Jan Gliński has an over 30 year experience as a manager, which he gained mainly in multinational high-tech corporations in South America, Asia and Europe. He was directly responsible for the P&Ls of the projects with over one milliard euro turnover. In the early 1990`s he was a cofounder and chancellor of a highly innovative Polish and French University Wyższa Szkoła Nowych Technik Informatyczno-Komunikacyjnych w Poznaniu. In 2008 he founded Missions & Ventures in Singapore where together with an independent group of highly experienced practitioners in business he supports setting up and further development of both financial and technological companies. As of July 2012 he is a vice-chairman of the FACS foundation.
The Foundation for Advanced Computer Studies (FACS) is a non-for-profit research and application institution, which deals with education, software and consultancy in the field of computer science, in particular in the domain of knowledge mining, multimedia information systems, database management systems and the Internet.
FACS supports young researchers, in particular it sponsors preparations of "promising" Ph.D. theses and organizes professional competitions. FACS can also design and implement information systems of various types, knowledge systems, library management systems, and educational systems.
The main asset of FACS is its permanent staff and a pool of consultants working for FACS on a contractual basis. All of them are highly qualified computer specialists and lecturers in system analysis and evaluation, design, software implementation, training, Internet, etc.
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