barnabaspolgar
Business Development Manager And Consultant
Business Development Manager specialising in cybersecurity and Identity Governance & Administration, with deep expertise in EU regulatory frameworks and accessibility research. I have consistently led strategic growth, optimized operations, and integrated blockchain solutions for enterprise clients.
Having founded and successfully exited two IT and blockchain ventures, I bring proven leadership, negotiation, and project management skills; delivering measurable business impact while navigating complex, evolving markets.
Experience: 5 years
Yearly salary: $70,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: ðŸ‡ðŸ‡º Hungary
Residency: 🇧🇪 Belgium
Experience
Business Development Manager
TheFence 2025 - 2025
- Lead overall growth strategy and partnerships for the Benelux market, overseeing a multi-million euro pipelinefor cybersecurity and Identity Governance & Administration solutions. - Manage high-level client relationships, ensuring alignment with regional regulations and driving adoption of advanced security protocols. - Coordinate cross-functional teams to tailor product offerings.
Accessibility Researcher
Shiwaforce 2024 - 2024
- Conducted monthly accessibility audits, tracked and interpreted major EU digital regulations, reducing non-compliance incidents by 43 in 6 months and ensuring 100% compliance across key product lines. - Prepared and presented monthly reports to 10+ stakeholders while delivering weekly status updates to cross-functional teams, achieving buy-in for two major initiatives and halving turnaround times on corrective actions. - Maintained accurate compliance records for 500+ webpages and features, identifying and correcting 50+ discrepancies over two quarters. - Analysed accessibility strategies of top competitors, identifying three best-in-class solutions.
Business and Blockchain Consultant
PéNPé Consulting 2021 - 2024
- Provided strategic guidance, process optimisation, and blockchain integration for a diverse client portfolio, customising solutions to meet each organisation’s unique needs. - Led end-to-end consultations covering growth strategies, tokenisation, compliance, and implementation for clients across fintech, investment, and web3 sectors. - Managed a diverse client portfolio with notable outcomes: - Dorsum Investment Software: Directed the integration of blockchain and crypto solutions with traditional banking solutions, leading initiatives in stablecoin issuance and EU MiCA compliance. - Llamaverse Web3 Ecosystem: Revamped and expanded the investment section, raising project valuation from €1.2M to €8M (+665%) in under a year. - Mocean Technologies: Managed and enhanced B2B reports, resulting in an 80% growth in partnerships, serving over 30 businesses and reaching a daily audience of 100,000+. - Successfully collaborated and led 11 projects to launch, generating over €6.5M in primary market revenue and €1.8M revenue from secondary market sales.
Co-Founder and Head of Operations
Gentle Proxies 2019 - 2021
- Co-founded and positioned Gentle Proxies as a premier provider in the proxy market, combining proxy services with specialised software rentals; a pioneering approach in the sneaker-botting industry. - Architected a blockchain-based automation and payment system that reduced processing time and costs by 99%. - Oversaw rapid company growth, serving 1,200+ customers, generating €100,000+ in revenue, and selling over 50 TB of residential and 180 subnets of ISP proxies. - Negotiated and facilitated the successful acquisition of Gentle Proxies by a leading proxy provider.
Founder and CEO
Polgar Rentals 2018 - 2021
- Established a profitable sneaker automation software rental business from the ground up, leveraging blockchain technology for payments and order fulfilment. - Led a team of three, growing a global customer base of 300+ and generating €215,000+ in revenue. - Negotiated a successful exit through acquisition by a top-tier software rental company.
Skills
analyst
blockchain
business-development
co-founder
community-manager
consulting
ethereum
events-manager
finance
founding-member
marketing
product-manager
project-manager
quality-assurance
tech-lead
trader
sales
english
german
hungarian