Gliwice. In the course of his activities, he has analysed more than 500 business ideas and participated in the incubation of over 20 projects. Member of the Investment Committee of the Innovation Incubator + Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice project and ‘TECHNOPARK GLIWICE’ Science and Technology Park. Member of the Steering Committee of the Silesia Regional Innovation Strategy and the Silesian Council for Innovations.

Linkedin/Jacek Kotra

Board President of the ‘TECHNOPARK GLIWICE’ Science and Technology Park, manager of numerous investment and consulting projects at Technopark Gliwice, also a coordinator of “Gliwice Technology Accelerator – advisory and financial support in the pre-seed stage of innovative solutions” project implemented under the Operational Programme – Innovative Economy (OP IE), Measure 3.1.
Head of the Department of Machine Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers published in Poland and abroad, a dozen or so books and academic scripts, dozens of scientific and research works. He has also obtained 15 patents.

He studied business and economics management and he also completed postgraduate studies in international politics at Belgian universities. He moved to Poland in 2000. Member of a number of technology companies’ supervisory boards. For more than 10 years he has been involved in consulting and coaching in the field of innovation management, SME management, cluster management and technology commercialization. He promotes innovative business cooperation models. He is the author and co-author of practical guides on foresight, technology commercialization and clusters. He has assessed and analysed a few dozen technological ideas and has led to the creation of several technological start-ups.

Linkedin/Luk Palmen

Marcin Baron specializes in issues related to the development of a modern economy. Industry, new technologies, cooperation, economy change scenarios – these are the most important areas of his expert and scientific interests. As an assistant professor at the University of Economics in Katowice, he conducts research and implementation work in the field of innovation and regional development. He is involved in the work of national and international teams focusing on issues of innovation, technology transfer and regions’ economic development. He has participated in technological foresight projects in southern Poland and has taken part in the work on smart specialization strategies for Polish regions. Member of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management and Polish representative in the European Academic Network for Open Innovation (OI-Net) .

Linkedin/Marcin Baron

Graduate of the Silesian University of Technology, member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). He has gained extensive experience in analysing and managing financial processes in enterprises including, among others: creation of business plans and financial forecasts, preparation of budgets along with their subsequent inspections and clarifications of deviations, controlling implementation and reporting, management of financial departments of enterprises at various stages of development, profitability analyses, assessment of investment projects, valuation of enterprises, support of capital raising processes.
In Akcelerator Technologiczny he is responsible, among others, for investment projects analyses, consultancy for originators and portfolio companies as well as owner supervision over portfolio companies.

Linkedin/Tomasz Halabowski

Graduate of Project Management at the Tischner European University in Cracow. She has worked as a consultant for European affairs and an implementer of projects co-financed from the EU funds. She has gained her experience in ‘Technopark Gliwice’ Sp. z o.o. Science and Technology Park (2012- to date), where she has worked as an auditor and facilitator evaluating and improving innovation strategies of Polish enterprises. She has conducted more than 40 audits as well as training and consulting sessions. She is a coach in creative thinking techniques and methods.
Since 2015 she has been associated with Gliwice Technology Accelerator where, as a technology scout, she has been responsible for seeking innovative projects both in the scientific sector and economy. She is the first contact person for the people behind innovative solutions.

Linkedin/Judyta Grzebniewska

Graduate of “Management and Marketing” and “Human Resources Management” at the Katowice School of Economics. She completed post-graduate studies in “Labour and Social Insurance Law” at the University of Occupational Safety Management in Katowice (WSZOP).
She has extensive experience in the HR sector, direct sales and trade negotiations. She has worked as a Sales Office Coordinator supervising current documentation and employee onboarding.
During the period from 2009 to 2018 she was employed in a French retail chain, at the outset as the Team Leader of the Accounting / Management Control Department, then for six years as the Team Leader of the Human Resources Department. In 2016, she assumed the position of Manager – Assistant of the Regional Director, where she coordinated administrative work of respective departments in 15 subordinate locations in Upper and Lower Silesia. She was also responsible for supporting analysis and cost reduction processes as well as for local marketing activities.
Since 2018 – Office Manager of Technology Accelerator Gliwice ASI Sp. z o.o. Ltd. investment fund.

Linkedin/Lucyna Lewandowska