Summary
Wojciech Owczarek is a seasoned network engineer and founder of Strontium-87 Consulting Services, bringing more than a decade of experience in financial services networks, low-latency data centers, and precision time synchronization. He combines a robust systems and software engineering background with a vendor-agnostic, no-nonsense approach to IT, guiding clients from vendor selection through architecture, training, product development and R&D. In leadership roles at Intercontinental Exchange/NYSE, he directed network engineering performance and capacity while overseeing ICE's Global Communications Lab to accelerate internal R&D, testing, and rapid issue reproduction. A standout differentiator is his work on precision timing, including developing PTPd, the open-source IEEE 1588 stack, with deep expertise in timing, GPS, and high-performance networking. Based in Bristol, UK, his toolkit spans BGP, OSPF, MPLS, IPSec and multicast, across Juniper, Cisco, Ciena and other platforms, with practical experience on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris and a strong track record in test automation.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Politechnika Koszalińska