Team
Meet the Team
Behind Data Lake is a team of experts in their fields, with the experience to make this venture a global success.
Wojtek Sierocki
CEO, Data Lake
Wojtek is a medical doctor, humanitarian and serial entrepreneur. Featured in Forbes' 25 under 25 list, he led a telemedicine startup in Kenya and built a digital patient's pathway solution for private healthcare.
After spending a large portion of the pandemic working in an ER ward, Wojtek returned to his passion of working at the frontier of humanity's technological progress.
Ligia Kornowska
President of the Board, Data Lake
Medical doctor and thought leader, Ligia has been featured in Forbes' 25 under 25 list, as well as being named in the top 100 Women in AI and the top 100 Most Influential People in Polish Healthcare.
She is also the managing director of the Polish Hospital Federation, and is driven by a belief in the possibility to effect positive change in the world around us, and that using big data and AI ethically will revolutionise medicine.
Dinidh O'Brien
Global Head of Marketing & PR
Communications and brand-building expert, Dinidh has 10+ years experience in capturing mindshare for startups, fortune 500s and non-profits. His background includes work on public-interest and European Institution projects, in cooperation with EU officials at all levels. An emerging tech evangelist, he has been contributing to blockchain adoption since 2013.
Bartosz Chodnicki
Head of Development
Bartosz has years of experience with several programing languages, including advanced expertise in Scala, Python and Java. Before joining Data Lake he was a senior software engineer for almost a decade, designing scalable, robust solutions for Big Data and MLops systems.
Oliver Šlapal
DeFi Development Lead
Oliver is and Artificial Intelligence undergraduate with 5+ Years Experience in coding and blockchain. He has a successful track record in startups and consulting, and is a founding board member of blockchain company Metative.
Paweł Wojtaszczyk
Business Development Manager
Paweł is a highly experienced and successful business builder and manager. He joins Data Lake from business development and sales in the pharmaceutical industry, but is equally experienced in the fields of R&D and regulatory affairs.
Andrea Dicorato
Community Manager
Andrea is the creator of one of the leading crypto-adoption communities in Italy, as well as the Italian PancakeSwap community. He has years of community management and communications experience, and specialises in onboarding newcomers to crypto projects.
Sofí Introcaso
Video & Graphics Specialist
Sofi has a degree in Film & Visual Arts and broad creative expertise, ranging from visual design & production to creative project management. From branding to videos and animation, Sofi is skilled in designing engaging communications across public, corporate and non-profit sectors.
Josef Vacek
Senior Solidity Developer
Josef is a fullstack web developer with over 6 years of experience, including EVM and Solidity. He previously worked at Moralis, 3PillarGlobal, and various software startups - he is also a fullstack blockchain developer for Gitcoin.
Vlad Starostenko
Fullstack Blockchain Engineer
Vlad has worked on several ventures related to crypto and blockchain during the last three years. He was previously at Ethworks and 0xb1 Team (Polkadot, Waffle, Fodl Finance).
Leszek Król
DevOps, FullStack Developer
Leszek is experienced in helping companies and institutions to design strategies and develop new tech products and services. In recent years, he has helped co-create over five hundred IT projects for both Polish and international clients.
Sonia Staniek
In-House Lawyer
Sonia comes with extensive experience in law; she has previously provided legal services for several firms in the media and software development industries.
Damian Pawlowski
Investor manager
Damdi is a professional investor, financial analyst, business leader and blockchain enthusiast.
Advisors
Bartłomiej Wnuk
Advisor
Former Director of Polish e-Health Agency, responsible for creating the national e-Prescription system. Advisor for data flow system.
Dr. Jaroslaw J. Fedorowski
Advisor
President of the Polish Hospital Federation, member of the President’s Committee in the European Hospital Federation
Robert Ługowski
Advisor
Founding & Managing Partner at COBIN Angels, Board Member at European Business Angels Network.
Dorota Wielgopolan
PR Advisor
Seasoned PR expert, and was instrumental in building a bone marrow donor program with millions of donors.
BVHub is an incubator, accelerator and investment group that specialises in accelerating projects that are focussed on real-world blockchain adoption.
WeFund is a crowdfunding incubator and launchpad for blockchain and real-world projects. Their mission is to incubate and deliver real world impact projects using blockchain technology.