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Damian Szumski

Founder

Founder at Skymerse

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedSkymerse · YC

About

Damian Szumski is a licensed flight dispatcher with prior experience as a product owner at Flightradar24's API and background in aerospace and flight operations. He founded Skymerse, a YC S26 company.

Founder at SkymerseYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Damian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Skymerse's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Damian can intro founders to Skymerse's investors below.

Experience

  1. Skymerse (YC S26)Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. Flightradar24Product Owner (API)2024 — 2026
  3. FLYRDelivery Technical Lead2022 — 2024
  4. FLYRCustomer Solutions Engineer2021 — 2022
  5. LOT Polish AirlinesNavigation Coordinator2020 — 2021Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
  6. LOT Polish AirlinesFlight Dispatcher Assistant2020Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
  7. Lufthansa SystemsJunior Aeronautical Chart Specialist2019 — 2020Gdansk Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Project Management1Data ScienceFlight Planning1NumPyFlight DispatchMachine Learning AlgorithmsGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)PythonAmazon Web Services (AWS)SQL1VBA2
+12 moreMicrosoft ExcelMatlabAutoCADQGISPandasSeabornGoogle BigQueryPlanowanie lotuAnaliza danychPlanowanie projektówInżynieriaLotnictwo komercyjne

Languages English

  • ICAO Flight Dispatcher LicenceInternational Civil Aviation Organization

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Damian Szumski?
Damian Szumski is a licensed flight dispatcher with prior experience as a product owner at Flightradar24's API and background in aerospace and flight operations. He founded Skymerse, a YC S26 company.
Where does Damian Szumski work?
Damian Szumski is Founder of Skymerse.
What companies did Damian Szumski found?
Damian Szumski founded Skymerse.
Where did Damian Szumski go to school?
Damian Szumski studied at SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Magister (Mgr), Advanced Analytics - Big Data); Rzeszow University of Technology (Inżynier (Inż.), Aeronautics and Space Technology).

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