About Us
We are an awesome team of talented, skilled, handsome (pick any two) developers hailing from Poland; a country forgotten by some; the land of polar bears, beautiful girls and beverages with dangerously high alcohol content.
But seriously, what do we stand for?
Macoscope was born of a dream we once had; a dream of creating a great workplace, setting bold challenges and working creatively on rewarding projects, which ultimately bring real value into people’s lives. Founded by Daniel, Wojtek and Zbigniew, Macoscope is the place where we employ our skills, along with carefully chosen tools, at software development to make our dream come true.
Our Team
Daniel Owsiański
Founder and President of the BoardDaniel Owsiański is an independent IT consultant and author of webankieta.pl - the leading Polish online survey system.
For nearly a decade, he has been engaged in numerous Java projects as a developer, senior developer and finally as an architect. After completing his MBA studies he is also an acting business adviser for IT companies.
Since 2006 Daniel has become a tireless evangelist of Ruby On Rails framework and Ruby itself. He contributes to the Ruby community in Poland. Daniel is well known as one of the founding fathers of Bootstrap.pl, a community of Polish startups, where people can share both their technical and business experience. In his spare time, Daniel is travelling all over Asia with his beloved wife.
Wojtek Rolecki
Founder and Member of the BoardWojtek is an experienced IT technician, who has been involved deeply in both IT and telecommunication projects. He has been in the IT business since his late high-school years, beginning with networking and setting up Linux servers for small networks and companies. He enrolled in The University of Warsaw (Comp-Sci) and at the same time, started working full-time for a local telecommunications company. During that period, Wojtek was exposed to a very interesting environment, demanding IT knowledge, programming skills and the ability to bring them together in the conservative world of telecommunications. He managed to implement many cost-effective in-house solutions, therefore reducing the amount of company expenditure. Parallel to his university duties, he has been involved in spare-time projects, often with Zbigniew, early before his involvement in blip.pl. Like Robert, he wanted to start creating Mac software since he got his first Mac (proud owner of PowerBook G4). A UNIX philosophy follower, a fast-learner, and a music lover.
Zbigniew Sobiecki
Founder and Member of the BoardZbigniew is a veteran of the IT and Telecommunication industries. He got his first job as a teenager, writing security patches and modules for Linux kernel 2.0.x over 10 years ago. Since then, he looked for (and found) challenges in various fields - from creating custom billing and business support systems for leading Polish telcos, through performing computer security audits and penetration testing for high-profile companies and government institutions, all the way to designing and implementing microcontroller devices.
For the last few years, he has been mainly focusing on companies and projects in their early stages. In 2004, Zbigniew became the first employee and CTO of a VoIP startup, in which he single-handedly designed the voice network, implemented his own billing and accompanying systems, and also hired and trained a small IT team.
In 2007 he co-founded the leading Polish (and supposedly the largest European) microblogging platform, Blip.pl, and sold it to Gadu-Gadu S.A. (a subsidiary of Naspers, a NASDAQ-traded company).
Father of a 5-year-old geek in training.
Marcin Maciukiewicz
Senior DeveloperMarcin is an experienced architect and developer. He gathered knowledge working in a wide range of projects, starting from small-scale web applications and ending on high-availability enterprise solutions. From the first line written in BASIC that he typed on a ZX Spectrum 48 in 1989, he never stopped being fascinated by computers. Always looking for better ways to solve problems, he is never limited to only one solution. His open mind is always keen on new ideas. When not working, he travels with wife around the world. Learning and understanding foreign cultures is one of Marcin’s many passions.
Robert Wijas
Clean Code EvangelistRobert Wijas is the author of Blipman - the most popular iPhone client for the Polish microblogging service blip.pl. Since 2002 his main focus has been Enterprise Java Development, but he always has had a broad collection of technologies in his pocket by keeping an eye on what’s hot in the software industry.
He built his IT experience working in TLS Technologies, a Polish company software for telecoms. In 2008 Robert became interested in Agile Software Development and took the Certified Scrum Master Course. However his interest does not limit itself to Scrum Framework, but expands over more general aspects of Agile Values, Principles and Practices.
He truly believes that every developer should obey “clean code” rules and try to implement XP practices in his work, because that is the key to efficient and reliable software development. Therefore his business card title is Clean Code Evangelist.
Since he got his first Mac in 2006, Robert has been dreaming about building consumer products based on Apple platforms. Making this dream come true, he joined our company at the beginning of 2010.
Aside from the software world, Robert is passionate about fine art photography. He especially enjoys flipping though photo albums in a comfy chair with a glass of wine, but he also tries to explore his own creativity with a large format camera, black and white photography supplies and a wet darkroom he built in a former kitchen.
Adam Hościło
Business Development DirectorHe started working in the IT industry and employing the Internet for business purposes over eight years ago. Since then, he has gained inside knowledge of working on almost all levels of this field. Specializing in creating and implementing business support processes, he always remained an active promoter of new technological solutions, such as Ruby on Rails and Django. He remains strongly connected with the young entrepreneurial scene ever since his passion for the Internet developed after he realized its significance as a democratic medium and an efficient business tool. Along with Daniel, he also was one of the co-founders of Bootstrap.pl.
He cannot imagine working on another platform than Mac OS X, of which he has been an ardent user for many years now. In his free time he often supports various non-governmental organizations with his knowledge. When not in front of the computer, he always enjoys a good movie, a game of bridge or a Vonnegut novel. Whenever he has the chance he travels to Masuria.
Tomek Omelan
Graphic Designer
Tomek is the creator of several popular Mac OS X icons. He was interested in artistic creation since he was a child - beginning with graphic novels, through photography, up to printmaking and computer design. Always searching for ideal methods and solutions, Tomek is a perfectionist, for whom no project is ever good enough to stop improving it. He currently specializes in creating icons as well as web and mobile interfaces. He loves beauty, minimalism and simplicity, but remains open to other styles. He began using Mac OS X three years ago, and discovered that it best reflects the spirit of his projects. He’s also an enthusiast of jogging, Stephen King and pizza. In his leisure time Tomek indulges in amateur photography.
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Marek Piotr Stolarski
Supervisory Board MemberMarek Piotr Stolarski is a top dog executive with plenty of years of experience in company management, project management and business development. For the most of his time he works as a consultant in a variety of IT fields. He is an IT professional witness and an expert of the Polish Information Processing Society. Particularly interested in ground-breaking projects that will help him take over the world, Marek finds his place in the Macoscope team working with domestic and foreign customers and on foreign markets. In his spare time he tirelessly volunteers to help create a better world and he means it.