Meet the Founder

Experience leading complex business and technology initiatives across demanding and regulated environments.

Meet the Founder

Experience leading complex business and technology initiatives across demanding and regulated environments.

Meet the Founder

Experience leading complex business and technology initiatives across demanding and regulated environments.

Przemyslaw Opalka, Founder of Opalka Partners

Przemyslaw Opalka

Founder & Principal

Przemyslaw Opalka, Founder of Opalka Partners

Przemyslaw Opalka

Founder & Principal

Przemyslaw Opalka, Founder of Opalka Partners

Przemyslaw Opalka

Founder & Principal

I founded Opalka Partners to drive clarity, structure and execution confidence in complex technology initiatives. My approach is shaped by hands-on experience leading enterprise-scale bank transformations, cloud migrations, and global IT operations impacting up to 1,200 people.

I founded Opalka Partners to drive clarity, structure and execution confidence in complex technology initiatives. My approach is shaped by hands-on experience leading enterprise-scale bank transformations, cloud migrations, and global IT operations impacting up to 1,200 people.

My perspective has been strongly influenced by the book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath. Although it is not a project management book, its insights into the psychology of change reshaped how I approach projects.

My perspective has been strongly influenced by the book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath. Although it is not a project management book, its insights into the psychology of change reshaped how I approach projects.

EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE APPROACH

20 YEARS

20 YEARS

Across technology, operations and programme delivery

Across technology, operations and programme delivery

Financial sector · Technology · Telecommunications

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

PMP®

PMP®

PMP®

Project Management Professional

Project Management Professional

PRINCE2®

PRINCE2®

PRINCE2®

Foundation

Foundation

AgilePM®

AgilePM®

AgilePM®

Foundation

Foundation

ITIL®

ITIL®

Intermediate v3 · Foundation v4

ITIL®

Intermediate v3 · Foundation v4

Recognised frameworks. Applied pragmatically to the needs of each initiative.

Recognised frameworks. Applied pragmatically to the needs of each initiative.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL TRACK RECORD

Evidence behind the approach.

Evidence behind the approach.

A selection of initiatives led by Przemyslaw Opalka across banking and technology. They illustrate the experience behind Opalka Partners, not the full breadth of his career.

A selection of initiatives led by Przemyslaw Opalka across banking and technology. They illustrate the experience behind Opalka Partners, not the full breadth of his career.

CASE 01

BANKING

Recovering and Leading an At-Risk Banking Technology Transition

Recovering and Leading an At-Risk Banking Technology Transition

3 weeks to reset · 9 months leading delivery · 26 work packages

CHALLENGE

A critical cloud and digital workplace onboarding had stalled amid a structural and communication gap between two organisations with different operating models.

LEADERSHIP

Within three weeks, redesigned the programme around four accountable workstreams, clarified roles, governance and reporting, and secured approval for the reset.

OUTCOME

Then led delivery for the following nine months, bringing the transition under clear control and to a successful conclusion.

CASE 02

BANKING

Leading a Banking Cloud Integration Programme

Leading a Banking Cloud Integration Programme

12 integration projects · 4 Project Managers · 4 substreams

CHALLENGE

A dedicated cloud environment needed to align with the bank’s requirements for cybersecurity, architecture, infrastructure and operating processes.

LEADERSHIP

Defined the three-phase programme, planned and initiated Phase 1, hired and led four Project Managers, and provided programme-level direction.

OUTCOME

Phase 1 established a structured foundation for continued alignment across 12 interconnected integration projects.

CASE 03

TECHNOLOGY

Embedding a Problem-Solving Mindset Across a Global Technology Organisation

Embedding a Problem-Solving Mindset Across a Global Technology Organisation

1,200 people impacted · 72 workshops · 5 Global Hubs

CHALLENGE

A multi-location technology organisation needed a practical, common way to solve recurring operational problems and improve day-to-day delivery.

LEADERSHIP

Led the deployment of a Problem Solving toolbelt through a train-the-trainer model; served as programme manager and one of the trainers.

OUTCOME

Deployed a common method and local trainer capability across five locations, enabling sustained adoption in a 1,200-person organisation.

BEYOND THE ROLE

How I think. How I work. What keeps me grounded.

How I think. How I work. What keeps me grounded.

How I think. How I work. What keeps me grounded.

Structure and discipline shape how I lead complex initiatives — while sport, family and time outdoors help me maintain perspective.

Structure and discipline shape how I lead complex initiatives — while sport, family and time outdoors help me maintain perspective.

Thinking in maps

Thinking in maps

Thinking in maps

Finding rhythm

Finding rhythm

Keeping perspective

Keeping perspective

Keeping perspective

Space to think

Space to think

Space to think