Piotr Kasprzyk

Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon Ring

Cracow Metropolitan Area

About

Senior Technical Program Manager with 14 years of professional experience, including a decade of leadership in ICT and consumer electronics. Currently at Amazon, I lead firmware development and global launches for Ring, managing complex platforms from in-house SoC development through EVT, DVT, and Mass Production. I specialize in coordinating large-scale, cross-functional programs involving multiple Firmware and Hardware teams across Europe, Asia, and the US. My track record includes delivering the first fully-owned product launches for Amazon’s Poland Development Center, achieving the record-breaking 4.5/5 star ratings in 2 weeks, and scaling products to 4 million units sold in their first year. I am focused on driving organizational efficiency through firmware convergence and optimizing delivery timelines by up to 50%.

Experience

  • Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Responsible for end-to-end firmware development and global product launches, specializing in custom SoC platforms and cross-functional engineering leadership. Key Achievements • Product Delivery: Led the firmware development and launch of the Ring Battery Doorbell, the first Ring product fully owned and delivered by the Amazon Development Center in Poland. • Platform Engineering: Managed the development of a new battery platform built on an in-house SoC, establishing the foundational architecture for the new product generation. • Market Success: Launched a product that achieved a 4.5/5 star rating on Amazon.com within 2 weeks (the fastest in Ring history) with 4 million units sold in the first year and no critical customer issues. • Operational Excellence: Delivered all milestones on time, achieving the highest engineering KPI scores across all historical Ring product launches. • Efficiency Gains: Reduced delivery time for subsequent Ring camera launches by 50% by leveraging platform flexibility and optimizing the firmware trial lifecycle. Core Responsibilities • Global Stakeholder Management: Coordinate firmware delivery across multiple global teams (Europe, US, Asia), including FW Core, Research & AI, Image Quality, Streaming, SDK, Connectivity, and Audio. • Hardware/Firmware Synchronization: Align hardware delivery schedules with firmware development cycles and ensure firmware readiness for all build phases, including EVT, DVT, and Mass Production. • Quality & Trial Coordination: Define product delivery plans and milestones; align firmware release scopes with internal and field trial teams. • Post-Launch Engineering: Bridge the gap between engineering and Customer Support to monitor and resolve customer-reported issues post-launch. • Portfolio Strategy: Currently responsible for the entire portfolio of new product launches, focusing on converging firmware across product lineups to increase organizational delivery efficiency.

  • Ericsson (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • R&D Program Manager
      Jan 2018 - May 2022 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Leading software product development program with 16 software development teams (100 developers) in 5 sites (Poland, Sweden, India) with help of my Leadership Team of 10 highly skilled Team Leads/Project Managers. My main focus is on long term strategy execution. I’m also responsible for capability planning, roadmap preparation, initiating and monitoring of multiple projects running in parallel (up to 25 simultaneous projects delivering complex software features to 5G Network Simulator). Working with Technical Experts analyzing requirements and dependencies between them to ensure smooth projects start and execution. Working with customers on requirements definition, prioritization and delivery plans. I’m part of Program Lead Team which ensured smooth and efficient growth of software development program from 8 to 28 Teams (200 developers).

    • Project Manager
      Mar 2016 - Jan 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Responsible for new product development from prototype to introduction and feature growth phases. I successfully ramped up development from 5 to 60 developers in multiple sites/countries. I identified early users, built relationship with them to gather feedback, requirements and build product roadmap. I eventually transferred product responsibility to partner company.

  • Ericpol (Kraków Area, Poland)
    • Senior Software Developer
      Dec 2015 - Mar 2016 · 4 mos

      • Facilitating Scrum meetings, managing board and removing the obstacles that affect team as Scrum Master • Part of Ericpol Ambassadors team representing company on job fairs and conferences, delivering Agile trainings for University students • Developing telecommunication test tool software as XFT member • Creating internal frameworks for test automation • Responsibility for system performance and capacity tests • Test environment configuration • Delivering technical trainings for product users

    • Software Developer
      Aug 2013 - Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Responsible for performance test area of UMTS network simulator. Providing courses of the product. Scrum Master of one of the development teams.

    • Junior Software Developer
      May 2012 - Jul 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Member of XFT Team of developers

  • Junior Sales Representative at Elmat
    Oct 2011 - Apr 2012 · 7 mos

  • Internship at ASCOMP S.A.
    Jul 2010 - Jul 2010 · 1 mo