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Bartosz Bachniak

Austin

Summary

Results-driven executive with 12+ years of experience in management, portfolio leadership, and Agile transformation across startups and enterprises. Proven success in leading product portfolios, scaling SaaS platforms, and driving organizational change at global scale. At BNP Paribas, I led a management structure transformation change across 10,000+ staff. Adept in cross-functional leadership, Agile at scale, and AI-driven innovation.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chief Executive Officer

Exegov
06.2024 - 04.2025
  • Founded and lead a mission-driven AI startup focused on reinventing how early-stage companies access strategic expertise.
  • Spearheaded the development of intelligent co-pilots across six core business domains, integrating domain knowledge with generative AI to enable smarter decision-making for founders and teams.
  • Oversaw all core operational functions including finance, legal, HR, marketing, and internal operations to ensure stability, compliance, and sustainable growth in a fast-paced startup environment.

Product & Ops Lead

Aragon
05.2022 - 07.2024
  • Managed the product portfolio to ensure alignment between strategic priorities and delivery across multiple decentralized teams.
  • Led cross-functional initiatives to improve organizational efficiency, product delivery, and strategic alignment.
  • Developed and rolled out a new operating framework to enhance decision-making, team autonomy, and process scalability.
  • Introduced OKR-based planning, streamlined internal workflows, and ensured cohesion across product, smart contract, and operations teams.
  • Provided strategic guidance on process design, execution, and continuous improvement across all layers of the product organization.

Agile Lead

BNP Paribas
10.2019 - 04.2022
  • Oversaw a portfolio of transformation initiatives across departments, ensuring strategic coherence and value delivery at scale.
  • Led a full-scale Agile transformation impacting 10,000+ employees using Target Operating Model (Spotify/LeSS/Nexus).
  • Built Agile capability across the org: delivered 500 hours of training, certified 1,000+ staff, coached senior leadership.
  • Defined OKR systems and integrated metrics-driven frameworks at the enterprise level.
  • Earlier experience includes managing product portfolios across telecom, fintech, and blockchain sectors.

Previous Experience

Fiserv,10Clouds, Orange, Archisky
05.2012 - 09.2019

Fiserv - Product Owner - Data warehouse

10Clouds - Agile Project Manager

Orange - Project Manager/Scrum Master

Archisky - COO

Education

Professional Education - Blockchain: Disruptive Technology

MIT

Postgraduate Degree - Finance For Managers

SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Postgrad - IT Project Management

Kozminski University

M.Sc. - Management

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Science - Architecture And Urban Planning

Kielce University of Technology

Skills

  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Miro
  • SQL
  • Google Workspace
  • AI Agent Development (Python)

Certification

12+ Agile and leadership credentials, including:

  • Professional Agile Leadership
  • Professional Agile Leadership- Evidence-Based Management)
  • Management 3.0 Foundation
  • Scaled Professional Scrum - Nexus
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner I & II
  • Professional Scrum Master I & II
  • Project Management Professional
  • AgilePM Foundation


Timeline

Chief Executive Officer

Exegov
06.2024 - 04.2025

Product & Ops Lead

Aragon
05.2022 - 07.2024

Agile Lead

BNP Paribas
10.2019 - 04.2022

Previous Experience

Fiserv,10Clouds, Orange, Archisky
05.2012 - 09.2019

Postgrad - IT Project Management

Kozminski University

M.Sc. - Management

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Professional Education - Blockchain: Disruptive Technology

MIT

Postgraduate Degree - Finance For Managers

SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Bachelor of Science - Architecture And Urban Planning

Kielce University of Technology
Bartosz Bachniak