Oliwia Konieczna · Product & UX/UI Designer

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Oliwia Konieczna✦Product & UX

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Now: Product & UX · Hitachi Energy
Certified: CSPO · Certified Scrum Product Owner
Open to: Product Owner & UX/Product hybrid roles

I turn messy, multi-stakeholder B2B products into clear, usable ones. Four years across enterprise portals, SaaS tools, and platforms where design and product decisions meet.

At Hitachi Energy I look after UX and product on a portal shared by many business units: research, information architecture, workshops, and the daily work of turning conflicting input into flows and screens developers can actually build. Before that, at OKAPI:Orbits, I designed collision-avoidance software for satellite operators.

Studying and working across five countries taught me to adapt quickly and collaborate across cultures. What I care about most now is the product side: deciding what to build and why, not just how it looks.

The best enterprise UX is almost invisible: people simply find what they need and get on with their day.

4+Years experience

5Countries

5Case studies below

Selected Work

A small set of projects, chosen for the thinking behind them, not the pixels.

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01 · Hitachi Energy · Collaborative Operations Portal

Redesigning the COP homepage into a role-aware command center

The problem

The homepage had been left behind for years. It was essentially a long directory of links with confusing names, so people would log in and still not know what the portal could do for them or where to go next.

What I did

I owned this one alone, from the first interviews to the shipped design. I watched how users actually move through the portal, tested inside their real flows, then rebuilt the homepage around each person's role and subscriptions, with a few lightweight KPI widgets. Developers were involved early, so nothing got lost in handoff.

3-4 moResearch to ship

SoloUX/UI, end-to-end

ResearchIAUI design

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02 · Hitachi Energy · Installed Base + Sites

Installed Base: a structure problem, not a screen redesign

The problem

More than six business units had to share one Installed Base view, but each sells different products and uses different words for the same things. There was no common user model to build on, just legacy single-unit pages and a portal-wide rebrand happening at the same time.

What I did

Again end to end on my own. I facilitated the workshops, built proto-personas and ran card sorting, which is how we caught the "Assets overload" risk before anything shipped. The hierarchy I designed turned out flexible enough that new content was added later without a rebuild.

6+Business units

~6 moDiscovery to UI

Card sortingIAEnterprise UX

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03 · Enterprise energy software · Glow / Optimization

Glow: an AI-powered contingency analysis users can trust

The problem

Power-system engineers needed to run contingency analysis where a physics solver checks part of the cases and AI predicts the rest. The flow crossed several systems, and without careful design it could easily feel like a black box: what is ready, what failed, what happens next.

What I did

This one was mine end to end. I inherited a basic flow from a previous designer and had about three months to turn it into the real thing. I refined the flow, designed the final views for case loading, run analysis and the dashboard, kept iterating on my own, and brought every open question back to our stakeholders instead of guessing.

~3 moInherited flow to final views

SoloUX/UI, end-to-end

AI/ML UXWorkflow designEnterprise

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04 · Okapi:Orbits · ESA-sponsored SaaS

CASCADE: a coordination platform for satellite operators

The problem

When two satellites are on a possible collision course, their operators often can't even reach each other easily, let alone trust the data they receive. Decisions that should take minutes were spread across emails, calls and separate tools.

What I did

I led research and design for the ESA-sponsored MVP. I ran UX workshops, mapped the user flows and a priority matrix, took the wireframes from rough sketches to hi-fi, and then put the concept in front of 11 satellite operators in England, France and Italy in in-depth interviews.

11Operators interviewed

3Countries

ResearchProductSaaS

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05 · Okapi:Orbits · OKAPI Platform

A space weather widget for safer maneuver decisions

The problem

Before a maneuver, operators were checking several space-weather sources and piecing the picture together themselves. It took time they didn't have, and the data wasn't easy to interpret under pressure.

What I did

I benchmarked how existing platforms present space weather, ran workshops to decide what actually matters, and designed one focused widget. Feedback from aerospace engineers is why Radio Blackouts and Solar Radiation Storms ended up as simple values with a three-day forecast.

3-dayForecast at a glance

Real-timeSpace weather data

BenchmarkingData vizUI design

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What people say

Words from the people I've built with.

One of the most user-focused UI/UX professionals I've met. She has a remarkable ability to step into the shoes of the end user and translate complex business requirements into intuitive experiences; her wireframes and mockups make it easy for developers to align on the vision.

Grzegorz PisarczykSenior Business Analyst (CBAP), Hitachi Energy

Working with Oliwia was a fantastic experience. She places significant importance on the discovery phase, making sure to understand the end user's perspective and how they'll use the application. Her ability to collaborate with both developers and stakeholders ensures seamless project execution.

Marcin BiałowąsProduct Owner & Chief Software Development Engineer, Hitachi Energy

I implemented Oliwia's UI/UX designs as a fullstack developer. Very creative and meticulous; her designs were always visually appealing and user-friendly, and she adjusted them based on practical implementation feedback. A great asset to any team seeking top-notch designs.

Mohamed GhanemFullstack Developer, Okapi:Orbits

Turning complexity into product direction.

A small set of projects, chosen for the thinking behind them, not the pixels.

Redesigning the COP homepage into a role-aware command center

Installed Base: a structure problem, not a screen redesign

Glow: an AI-powered contingency analysis users can trust

CASCADE: a coordination platform for satellite operators

A space weather widget for safer maneuver decisions

Product thinking, grounded in design craft.

Product & strategy

Design & research

Words from the people I've built with.

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