Kamil Bajda-Pawlikowski
Co-founder, Starburst · Advanced Database Systems Expert
Key facts
- Graduated from Wrocław University of Science and Technology; also educated at the prestigious Yale University in the US.
- Prior to co-founding Starburst, served as Chief Architect at the Teradata Center for Hadoop in Boston (Massachusetts), focusing on the open-source SQL engine Presto. Previously co-founded and served as Chief Software Architect at Hadapt — the first company to develop SQL-on-Hadoop technology, acquired by Teradata in 2014.
- Co-founder of Starburst — an advanced data analytics platform that connects and processes data seamlessly across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The company achieved unicorn status with a valuation of $3.35 billion.
- Starburst operates a subsidiary in Poland, where a strong local engineering team has played a pivotal role in product development since the company's inception.
- Other Polish engineers hold key strategic roles within the tech team, including Grzegorz Kokosiński (Senior Manager, Engineering), Łukasz Osipiuk (Senior Staff Software Engineer), and Piotr Findeisen (Distinguished Engineer).
Biography
Kamil Bajda-Pawlikowski is a Polish software engineer, tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of Starburst, valued at $3.35 billion. An alumnus of Wrocław University of Science and Technology and Yale University, he co-founded the startup Hadapt (acquired by Teradata). At Starburst, he built an advanced analytics platform that connects and processes data across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid systems, backed by a strong subsidiary and engineering team in Poland.