
Adrian Wrona
Senior Program & Project Manager
Open to relocation within Switzerland, the EU and the UK; remote or hybrid.
Summary
Program and project manager with 10 years delivering complex, cross-functional technology and regulatory projects in banking, fintech and a fast-scaling open-source foundation. I have owned budgets up to €1M, run portfolios of parallel projects with internal teams and external vendors, reported weekly to C-level and steering committees, and mentored project managers. I combine a finance background (MSc Finance & Accounting) with hands-on technical fluency: I build and operate a live SaaS product (37,500+ users) with Claude as the core engineering workflow. CAPM, AgilePM and ITIL certified.
Core competencies
Program & Project Delivery
End-to-end ownership from scoping to go-live and handover · budgets to €1M, forecasts and cost control · scope, risk, dependency and issue management · multiple parallel projects · Waterfall, Agile / AgilePM and hybrid · Jira, Confluence, ClickUp, Microsoft Project.
Stakeholders & Governance
Weekly status and roadblock reporting to COO / CTO and steering committees · 10–12 senior stakeholders per project (regulators, clients, vendors) · multi-country teams (CH, PL, IN, UK, US) · clear decision papers and escalation.
Vendors & Procurement
Full procurement cycle (RFI, RFP, negotiation, contracting) · SOWs, SLAs, payments and acceptance · ~€200K saved on a €1.2M implementation · vendor-to-in-house transitions saving $30–40K/month · security audit coordination.
Leadership & Mentoring
Cross-functional teams up to 12 · direct management and mentoring of two project managers · hiring and scaling teams (6 to 12, 10 to 50+ FTE) · setting up delivery tooling and cadences as organisations grow.
Domain & Technical
Banking regulation (SIMM, ALM, AIRB, AML / KYC) · Web3 and Layer-1 ecosystems · treasury and token management · APIs, SQL, Python, cloud stacks (Vercel, Supabase, Cloudflare) · Claude API / MCP for AI-native workflows.
Experience

Program Manager
Casper Association
Dec 2021 – Feb 2026
Zug, Switzerland
Early operator at the foundation behind a Layer-1 blockchain. Owned a portfolio of concurrent platform and operations projects, reporting weekly to the COO and later the CTO, while the organisation scaled from 10 to 50+ FTE.
- Delivered three core ecosystem platforms (casper.network, developer.casper.network, docs.casper.network) on time and on a €1M budget, leading 6 developers through the full lifecycle; the platforms now serve 200K+ community members and 10K+ developers.
- Managed scope, risks and budget across parallel projects, presenting status and roadblocks to the executive team and driving decisions with C-level.
- Cut recurring costs by $30–40K/month by transitioning platform operations from external vendors to an in-house team; main point of contact for security audits under a framework agreement.
- Managed a ~$30M treasury allocation, validator relations and the fair delegation program, exchanges and grantees.
- Managed and mentored two Project Managers remotely and stood up core company systems; earned a 'Tier 2 – Above and Beyond' performance rating.

Blockchain Project Manager
CloudBest
Apr 2021 – Nov 2021
Warsaw, Poland
- Delivered an ERC-721 NFT platform and UX improvements to an Electrum wallet fork, coordinating developers, design and business stakeholders during rapid company growth.

Project Manager
mBank
Oct 2018 – Mar 2021
Warsaw, Poland
Led high-complexity regulatory projects and workstreams within larger programs (budgets up to €1M), coordinating 10–12 international stakeholders including financial authorities, software vendors and internal risk, IT and data teams.
- Reduced implementation costs from €1.2M to €1.0M (~€200K / ~17%) by running the full procurement cycle (RFI, RFP, vendor selection, negotiation, contracting).
- Delivered the Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM) calculation module on time; drove the data workstream of the ALM system implementation and prepared the bank's AIRB application to the EBA.
- Maintained plans, risk registers and budget forecasts; reported to steering committees; earned an 'Above and Beyond' rating.

Team Manager
Citi
Jun 2016 – Sep 2018
London, UK & Warsaw, Poland
Built and led an AML analyst team across Poland and London; appointed the youngest team manager in Citi Poland at age 21, then transferred to London.
- Increased analyst throughput by ~50% (from 5–6 to 8–9 cases per analyst per day) with custom VBA tools (Excel/Access); rolled the toolset out to the UK team after transfer.
- Automated AML regulatory reporting (including FCA submissions), absorbing a departed colleague's workload and removing the need to backfill the role (~1 FTE saved).
- Grew, hired and directly managed the KYC/AML team from 6 to 12 analysts within one year.
- Earned a top performer (1) rating.
Founder experience

Founder
Hello Atmos
Jan 2026 – Present
helloatmos.app
SaaS product designed, built and operated single-handedly from zero, with Claude as the core engineering workflow.
- Built and launched a Dolby Atmos discovery platform integrating the Apple Music SDK and Tidal API, with a 125K+ album catalogue; 37,500+ users, featured in TechRadar.
- Runs the product end-to-end: roadmap, releases, cloud operations, Stripe billing, support and analytics, with the whole stack connected to Claude via MCP.
Co-founder & COO
Tubbly
Jul 2021 – May 2026
Warsaw, Poland
Consumer mobile app (iOS / Android) built from zero with a remote team of 5, run alongside my full-time roles.
- Scaled from zero to 150K+ users and led all investor and client pitches, from first version to a live product on both app stores.
- Owned operations and delivery: finance, legal, tooling, vendors, engineering cadence and app store releases.
Education
Warsaw School of Economics
MSc, Finance & Accounting
2025
- Completed coursework alongside full-time employment; thesis defended in 2025.
- Thesis: the role of equity-capital origin in ESG ratings across the Polish banking sector.
- Specialisation in Banking.
University of Warsaw
BSc, Finance & Accounting
2019
- Completed part-time, over weekends, while working full-time.
- Thesis: the influence of news on the cryptocurrency market.
Certificates
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
AgilePM Registered Practitioner
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
ICA Anti-Money Laundering
Achievements
Ran the Zurich Marathon
Personal record 3:48
2025
Co-founded a start-up that reached 150K+ users
Tubbly
2021
Organised Made In Blockchain
One of the biggest events for blockchain startups in Poland
2021
Skills & interests
Languages
Polish (C2, native), English (C1, advanced proficiency)
Tools & stack
- Advanced:
- Jira, Confluence, Excel, Figma, Webflow, Google Workspace Admin
- Technical:
- Claude (API, MCP, Claude Design), Python, SQL (Postgres), REST APIs and webhooks, Next.js, Supabase, Vercel, Cloudflare, GitHub, Stripe, Zapier
- Intermediate:
- ClickUp, PostHog, HubSpot
- Basic:
- Microsoft Project, AWS, JavaScript, Vue, App Store, Google Play
Interests
Running, Austrian School of Economics, start-ups, web development, hiking
Other
- LinkedIn:
- linkedin.com/in/a-d-w
- GitHub:
- github.com/adw-web3
- References:
- Available on request.