Michal Gasek

Background

About Michal Gasek

I am a technology leader operating at the intersection of platform architecture and business strategy. With nearly 20 years of experience across cloud-native environments and traditional infrastructure, I focus on architecting distributed platforms that deliver high performance, strong security guarantees, and sustainable cost efficiency while supporting long-term product growth.I deliver technology platforms that scale with both demand and business ambition. I believe strong architecture must balance performance, security, and economics from the start - not as an afterthought.I prioritize driving consensus across diverse, cross-functional stakeholders to align technical roadmaps with product ambition.Core competencies:• Technology Strategy & Cloud Architecture: Designing and evolving multi-tenant, cloud-native platforms that support large-scale distributed workloads processing billions of events, streaming petabytes of video data or querying terabytes of weather forecasts geospatial data• Platform Economics & Operational Efficiency: Driving FinOps-aligned architecture that optimizes cloud expenditure while maintaining reliability, scalability, and performance• Engineering Leadership & Governance: Mentoring engineers and technical leaders while establishing architectural decision frameworks that reduce technical debt, align engineering teams, and accelerate delivery• Security & Enterprise Readiness: Embedding "Security by Design" into distributed systems to meet demanding enterprise requirements such as SOC2 and GDPR