AkondLab was founded in the year 2001 by Sebastian Matras and Mikołaj Kałuszyński. Apart from their own skills and experience each of the partner brought to the company a number of professionals specializing in various IT fields. As a result AkondLab was from the very beginning a group of highly qualified specialists having fun in working together, making also a great team after official working hours.
Sebastian Matras
Managing Partner
Sebastian is a remarkable specialist in databases and - especially - Oracle solutions. He is also skilled system structure architect and talented manager. He has almost 10 year experience in implementing complex IT solutions. He?s an expert in the field of designing and choosing the most efficient technologies for B2B systems, databases and data warehouses, internet portals and CMS solutions. He created ERP systems processing huge number of data, focusing his activities on designing databases and user interfaces? architecture. Sebastian specializes also in integration of complex IT systems having different interfaces. He can create very stable, compact and efficient solutions - a perfect example of his talents is an integration platform for one of the most successfull banks in Poland which was changing its target core banking system.
Sebastian is also responsible for strategic development of the company. As a leader of many implementation project he has a a profound knowledge of the market and the clients? needs. One of his latest achievements is Akond Lab participation in a major Hewlett Packard project concerning target core banking system change in one of the best banks in Poland. Right now Sebastian is a main architect of a planned merger between Akond Lab and another successful Polish IT company.
In his free time Sebastian conquers the most difficult ski tracks, surf in reality, hang in the clouds (on paragliders) and... compete with Mikołaj in home made wine production. He dreams of getting the pilot license and would love to sit in the cocpit of F-16, of course in the front seat. On the other hand he wouldn?t mind riding an F1 bolide and it wouldn?t have to be a red Ferrari...
Mikołaj Kałuszyński
Managing Partner
Mikołaj is a remarkable specialist in designing advanced applications, most often made in C++. He has almost 10 year experience in creation and implementation of complex IT solutions. He?s an expert in creating user interfaces, database libraries, access channels, WEB interfaces and distributed, scalable server applications. He created systems for project planning and managing project implementations as well as integrated platforms dealing with EDMS (electronic documents management systems) and workflows. Mikołaj specializes also in integration of complex IT systems - he was one of the main architect of the latest Akond Lab project concerning an integration platform connecting all the systems of one of the most successful banks in Poland.
Mikołaj is also responsible for the recruitment of new employees. He brought to Akond Lab quite a few colleagues from previous projects who now are the core of the company. Mikołaj supports the opinion that because IT work is usually very hard, you have to create a great team of people which will make it also enjoyable. At Akond Lab he succeded in creating a group of highly qualified specialists in various IT fields who perfectly understand each other, form a great team and inspire one another.
Mikołaj loves to spend his free time sailing, although many years ago he also spent a month working on a barge visiting canals of Northern Germany. He?s a dedicated traveller, skilled skier, and... experienced producer of home made wines. He dreams of a one year cruise around the world in a sailing boat, of course equipped with a satellite connection to internet so that he could finish an important IT project...