Bartłomiej Filipek is a C++ software developer with more than 11 years of professional experience. He graduated from Jagiellonian University in Cracow with a Masters Degree in Computer Science.

Bartek currently works at Xara, where he develops features for advanced document editors. He also has experience with desktop graphics applications, game development, large-scale systems for aviation, writing graphics drivers and even biofeedback. In the past, Bartek has also taught programming (mostly game and graphics programming courses) at local universities in Cracow.

Since 2011 Bartek has been regularly blogging at his personal website: bfilipek.com. In the early days the topic revolved around graphics programming, and now he focuses on Core C++. He's also a co-organizer of C++ User Group in Cracow.

In his spare time, he loves assembling trains and Lego with his little son. And he’s a collector of large Lego models.