Hi, I’m Dariusz Dwornikowski

Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience scaling tech companies, building products, and leading technical organizations. Track record of 2 successful M&A exits (IBM, HIG Growth) and growing teams from 0 to 400+. Based in Poznań, Poland.

Currently founder of Bitropy — sovereign AI infrastructure, agentic apps, and AI integration for enterprises.

Experience

  • Founder — Bitropy (2025 – now). Sovereign AI infrastructure, agentic apps and AI integration for enterprises.
  • CTO — WorkSuite Inc (2022 – 2025). Led engineering & infosec. Key contributor to acquisition by HIG Growth.
  • VP Engineering / CTO Poland — Nordcloud, an IBM Company (2017 – 2022). Member of the global leadership team. Set up Nordcloud Poland from 0 to 400 people. Scaled product engineering to 150+. Part of the team behind the successful exit to IBM.
  • Co-Founder & Technology Director — Tenesys (2015 – 2017). AWS cloud implementations, video/voice streaming, IoT, and enterprise migrations.
  • Researcher — Poznan University of Technology (2009 – now). Distributed systems, process calculi, IEEE publications.

What I Know

  • AI & agentic systems — AI transformation, agentic coding adoption, MCP infrastructure, LLM integration
  • Cloud architecture — AWS, Google Cloud, multi-cloud (AWS Solutions Architect Associate, GCP Architect Professional, FinOps Certified Practitioner)
  • Platform & infra — Kubernetes, containerization, CI/CD, distributed systems
  • Engineering leadership — scaling teams from 0 to 400+, two M&A exits, 5 enterprise SaaS products bootstrapped at Nordcloud, 5+ advisory board roles
  • Open source — Debian Developer since 2015
  • Academia — almost PhD in distributed systems (restarting it)

I Can Help With

  • AI transformation consulting — end-to-end guidance on transforming engineering organizations into AI-driven teams using agentic coding, LLMs, and AI process integration
  • Fractional CTO — strategic technology leadership and hands-on technical guidance for scaling engineering organizations
  • Advisory board — board-level advisory on scaling engineering, product development, technical strategy, and M&A preparation
  • Exit strategy & M&A — preparing tech companies for successful acquisition, drawing on direct experience with IBM and HIG Growth exits

Why This Blog?

I believe in learning publicly. By sharing what I’m working on, I hope to help other technical leaders navigating AI transformation and connect with like-minded professionals.

For my full profile and consulting services, see dwornikowski.com.

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