As a seasoned business executive, Private Equity Operating Partner, Chairman of the Board, Board Member, and battle-tested global CEO, Marc shares his knowledge and career experience to help Avenga’s senior management achieve our key-strategic priorities and execute our value-creation agenda. In addition to his role at Avenga, Marc is currently Chairman and serves on the Boards of several other privately held companies. Previously, he was CEO of Kodak Alaris, Deputy CEO of Navico, and General Manager of Bose Europe. Throughout his 30+ year career, Marc has held senior general management, product, and marketing positions in some of the world’s leading companies, including Apple, HP, Seagate, and Technicolor.
Leadership team
Leadership
team
Meet the leadership team driving Avenga’s strategic, operational, and tactical success.
Chief Executive Officer
Yuriy Adamchuk
Yuriy is responsible for the execution of Avenga’s vision and global strategy, expansion to new markets, change management, and integration. Prior to becoming CEO, Yuriy held C-level positions at Avenga, including COO, CDO, and Country Director for US/Ukraine. Previously, he worked in different senior positions for CoreValue, PPF Investments, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and KPMG.
Chief Operating Officer
Malgorzata Wisniewska
Malgorzata drives Avenga’s global operations, ensuring the company’s sustainable growth. She is responsible for delivering the best in class services to our clients. Before taking the COO position, she successfully drove Avenga’s business in Poland, focusing on making Avenga the best place to work for best-in-class IT specialists. Prior to joining Avenga, Małgorzata was a leadership member for SAP in Poland, focusing on consulting and implementation projects.
Chief Financial Officer
Mario Wilhelm
Mario leads Avenga’s global finance and legal teams. A strategic leader with experience in building highly effective organizations, he is responsible for the company’s solid financial growth and development, as well as its legal and compliance functions. Before joining Avenga, he held senior leadership roles at Telio Group, NetCologne, and Unitymedia.
Chief Technology Officer
Ivan Kohut
Ivan is responsible for tech strategy at Avenga. He drives our engineering and IT excellence, R&D, and technology consulting. Ivan joined Avenga after the acquisition of Perfectial, a company he co-founded and where he served as the CTO since 2010.
Our team of directors
Marcel Kappestein
Managing Director Germany
Marcel joined our management team at the beginning of 2022 and now leads Avenga DACH together with Thorsten May. Previously, he was Executive VP of Expertplace Networks Group and held senior management positions at Ferchau Engineering, among others.
Thorsten May
Managing Director Germany
Thorsten manages Avenga DACH together with Marcel Kappestein. Previously, he was Managing Director of one of our predecessor companies, Sevenval Technologies GmbH, for many years as well as VP Professional Services at YOC AG and in leading management positions at Vodafone.
Andriy Zynych
Managing Director Ukraine
Andriy drives delivery and ensures that all customers headquartered in the US and UK are satisfied. He has been with Avenga and its predecessor, CoreValue, since 2008 and has been essential in enabling the company to grow ever since.
Alberto Harriague
Managing Director, Operations, Avenga LATAM
Alberto drives daily operations and delivery at Avenga LATAM. He ensures that all customers are happy and is in charge of bolt-on M&A activities in the region. Along with Rafael Ibanez, he co-founded IncluIT, which is the cornerstone of Avenga LATAM's business after its acquisition in 2022.
Rafael Ibanez
Managing Director, Sales, Avenga LATAM
Rafael is responsible for the overall business development and organic growth of IncluIT powered by Avenga in the US and Latin America. Along with Alberto Harriague, he co-founded IncluIT, which is the cornerstone of Avenga LATAM's business after its acquisition in 2022.
Anna Szyperek
Co-Managing Director Poland
Anna runs sales, recruitment, and strategic account management in Poland, together with HR and marketing processes, to secure the best talent on the market for our clients and ourselves. She has many years of experience in the staff-augmentation business and previously worked for companies such as Hays and intive.
Piotr Balys
Co-Managing Director Poland
Piotr ensures that our business runs smoothly and that all the customers of Avenga Poland are happy. In doing so, we benefit from his background as a project manager and his many years of experience working in this field; for example, for Comarch and Ericpol.
Marta Romaniak
VP of Global Branding
Marta is a lawyer by education but has worked in the IT industry for over 10 years. As VP of Global Branding, she is responsible for Avenga’s Marketing, Communications, and Employer Branding. Marta has held many responsible positions within the local and national IT community in Ukraine and Forbes included her in the list of Top 25 women in the country’s IT industry.
Sergiy Lysov
VP Strategy and M&A
Sergiy is helping to shape the growth and success of the Avenga Group through acquisitions and capital structure work, as well as supporting organic growth initiatives. All this builds upon his financial, investment (KPMG, Dragon Capital) and tech business (Trackimo, Intellias) background.
Pavlo Domanskyy
VP Global Engineering
Pavlo oversees the entire Avenga engineering organization and ensures we have all the technical competency our customers could possibly need. He has been with the company and its predecessors for over a decade.
Angeliki Cooney
SVP Sales US - Life Sciences
Angeliki is a 20-year veteran of the Life Sciences industry in the US, with expertise in digital enablement, data analytics, commercial strategy and operations, marketing, and medical affairs. She has played a pivotal role in developing multiple industry-specific SaaS solutions and holds three patents in the field.
Pawel Satalecki
SVP of Business Development
Pawel is a seasoned manager with an entrepreneurial spirit and a proven track record in software technology, investments, and corporate communications. As SVP of Business Development, he oversees Avenga Group's international sales and business activities. He's an evangelist of digital transformation, business ideas, and disruptive thinking.
Volodymyr Pavlishevskyy
VP Group Reporting & Controlling
Volodymyr oversees the financial controlling function of the Avenga Group. Before joining Avenga, he worked in different senior management positions for KPMG all over the world.
Pavlo Umanets
VP Informational Technology & Information Security
Pavlo coordinates and aligns Avenga’s IT and InfoSec strategy and initiatives in order to contribute to the overall business strategy. He enables smooth, effective, and continuous operations by ensuring that Avenga’s system landscape complements the company’s and its customers’ needs and expectations. Before joining Avenga (and its predecessor), Pavlo gained experience in various roles at Vodafone, Symphony-Solutions, and ELEKS.
Mariana Kolyada
Director Business Transformation
Mariana leads post-merger integration and executes Avenga's transformation strategy by driving key cross-functional strategic initiatives. She worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for over eight years before joining Avenga.
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