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Solaris Bus & Coach is a family company founded and owned by Solange and Krzysztof Olszewski. The company is a major European producer of city, intercity and special-purpose buses as well as low-floor trams. Since the start of production in 1996, over 12 000 vehicles have already left the factory in Bolechowo near Poznań. They are running in 29 countries. Despite its young age, Solaris has become one of the trendsetting companies in its industry. For many years it has been the indisputable leader among the suppliers of city buses in Poland as well as one of the largest suppliers of buses in Germany.

In Solaris since 2001,as Design Engineer in Electrical and Electronics Department,

Since 2008 Head of Bus Development and since 2014 Director of Bus Development.

Responsible for supervising of engineers working on new bus constructions equipped with diesel, hybrid and electrical propulsion

Graduate: Poznan University of Technology Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Robotics, Poznan University of economics and business - project management study

In Solaris since 2004,as Design Engineer in Electrical and Electronics Department,

Since 2012 as Advance Technology Manager.

Activities: Development, Search and analysis of new technical solutions, technical project management.