Summary
Michał Pietrus is a veteran software engineer and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building secure, IoT and identity-focused systems from concept to production. As co-founder of multiple ventures including ArgonAUTHs and DKMS Alliance, he blends hands-on full-stack development with product leadership, particularly around authentication and decentralized identity (KERI/SSI). He led technical efforts at the Human Colossus Foundation—co-authoring the OCA spec and shepherding KERI adoption—which complements his industrial work creating an Active Monitoring System for predictive maintenance. Comfortable across frontend and backend stacks, he has a track record of introducing pragmatic engineering changes (e.g., modernizing build and CI practices) and shipping cross-disciplinary solutions. Based in Tarnów, Poland, he pairs academic training in applied computer science with a curiosity-driven approach to standards and open collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
computer science, computer science at West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Msc Applied Computer Science specialization: Computer Techniques in Science and Technology, Msc Applied Computer Science specialization: Computer Techniques in Science and Technology at AGH University of Krakow
English, Polish