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Mr. Jerzy Orkiszewski was born and raised in Poland. He holds M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Warsaw Technical University, Department of Fine Mechanics (currently Department of Mechatronics) and École Nationale Supérieure de l’Electronique et de ses Application in Cergy, France. Since 1989 he resides in the United States, dividing his time between California and Arizona. In Silicon Valley he has been working for variety of product development biomedical device companies: Cutera, Inc., Ellex Medical, Lumenis, Inc. and Medical Group of Coherent, Inc., where he has been providing technology and business leadership serving in various engineering, management, and executive positions. Mr Orkiszewski authored several patents related to the application of lasers and other energy devices in medicine, primarily in ophthalmology and dermatology. In 1998, Mr Orkiszewski helped create his current company, Cutera, Inc, a publicly traded corporation. At Cutera, he serves as a Vice President of Engineering. In this role, Mr. Orkiszewski focuses on Electronics and software as well as introducing new technologies to Cutera products. Since 2005, Mr Orkiszewski serves as a President of US-Polish Trade Council (USPTC), a California Nonprofit – Mutual Benefit Corporation based in Silicon Valley. USPTC focuses on technology and biotechnology and builds business and academia relationships between the U.S.and Poland. To accomplish this goal, the USPTC works in partnership with a network of Polish and American organizations, including corporate, academic and government entities. In 2015, Warsaw Technical University inducted Mr. Orkiszewski to its Alumni Hall of Fame. Mr. Orkiszewski is an accomplished pilot and a contributing editor of Przegląd Lotniczy a popular aviation magazine in Poland. He also lectures for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety seminar series. Jerzy Orkiszewski is married and has one daughter. Both his wife and daughter are practicing physicians. He is passionate about classical music, particularly classical guitar.

Assistant Professor at Warsaw University of Technology; Visiting Scholar at Stanford University in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering (ex) CEO & Co-founder at Accelerator Accelpoint (www.accelpoint.com) Creator of the Polish start-up capital investment market. One of Poland’s most highly esteemed experts in cooperation between start-ups, accelerators, seed capital, venture capital funds and public institutions. His research focus on Open Innovation, commercialization of science and technology R&D activities, including the determinants of investments by commercial funding in innovative companies. Development of start-up projects; Start-up Accelerator, Corporate Accelerator, Venture capital investments

Dr. Jacek Chmielewski is a Researcher Fellow at Auburn University and an Associate Professor at the Cracow University of Technology, where he is part of the PolSV research team. His research focuses on transportation network planning, road safety improvements and implementation strategies, bridge live load and fatigue analysis in the United States, and the processing and analysis of Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) data. He also specializes in big data analytics and SQL database development.
Dr. Chmielewski has extensive experience with Bentley MicroStation, both as a user and as an application developer (MDL and VB.Net), and is proficient in several programming environments, including C++, Visual Studio, VBA, and MATLAB. He has developed multiple four-step transportation demand models using PTV VISUM and conducted microscopic traffic simulations in PTV VISSIM for various municipalities and counties.
His research contributions include projects supported by the Departments of Transportation in Alabama, California, Florida, Montana, and Rhode Island, as well as the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). Beyond academia, Dr. [Last Name] brings practical experience from the private sector, having led and collaborated on projects for both corporate clients and public agencies. His applied work primarily addresses road safety enhancement, transportation network design, traffic forecasting, and feasibility studies.

Patrick is a seasoned Silicon Valley-based executive who built worldwide operations for global technology companies in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He has spent the last fifteen years helping over 50 non-US companies to capitalize on Silicon Valley innovation techniques and accelerate their growth. He worked in Silicon Valley with HP, Cisco and IBM. At the EIT Digital San Francisco office he supported European startups’ US market entry.

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Kamila Krawiec holds a Master degree in E-business from the Warsaw School of Economics and a Bachelor degree from the Silesian University of Technology. She has managed innovation projects in both startup and corporate environments, including companies from the logistics and environmental technology sectors. Kamila also brings entrepreneurial experience as an e-commerce consultant and founder of an online store. Having lived in the United States for several years, she maintains a strong interest in U.S.–Poland collaboration, international affairs, and the societal impact of artificial intelligence. Since 2024, she has been actively involved with the Poland in Silicon Valley Center.

Dr Alicja Orkiszewski is a graduate of The Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) and a former assistant professor at the Department of General and Transplantation Surgery in Warsaw, Poland, where she got her Ph.D. and board certification in surgery. After arrival in the US, Dr Orkiszewski did residency in surgery at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY and then residency in anaesthesiology at Stanford University in California. Since graduation from Stanford, works primarily in private practice. She is a board-certified anesthesiologist with many years of experience. She is also an educator who has designed and implemented anesthesia teaching programs for: surgical, emergency room internal medicine, ENT and oral and maxillofacial surgery residents; medical students; first responders and RNs. Dr Orkiszewski has 31 Polish and international publications, gave many intrahospital presentations and is an author of several chapters in medical books. She participated in charity medical missions to Asia, South America and Africa. Dr Orkiszewski is a member of American Medical Association (AMA), American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) and Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists (AzSA).

Outside medical practice she is interested in traveling to unusual places, general aviation, photography (especially aerial abstracts), and recently writing books for children.

Anna Timofiejczuk graduated from the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) in the field of Automatic Controland Robotics. Her main scientific interests are: signal and image analysis, applications of artificial intelligence in machinery maintenance, especially context-based reasoning and also problems related to numerous aspects of Industry 4.0, innovations and creative thinking. Dean 2016 – 2024, and vice dean (2012 – 2016) of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at SUT, coordinator from 2020 of Priority Research Area – Automation of Industrial Processes and Industry 4.0. President of the board of the Silesian Competence Center of Industry 4.0 (2018 – 2020), and from 2021 deputy director of the Center of Industry 4.0 at SUT. She is involved in numerous projects aimed at supporting Polish companies in the implementation of new technologies through simulations, analysis of their profitability, indicating possible solutions and training. In 2015 she developed and implemented dual study on Mechanical Engineering in cooperation with industry.

As an Associate at Fieldfisher Poland Małgorzata provides day-to-day legal services to Polish and foreign companies in the fields of intellectual property law, labor law and commercial law. She is a PHD candidate at the doctoral school at University of Silesia preparing a dissertation in the area of intellectual property law. Since 2015 she has been an active member of US-Polish Trade Council.

Mariusz Tomaka is active as organizer, co-founder, and CEO of innovative electronic and software companies in Poland focused on local and international markets. He specializes in building and running innovative companies – startups and medium size companies– focused on international markets and leading teams of engineers and managers to achieve challenging technology and business objectives. Prior to current activities at TRITEM (the guru company in Industrial Digital Twin and automated testing for critical systems) and EUVIC he worked as CEO (PL) for DisplayLink in Poland and VP in Cambridge UK, at Neubloc,LLC board adviser – share holder at ABF. Mariusz is a President of US-Polish Trade Council in Poland and extended board member in USA, Silicon Valley, Mariusz is Vice-president of OG at Polish Information Processing Society.

Since childhood, Wanda Tomczykowska, my mother, took me on various trips around Boston, New York, Miami, and then through the USA to San Francisco. The favorite Polish song was always sung: „They’re going, they’re going, dear children how beautiful this world is!” And so it is. I have already visited over 40 countries, I have described these various journeys in local newspapers and monthly magazines, and my passion for photography has gained more energy. Exhibitions in galleries in the United States and Poland were received with great success and were good opportunities to show others this beautiful world! A diploma in history confirms my interest in what once was, created our reality, and what may be in the future. The fact that I live in such a beautiful state as California encourages others to visit our west coast, at least for a little while. There is a lot of variety here. I am glad that I can share my knowledge, passion for beauty and at the same time answer interesting questions from my wonderful guests. I invite you all!