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Adrian Wrona

Adrian Wrona

Senior Program & Project Manager

Open to relocation within Switzerland, the EU and the UK; remote or hybrid.

Lugano, Switzerlandadrian@wrona.ch

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

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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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.
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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

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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.
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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

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Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

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AgilePM Registered Practitioner

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ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

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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

References:
Available on request.