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Adrian Wrona

Adrian Wrona

Program Manager

📍 Lugano, Switzerland📧 adrian@wrona.ch

Professional Experience

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Program Manager

Casper Association

Dec 2021 - Present

Zug, Switzerland

  • Joined this open source software start-up at an early stage (<10 FTE) and worked on the creation of foundation structures and processes all the way to a team of 50+. This included deployment and administration of HR systems, Google Workspace, GitHub, JIRA, Slack and many more, management of the Association's treasury allocation, communication with exchanges and grantees, and hosting community calls. Reporting directly to CTO.
  • Delivered on time and within budget the main ecosystem platforms - casper.network, developer.casper.network and docs.casper.network which currently serve as the knowledge base for +200k community members & +10k developers.
  • Managing two Project Managers remotely.
  • Received a 'Tier 2 - above and beyond' rating in appraisal.
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Blockchain Project Manager

CloudBest

Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

Warsaw, Poland

  • Joined the start-up in its growth phase (100+ FTE), which collapsed a few months later. Delivered a basic ERC-721 NFT platform and UX improvements for an Electrum wallet fork.
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Project Manager

mBank

Oct 2018 - Mar 2021

Warsaw, Poland

  • Led medium-sized independent projects of high complexity, and project streams within larger regulatory programs with budgets ~€1M. All projects were regulatory and with international stakeholders (authorities and vendors).
  • Successfully negotiated 15-25% lower implementation costs through procurement and legal negotiations.
  • Key projects: implementation of Assets and Liabilities Management (ALM) system, Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM) calculation module implementation and Advanced Internal Rating-Based Approach (AIRB) application to EBA.
  • Received 'above and beyond' rating in appraisal.
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Team Manager

Citi Bank

Jun 2016 - Sep 2018

London, UK & Warsaw, Poland

  • Developed VBA tools for MS Excel and MS Access for workload tracking and process enhancement increasing team capacity by 40%. Later I implemented the same tools in the UK team, after transfer to London.
  • Automated AML reports for internal and external (for regulators e.g. FCA) use, saving the equivalent of 1 FTE.
  • Grew the AML analysts team from 6 to 12.
  • Received a top performer (1) rating in appraisal.

Education

Warsaw School of Economics

Master's Degree in Finance and Accounting

2025

  • Thesis: The importance of the origin of equity capital for ESG ratings based on the Polish banking sector.
  • Specialization in Banking.

University of Warsaw

Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Accounting

2019

  • Thesis: The influence of news on the cryptocurrency market.

Achievements

Ran a Zurich Marathon

2025

Personal Record - 3:48

Co-funded a start up with +100k users

2021

Tubbly

Organised Made In Blockchain

2021

One of the biggest events for blockchain startups in Poland

Translated 'Blockchain Revolution'

2018

From English to Polish

Youngest team manager in Citibank Poland

2016

Age 21, later transferred to the UK

Certificates

ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management logoITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
AgilePM Registered Practitioner (AgilePM) logoAgilePM Registered Practitioner (AgilePM)
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) logoCertified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
ICA Anti Money Laundering logoICA Anti Money Laundering

Skills & Interests

Languages

Polish (C2 - native), English (C1 - advanced proficiency)

Software

Advanced: JIRA, Confluence, Figma, Excel, Webflow

Intermediate: ClickUp, Google Workspace Admin, GitHub

Basic: JavaScript, Vue, App Store, Google Play

Interests

Running, Austrian School of Economics, Start-ups, Web Development, Hiking