54 min

Patryk Dolewa - CIO of Gemini Polska - From non-digital to modern scale-up in 2 years CIONET

    • Technology

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Patryk Dolewa, CIO of Gemini Polska talks with Hendrik Deckers about:
🔸 working in a greenfield scenario
🔸 bringing digital transformation into a family business with strong work ethics
🔸 developing e-commerce platform to a unique position on the market
🔸 power of the digital
🔸 keeping the balance between business and customer needs

Patryk joined Gemini Polska in 2019 when company was already a market leader, yet with very outdated technology. Digital transformation brought in by Patryk and his team significantly contributed to becoming a leader on e-commerce with over 2 million active accounts.

Patryk Dolewa is the finalist of the European Digital Leader of the Year 2021, where every year CIONET nominates top CxOs in four categories: B2B, B2C, Public sector & Non-profit, Finance. Patryk represents Poland in the B2C category. The winners will be announced at CIONEXT conference on November 10th.

Table of contents:

01:23 | Introduction and Patryk Dolewa's background
02:36 | About Gemini Polska
05:30 | Technology landscape
07:15 | Implementing change: greenfield scenario
09:00 | Cloud strategy
10:58 | Innovative solutions: e-commerce platform
13:55 | Power of the digital
15:40 | Gemini Polska's culture of work
17:58 | IT organization
20:35 | Data-driven company
22:57 | Analytics of e-commerce
25:10 | Patryk's role as CIO
29:57 | The importance of CIO community
31:40 | Patryk's management style
35:22 | What makes a good day?
36:45 | MBTI profile: the protagonist
39:21 | Making tough decisions and being self-aware
42:32 | Personal mantra
44:57 | Patryk's core values
46:41 | Tough lessons learnt
49:36 | Best moment in life
51:17 | Advice for people starting out

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Patryk Dolewa, CIO of Gemini Polska talks with Hendrik Deckers about:
🔸 working in a greenfield scenario
🔸 bringing digital transformation into a family business with strong work ethics
🔸 developing e-commerce platform to a unique position on the market
🔸 power of the digital
🔸 keeping the balance between business and customer needs

Patryk joined Gemini Polska in 2019 when company was already a market leader, yet with very outdated technology. Digital transformation brought in by Patryk and his team significantly contributed to becoming a leader on e-commerce with over 2 million active accounts.

Patryk Dolewa is the finalist of the European Digital Leader of the Year 2021, where every year CIONET nominates top CxOs in four categories: B2B, B2C, Public sector & Non-profit, Finance. Patryk represents Poland in the B2C category. The winners will be announced at CIONEXT conference on November 10th.

Table of contents:

01:23 | Introduction and Patryk Dolewa's background
02:36 | About Gemini Polska
05:30 | Technology landscape
07:15 | Implementing change: greenfield scenario
09:00 | Cloud strategy
10:58 | Innovative solutions: e-commerce platform
13:55 | Power of the digital
15:40 | Gemini Polska's culture of work
17:58 | IT organization
20:35 | Data-driven company
22:57 | Analytics of e-commerce
25:10 | Patryk's role as CIO
29:57 | The importance of CIO community
31:40 | Patryk's management style
35:22 | What makes a good day?
36:45 | MBTI profile: the protagonist
39:21 | Making tough decisions and being self-aware
42:32 | Personal mantra
44:57 | Patryk's core values
46:41 | Tough lessons learnt
49:36 | Best moment in life
51:17 | Advice for people starting out

54 min

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