Grzegorz Kafel
Engineering Manager at Thread Group
Cracow Metropolitan Area Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolGrzegorz Kafel is an engineering manager who builds and scales multinational IoT teams, currently leading 50+ engineers across Nordic Semiconductor’s short-range wireless portfolio to deliver connectivity solutions for millions of smart home devices. He combines deep technical roots—from firmware and protocol stacks to certification testing—with business stewardship, managing a $5M annual engineering investment and aligning roadmaps to commercial outcomes. A pragmatic operator, he improved delivery predictability while doubling team size and boosting efficiency by ~30%, and he shapes industry direction as Treasurer and Alternate Director at Thread Group. His career trajectory from developer and DBA to product owner and engineering leader gives him a rare lens for turning R&D into repeatable, measurable advantage. Based in Kraków, he’s energized by scaling teams, making strategic technology bets, and creating clarity in complex, cross-border engineering organizations.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at AGH University of KrakowTechnician in Electronics, Computer Systems, Technician in Electronics, Computer Systems at ZSE, Technical School of Electronics, Krosno, PL
English, Russian, Polish
Github Skills (8)
opc10
sdk10
lte10
playfab9
labview9
ppp9
infiniband8
nrf-connect-sdk5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Apr 2021 - Jun 2021
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 comment in 2 months
connect-sdknrf-connect-sdkinfinibandlteppp
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