Collegium Da Vinci Rector
Marek Zieliński PhD, DSc
Collegium Da Vinci rector
Marek Zieliński PhD, DSc
Collegium Da Vinci rector
expandAbout me
expandA graduate from Management Faculty and Pedagogical Interdepartmental Studies at Poznań University of Economics and Business. In 2008, he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled Shaping of communication processes between participants of fairs, and in December 2019 he was conferred a postdoctoral degree in social sciences in the major of management and quality sciences. From December 2020 to September 2022, he worked as an academic professor in Marketing Institute, Department of Marketing Strategies at Poznań University of Economics and Business.
expandIn his scientific work, he focuses on business relations (member of IMP Group) that he researched from the point of view of trust, knowledge sharing and adaptation. Current research concerns the role and meaning of new technologies (AI, IoT) in relations. As a grant holder of three scientific grants and the member of numerous projects (among other things, National Research and Development Centre), he gained experience in the management of research teams.
expandHe is a supervisor of over 150 BA and over 170 postgraduate dissertations. He gave lectures and held classes within a full-time and part-time, first and second degree, post- graduate and MBA programs (he was the head of Marketing and Sales Management module in Executive MBA program and Marketing Management and Strategy in MBA Atlanta at Poznań University of Economics and Business).
expandHe gained international experience during numerous internships in foreign academic centres within Erasmus programs (among other places, in France, Belgium, Italy and Germany). As a Visiting Professor, he completed an internship and held classes at Meiji University (Tokyo, Japan), ESCP (Berlin, Germany), ELTE (Budapest, Hungary) and SRH Hochschule (Heidelberg, Germany).
expandMarek Zieliński successfully combines his scientific career with business. For over 20 years, he has provided consulting and training services, as well as conducted research projects for companies operating on B2B market. He managed training and consulting programs.
Deans
Janina Rudowicz-Nawrocka, BEng, PhD
Dean for the Support of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
Janina Rudowicz-Nawrocka, BEng, PhD
Dean for the Support of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
expandAbout me
expandA graduate of the University of Technology in the field of Computer Science. She defended her doctoral thesis with distinction in the field of computer science applied in agricultural sciences. For many years she worked in IT departments as a server or network administrator, implementor and trainer. She conducts didactics primarily in the field of operational systems and spatial information systems. Research interests concentrate on the use of information technology and popularization of knowledge and common sense. Author of several dozen scientific and popular science articles on the use of information technology, primarily in agricultural engineering, and co-author of the monograph on meat cattle breeding. Head of the national project on the use of aero laps in monitoring grassland, contractor in European projects concerning the development of the data exchange standard (agriXchange) and applications of Internet solutions of the Future (FIware technology) in the creation of smart applications for the agri-food sector. A member of the Polish Society of Spatial Information, the Polish Society of the Application of Information Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Forest Economy and the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering. Marked by the President of the Republic of Poland with the Bronze Medal for Long-Term Service. Initiator and producer of various social actions. Co-founder and co-editor of the cultural magazine ŌKŌ.
Krzysztof Patkowski, PhD
Dean for the Realization of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
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Krzysztof Patkowski, PhD
Dean for the Realization of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
expandHe graduated from the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at AMU. Specializations: political marketing and journalism. He is also a graduate of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University. Author of a doctoral dissertation written under the supervision of prof. dr hab. Józef Orczyk, devoted to the problems of privatization in the Visegrad Group countries, with particular emphasis on the political and ideological aspects of this process.
expandScientific interests are focused on the problems of systemic transformation in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after 1989, shaping the party system in these countries and the revival of civil society. His academic interests also include issues related to public relations and political marketing.
expandBeing mountains lover he tries to spend his free time hiking in the mountains throughout Europe, recently also in the company of his son Mikołaj.
Alicja Rytelewska, BEng, PhD
Deputy Dean for the Realization of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
Alicja Rytelewska, BEng, PhD
Deputy Dean for the Realization of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
expandAbout me
expandHead of the Department of Coaching and Management, Graduate of Poznan University of Technology and Poznan University of Economics and Business. She also studied management and marketing at NHL Hogesschool in the Netherlands. In 2013, she defended her doctoral dissertation, written at the Department of Labor and Social Policy of the EU in Poznan, regarding the competences of managers and their impact on the economic results of IT companies. Since 2004, she has been an academic lecturer, conducting classes in Poland and abroad. Her research interests are focused on issues related to human resource management in enterprises and organization development. In her publications and the monograph published in 2015, she raises issues related to the competence and qualifications of employees, their development and the impact of the human factor on the results of enterprises. She also conducts research on effective talent management. She was a participant and co-organizer of many nationwide and international conferences.
expandFor over a dozen years she has been connected with business. She also gained her professional experience running her own business in the field of management, people management and talent development.
Tomasz Tyksiński, PhD
Deputy Dean for the Support of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
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Information Technology
Tomasz Tyksiński, PhD
Deputy Dean for the Support of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
Sylwia Mikołajczak
Dean`s representative of the faculty Urban Management
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Urban Management
Sylwia Mikołajczak
Dean`s representative of the faculty Urban Management
About
expandSylwia Mikołajczak professional experience of sixteen years focuses on topics related to the functioning of cites, local and regional governments. Based on international experience, specific areas of interest and professional practice include spatial planning, urban management, local cooperation, strategic and economic development. For over twelve years she has been working with Dutch partners in projects in the field of integrated development and water management. She participates in the implementation of Dutch government programs and actively cooperates with The Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland. Recently involved in projects in Lithuania.
Department of Information Technology and Data Analysis
Agnieszka Walczak
Head of the Department of Information Technology and Data Analysis
Agnieszka Walczak
Head of the Department of Information Technology and Data Analysis
expandAbout me
expandLinguist, lecturer, teacher, specialist in project management and team building.
expandMA in English Philology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań and a graduate of postgraduate studies in project management, management in education and new technologies in education and training. Certified Design Thinking moderator. Member of IATEFL Poland. She deepened her knowledge and skills through participation in trainings and courses, including agile project management methodologies, coaching, tutoring and content marketing.
expandShe shared her experience by designing and conducting trainings and writing popular science articles, incl. on the use of new technologies and agile project management methodologies in education. She managed project teams in state institutions as well as service and sales in the private sector.
expandCiekawi mnie
expand…jak wyglądałby świat, gdyby obecnie obowiązujące zasady szkolnictwa przewrócić do góry nogami. Pasjonuje mnie nowoczesna edukacja oraz budowanie relacji w zespołach.
expandPrywatnie poświęcam się odkrywaniu świata poprzez podróże i literaturę, kontaktowi z drugim człowiekiem bez pośrednictwa Internetu oraz ogrodnictwu i architekturze wnętrz w wersjach mini.
Tomasz Tyksiński, PhD
Deputy Dean for the Support of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
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Information Technology
Tomasz Tyksiński, PhD
Deputy Dean for the Support of Education of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
expandAbout me
expandA graduate of the Poznań University of Technology (1974) in the field of applications of mathematics in mechanics. He obtained the degrees of doctor (1979) and habilitated doctor (1992) and the title of professor (2002) in computational sciences. He represents the field of engineering and technical sciences within the disciplines of: technical information technology and telecommunications as well as mechanical engineering.
expandHe gained professional experience as an assistant professor at the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1974-1980), as a professor at the Department of Applied Computer Science of the Institute of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań (1980-2017), where he was the head of the Department, deputy director of the Institute for science, head of the university’s IT Center, and the Rector’s representative for networks and information systems. He continues his research and teaching at Collegium Da Vinci, with which he has been associated since 2001, initially as WSNHiD. He also worked at foreign universities – in France (doctoral fellowship at École Centrale, Nantes), Canada (visiting researcher at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg) and the United States (visiting researcher at Purdue University, West Lafayette and University of Florida, Gainesville).
expandThe greatest scientific achievements: 1) development of integrated methods for the production of advisory Internet applications for the needs of agri-food and forest management using semantic networks and 3D modeling, 2) development of original algorithms and comprehensive software for the analysis of heat and water transport processes in biomaterials, 3) development of inverse analysis algorithms to identify unknown properties of investigated products.
expandHe is the author of numerous original works. Hirsch index according to Web of Science: 15, number of citations: 473. Leading publications: Weres J., Kujawa S., Olek W., Czajkowski Ł. 2016. Integration of experimental and computational methods for identifying geometric, thermal and diffusive properties of biomaterials. International Agrophysics 30(2): 253-260 and Weres J., Olek W., Kujawa S. 2009; Comparison of optimization algorithms for inverse FEA of heat and mass transport in biomaterials. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 47(3): 701-716.
expandHe participated in many research projects of such programs and grant agencies as EC 7th Framework Program (“A common data exchange system for agricultural systems – agriXchange” and “FI-PPP project supporting SMEs in the development of smart services and applications for the agri-food sector – SmartAgriFood2″), COST Action, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NSERC, NCN, etc. Participant, organizer and chairman of scientific schools and international conferences.
expandHe promoted 12 doctors, made 6 reviews for the title of professor, 1 for the title of doctor honoris causa, 19 for the degree of habilitated doctor, 27 for the degree of doctor.
expandHe cooperates with companies from the IT sector. Designed and implemented IT systems and computer networks in didactic and scientific units and agri-food enterprises. He organized and conducted two editions of nationwide training conferences of the Center for the Promotion of Information Technology in Warsaw: “IT Support for University Management – Review of practical solutions”. He has been cooperating with the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center since 1993 in the creation and development of IT infrastructure in the Poznań environment, and participates in training and conferences organized by the Poznań Center (gave lectures: “Tools and services for smart agriculture and food processing”, “Integrated system for supporting determination and analysis of geometric, thermal and diffusive properties of agri-food and forest products”, “Development of IT infrastructure and data processing technology in the light of future challenges in agriculture and food production”).
expandHe is involved in work on the boards of international scientific societies in the field of computer science, such as EFITA, CIGR (IT Section), ASABE, IEEE and ACM, he was also a member of the Computational Sciences Section of the Computer Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
expandI’m curious about
expandMemories of Far East voyages, great oceans and Conrad’s seven green isles (I graduated from the State Maritime School in Gdynia and sailed on ships of Polish Ocean Lines).
expandPainting, sculpture and architecture. Literature, history and philosophy of science. Processing of photos and my own videos.
Adam Czajka, BEng, PhD
Lecturer
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Adam Czajka, BEng, PhD
Lecturer
expandAbout me
expandIn 1997 he graduated with honors from Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Computer Science. He defended his doctorate in the field of “Real Time Systems” in 2000. Member of the Polish Information Technology Society and the American ACM (Association for Computer Machinery, USA). He is an enthusiast of the Business Model Canvas methodology. He was the mentor for startups during “IBM SmartCamp 2014” – IBM Global Entrepreneur program (Warsaw, Poland). His area of interest is wide and includes primarily: Docker microservices, Microsoft.NET, C #, image processing and modern Internet and mobile applications (including IoT and Cloud applications). He participated in the creation of the human eye registration system of the Swedish company Permobil Meditech AB (Sundsvall, Sweden) and the audience viewing system produced by the German company MediaScore GmbH (Cologne, Germany). Currently, he is the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in the German company Di Support GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and the Managing Director in the Polish software branch of this company. He has been working at Collegium da Vinci since 2003. He lectures for students in the field of object-oriented programming. In her free time, she loves to play board games with sons.
Sylwia Mikołajczak
Dean`s representative of the faculty Urban Management
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Urban Management
Sylwia Mikołajczak
Dean`s representative of the faculty Urban Management
About
expandSylwia Mikołajczak professional experience of sixteen years focuses on topics related to the functioning of cites, local and regional governments. Based on international experience, specific areas of interest and professional practice include spatial planning, urban management, local cooperation, strategic and economic development. For over twelve years she has been working with Dutch partners in projects in the field of integrated development and water management. She participates in the implementation of Dutch government programs and actively cooperates with The Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland. Recently involved in projects in Lithuania.
Leszek Wanat, PhD
Lecturer
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Information Technology
Leszek Wanat, PhD
Lecturer
About me
expandPhD in economics, engineer, graduate of the Poznan University of Life Sciences
(PULS) and Poznan University of Economics and Business (PUEB). Active university
lecturer, research and management experience in economics, e-commerce and
business informatics.
Curious about
expandPeople, computer science and ballroom dancing.
You can meet me
Information Technology
About me
expandThe dean’s representative for Game and Interactive Media Design at Collegium Da Vinci and lecturer at the Communication Design department at the School of Form in Poznań. Artistic director with many years of experience in the computer games industry in the United States. He worked, among others on the world’s hit games: Medal of Honor and Call of Duty. His experience and interests cover a wide range of game production, in particular: graphic art for games, organization of teamwork and production systems. He lectured and led the Game Art and Design department at the Art Institute in Los Angeles. His best students currently work in the most renowned computer game companies such as Bilzzard, Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Electronic Arts and CD Project Red.
I am curious
expandI am fascinated by human nature – everything that determines our ups and downs. This knowledge is also useful when designing games and UX, or player’s experience. My real passion is conceptual painting for games (concept art).
Małgorzata Tadeusz-Ciesielczyk
Lecturer
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Małgorzata Tadeusz-Ciesielczyk
Lecturer
expandAbout me
expandCertified behavioral profiler (certification in Association of Behavior Detection & amp; Analysis), trainer, expert in shaping image credibility based on natural non-verbal communication.
expandIn the discipline of social communication and media
expandCertified expert in body language and facial micro-expression, training in, among others Paul Ekman Group (USA), Institute of Nonverbal Communication (Warsaw), Institute of Nonverbal Communication (Austria).
expandCourious about
expandThe human body that responds is inscrutable, gives birth to that we cannot communicate in harmony with others, we can vote with ourselves.
expandI decided to enjoy the workshop, how to make naturalness in voting workshops, earning a tool, an expert that I drew from drawing from people, a gift that I drew from the workshop Durable in accordance with the success of further shaping the image dignity based on naturalness and freedom in the very same quality of development.
expandI am also fascinated by human emotions, people by non-verbal communication, discovering freedom and naturalness in the way of ordering others and speaking to others in accordance with the same.
Lidia Typańska-Czajka, PhD
Lecturer
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Lidia Typańska-Czajka, PhD
Lecturer
expandAbout me
expandI am a doctor of mathematical sciences in the field of mathematics, specializing in mathematical logic. The title of my doctoral dissertation is: The lattice of extensions of relevant logic by E.
expandAt CDV I run classes, among others in logic and set theory, mathematical statistics or number theory in security.
Department of Management
expandAbout me
expandA leading Polish specialist in the field of legal services marketing, advisor in the field of image, quality and shaping the legal practice with the client. Member – founder of Service Design Poland. Lecturer at Collegium Da Vinci and Poznan University of Economics and Business, member of the Service Design Network, European Academy of Marketing and co-founder of SDN Poland (Service Design Network Polish Chapter), one of the pioneers of the service design trend in Europe. He created a service design management methodology for the Institute of Industrial Design. He sat on the jury of the Good Design competition. He is the author of several dozen scientific articles, guidebooks and several books.
expand“I graduated from a piano music school and now I play keyboards in a rock band, from time to time. I am also a player of the ice hockey team that takes part in league games, fortunately without great success. The gym torments me more than lectures at the university. “
Katarzyna Walkowiak - Markiewicz, PhD
Lecturer
Katarzyna Walkowiak - Markiewicz, PhD
Lecturer
About me
expandExperienced manager, trainer, consultant and academic lecturer. He has over 20 years of experience in business. She gained experience in managerial positions in financial corporations and in consulting as well as working as an academic lecturer (doctoral thesis in the field of service quality. Specialization: marketing strategies, voice of customers, marketing research, customer service processes, marketing planning, strategies in trade.
expandHe specializes in strategic and process consulting: quality management and customer experience (voice of cutomers) as well as in quantitative and qualitative marketing research and their application, among others in measuring the effectiveness of the marketing strategy in enterprises.
expandFor many years, he has been running strategic projects as well as business workshops and training. Co-author of books (Fundamentals of marketing – exercises for students of economics, Perspectives for the development of the furniture industry in Wielkopolska) and numerous Polish and English-language publications on issues related to customer experience, voice of customers, marketing research, quality management.
expandHe combines comprehensive scientific knowledge in the field of marketing, marketing research, strategic management, project and quality management with practice. A graduate of marketing and a doctor of economics since 2004.
Danuta Krzemińska, PhD, DSc, ProfTit
Lecturer
Danuta Krzemińska, PhD, DSc, ProfTit
Lecturer
About me
expandFor many years I have been associated with the University of Economics in Poznań and the Department of Corporate Finance.
expandMy education consists of: obtaining the title of professor of economic sciences for a book, Credibility of a contractor in a trade credit (2007), a postdoctoral degree in economic sciences for a book, The financial importance of enterprise responsibility in contractual relations (1995) and a doctoral degree (1980). I focused my research interests on the finances of small and large enterprises, the operation of trade credit and financial liquidity management. Scientific achievements of over 100 items include books, book chapters and articles. It mainly relates to research conducted in enterprises with the use of questionnaires. In addition, I wrote several reviews of doctoral dissertations, several habilitation theses and the academic title of professor. I received the awards of the Rector of the University of Economics in Poznań for a professor book (2006), a postdoctoral book (1995), and the Team Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education (1986). I participated in research projects. Financial management (since 2008), Managing current assets in the enterprise (2008), The importance of sources of short-term financing of the enterprise (2004) and the capital strategy of the enterprise (2000). I have participated in many national and international conferences.
Sylwia Mikołajczak
Dean`s representative of the faculty Urban Management
You can meet me:
Urban Management
Sylwia Mikołajczak
Dean`s representative of the faculty Urban Management
About
expandSylwia Mikołajczak professional experience of sixteen years focuses on topics related to the functioning of cites, local and regional governments. Based on international experience, specific areas of interest and professional practice include spatial planning, urban management, local cooperation, strategic and economic development. For over twelve years she has been working with Dutch partners in projects in the field of integrated development and water management. She participates in the implementation of Dutch government programs and actively cooperates with The Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland. Recently involved in projects in Lithuania.