Summary
Mateusz Opala is a data science leader based in Krak贸w, Poland, currently a Staff Data Scientist at Clari since May 2024. With software engineering roots dating back to 2012 and machine learning since 2013, he has spent more than a decade turning research into production-ready products and leading ML teams. At Netguru he built the ML department from scratch, scaling to seven engineers in five months and driving cross-functional initiatives from demand generation to ML service offerings. His career spans Craftinity as CTO and several senior ML roles at Brainly, Shelf, and Clari, illustrating a blend of hands-on engineering and strategic ML leadership. He is a frequent public speaker at PyData Warsaw, Sphere.it, AI Monday Berlin, and MachineLearning@Enterprise, with a focus on ML-Ops and interpreting neural networks. An AGH alum with MSc and BSc in Computer Science, he combines rigorous technical training with a product-focused mindset and a passion for applying ML research to real-world challenges.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
AGH University
English, Polish, German