Szymon B.

Strategic Advisor focus on Copilot & Microsoft 365

Nieznanowice, Poland

Experience

Sep 2025 - Present
3 months

Strategic Advisor focus on Copilot & Microsoft 365

Academy Microsoft 365 atWork

  • Focused on improvement of business processes in digital transformations and cloud strategy
  • Improve business productivity through implementation of Copilot, AI, and Microsoft 365 Cloud services
  • Help organizations leverage Copilot & Microsoft 365 to optimize business processes and productivity
  • Over 18 years of experience as consultant, sales leader, and author focusing on Copilot, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform
  • Microsoft MVP, YouTuber, and blogger sharing insights and best practices on using Microsoft 365 effectively and efficiently
Jul 2024 - Sep 2025
1 year 3 months

Head of Presales

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

  • Manage the Presales Department and improve sales and presales processes around Digital Workplace service offerings
  • Manage partnership with Microsoft in partnership, lead generation, and customer collaboration
  • Implement Copilot service offerings for customers implementing Generative AI solutions, resulting in 35+ successful customer deployments
  • Develop service specialization around Copilot leading to Copilot Specialization and Microsoft Copilot Jumpstart Priority Tier
Sep 2022 - Jun 2024
1 year 10 months

Digital Workplace CEE BDE Lead

Predica / SoftwareOne

  • Build strategy and manage the BDE Sales team, engaging with clients during sales processes and focusing on Microsoft Cloud
  • Provide strategic advisory around digital transformation and cloud journeys within the Microsoft ecosystem
  • Work with the largest SoftwareOne customers in EMEA and MEA regions
  • Build strategy and manage the Digital Advisory team, engaging clients with Microsoft 365
  • Provide strategic advisory on multitenancy, tenant migrations, modernization of on-premise environments, security and endpoint management, adoption, and employee experience
Mar 2022 - Present
3 years 9 months

Technology Evangelist

AFI.AI

  • Long-term partnership in the role of Technology Evangelist
  • Share technical knowledge about backup of Microsoft 365 data and AFI.AI products on multiple channels: YouTube, Blogs, and LinkedIn
Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
1 year 3 months

FastTrack Targeting EMEA Team Lead

Microsoft

  • Lead the EMEA FastTrack Targeting team, managing 15+ EMEA Targeting Managers
  • Manage sales team working with customers and prioritize multiple campaigns
  • Control quality of work and FastTrack processes, ensuring data quality and reporting
  • Maximize customer return on investment in Microsoft 365
  • Drive change management and adoption activities around Office 365 with key customer decision-makers
  • Work with customers on Front-Line Workers engagement, Microsoft Viva apps, Cloud Managed Endpoints, Microsoft Teams, and other Microsoft 365 apps
Aug 2015 - May 2021
5 years 10 months
Kraków, Poland

Office 365 Delivery & Sales Manager

Sii Poland

  • Build Office 365 service offerings and manage sales processes and presentations
  • Lead pre-sales activities: business consulting, prospecting, offer preparations, and negotiations
  • Manage project delivery quality: timeline and budget control, client communication, and Quality Gate Keeper roles
  • Develop client relations and up-sell/cross-sell strategies
  • Manage a team of 20+ Office 365 engineers and recruit new team members
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
4 months
Kraków, Poland

Service Management IT Analyst

Delphi

  • Assess Microsoft 365 environment service management and manage exiting application and system processes
  • Analyze and build strategy for data and application migration
  • Develop cost-cutting strategy for existing systems
  • Work on governance and improvement plan for SharePoint Farms and Office 365
Mar 2014 - Apr 2015
1 year 2 months
Kraków, Poland

Finance Business Process Analyst

Herbalife

  • Technical lead in the Governance team, managing SharePoint projects and gathering business requirements
  • Design and develop SharePoint applications with out-of-the-box functionalities and small customizations
  • Test, consult, and train business users
  • Collaborate with IT team to resolve server issues
  • Implement projects: Digital Signatures for Approval Processes, Invoice Approval Workflow, Finance Statement Approval Workflow, Legal Issues Management, Poland Intranet Portal, Documentation Repository, Advanced Search Centers using C#, JavaScript, InfoPath Forms, and SharePoint Workflows
Jul 2011 - Mar 2016
4 years 9 months

Lead Consultant

SharePoint 4 Business

  • Lead consulting SharePoint services
  • Manage projects based on SharePoint technology: implementation of SharePoint 2007, 2010, and 2013 environments, custom applications, and migration projects
  • Manage a team of 2 SharePoint developers
Jul 2011 - Mar 2014
2 years 9 months
Kraków, Poland

SharePoint Application Administrator

TVN

  • Administer SharePoint 2010 farm with 5 servers and 5k+ end users
  • Upgrade SharePoint farm from MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 and prepare for SharePoint 2013 upgrade
  • Optimize SharePoint environment and reconfigure to use Kerberos authentication
  • Implement intranet-information portal, backup and disaster recovery scenarios, and end-user monitoring
  • Support in-house information systems and act as second-line support for TVN
Sep 2010 - Jul 2011
11 months
Kraków, Poland

Senior Trading Application Specialist

EDF Polska

  • Administer MOSS 2007 farm with 4 servers and 7k+ end users
  • Unify SharePoint farm and migrate to SharePoint 2010
  • Implement intranet-information portal and SharePoint-based workflow system
  • Migrate Lotus Notes application to SharePoint
  • Create backup and disaster recovery scenarios and define requirements for third-party solutions
  • Deploy third-party solutions: intranet, HR systems, dedicated WebParts
  • Provide second-line support for EDF Polska Group trading systems
Apr 2008 - Jul 2010
2 years 4 months
Kraków, Poland

SharePoint Consultant

WebCon Solutions

  • Manage deployments of workflow and SharePoint projects

Summary

I'm a Strategic Advisor focused on the improvement of business processes that help the organization in digital transformations and cloud strategy.

The main goal of my daily work is to improve business productivity thanks to the implementation of Copilot, AI, and Microsoft 365 Cloud services.

Languages

Polish
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2009 - Jun 2011

Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology in Krakow

Master of Science · Kraków, Poland

Oct 2004 - Jun 2009

Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology in Krakow

Engineer's degree · Kraków, Poland

Certifications & licenses

Microsoft 365 Certified: Managing the Presales Department and improving the Sales and Presales processes Fundamentals around Digital Workplace service offerings

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

Microsoft Certified: Security Fundamentals

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

Microsoft Copilot Jumpstart Priority Tier

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

Microsoft MVP - Copilot & Microsoft 365 Head of Presales

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

Windows 365 Partner Sales Professional Exam Badge

IT-Dev Sp. z o.o.

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