TEAM
FOUNDER & CEO
Dr. Natalia Bielczyk is the visionary behind Ontology of Value® and the leading content creator. She is a Career Strategist, Business Developer, and Computational Neuroscientist exploring the Future of Work.
Professional development has become “chess 5D” and she travels the world studying the rules of the game.
Inspired by George R. R. Martin’s idea that “the only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself,” Natalia explores this very conflict in the context of career development in the AI era — helping individuals and organizations navigate uncertainty, uncover purpose, and design meaningful professional futures.
She built Ontology of Value®: the high-end career incubator helping professionals and teams self-navigate and subvert all expectations in the AI era. She is a researcher, academic lecturer, speaker, author, blogger, and startup mentor. She is also a speaker, speaking on the Future of Work, the evolving human–AI symbiosis, business and job market anthropology, and global trends in organizational design.
Natalia graduated from the College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Warsaw, Poland, with three MS titles: in Physics, Mathematics, and Psychology. Thereafter, she obtained a PhD in Computational Neuroscience at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
In 2018, she launched a public foundation, Stichting Solaris Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling, aiming to help early-career researchers find new careers in industry.
In 2019, she founded and developed a career incubator and accelerator, Ontology of Value®: an R&D, EdTech, and consulting company that conducts independent research on the fast-changing job market. Natalia and her team build tools and practices to help professionals self-navigate in the job market, craft their dream careers, and help businesses create synergistic, healthy, and happy teams in times of AI.
Within the company, she developed the flagship project: Ontology of Value® Test, a robust aptitude test built using a combination of psychometrics and machine learning that helps professionals and students discover their competitive advantage in the job market and find optimal career paths and assists teams in developing synergy and bringing performance to the next level. She now uses Generative AI to upgrade the test to a fully automated self-navigating tool, allowing users to reposition themselves dynamically in the current job market.
Even though she chose to work in the open job market, Natalia remains a researcher at heart and believes in the compatibility of science and entrepreneurship. Besides her work, she also authors books, leads a YouTube channel and creates educational blogs. She documents her personal journey at her personal blog nataliabielczyk.com in her free time.
In recent years, Natalia has also developed a broad personal network in IT and biotech industries, from startups to corporations, both within the Netherlands and abroad. She also gives workshops and public talks internationally.
Academic history:
- Academic CV: www.nataliabielczyk.com/my-academic-cv
- PhD Thesis: “Signal Detection and Causal Inference in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging“
Personal contact:
- Personal website/blog: www.nataliabielczyk.com
- LinkedIn account: www.linkedin.com/in/nataliabielczyk
- Instagram account: www.instagram.com/nataliabielczyk
- Twitter/X account: @natbielczyk
- Clubhouse: www.clubhouse.com/@nataliabielczyk
Media/Press Appearances:
Natalia on the impact of AI on today’s PhDs: Norling, L. (2026, March 16). AI and the PhD student: Friend or Foe?” Nature Careers 651, 842-844 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00843-y
Natalia on career education in (potentially) post-labor economy: TEDx Milpitas 2025
Natalia on her post-PhD career in PhD Hardtalk with Noma Mguni: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Natalia on women navigating careers in AI & Tech: Cybele Health Podcast, ep. 11: Breaking Barriers
Natalia on the complex job market and changing careers: Scrum with Dr. Joanna podcast by Dr Joanna Płaskonka (in Polish)
Natalia on work in the BANI world, becoming our own Zen masters, AI in recruitment, and contagious empathy: Amplifying Cognition podcast by Ross Dawson, ep. 58
Natalia on self-navigating in the job market and the future of work: Engineering Emotions and Energy podcast with Justin Wenck, PhD
Natalia on finding your dream job outside academia: When Science Speaks podcast with Mark Bayer, PhD
Natalia on the power of social capital: Digital Savages podcast with Amir Sabirovic
Natalia briefly on her career story: STEM Jobs Talk blog by University of Southern California San Diego Neurosciences Graduate Program Career Development Committee
Natalia on her career story: Learning with Chandan YouTube episode
Natalia on her relationship with the God of Money and personal finances in general: Personal Finances For PhDs podcast with Emily Roberts, PhD
Natalia on her own story arc so far: PhD Career Stories, episode #97
Natalia on handling failure and hardship throughout the professional career: “How I Fail” Series by Veronika Cheplygina, S02E02
Natalia on what she learned about herself in academia: Share on Board series, article #2
Natalia on the job market for PhDs and self-navigation in the job market: PaPa PhD podcast, S02E07
Natalia on her company, her book, and looking for a new purpose after leaving academia: #ChangeHigherEd & #HireHigherEd event, November 25th 2020
Natalia on her gap year after the PhD: Self-Compassionate Professor podcast, episode 42
Natalia on discovering your niche in the job market: The interview for the CARaDOC Network
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Alina Bielczyk
Alina Bielczyk, the CMO, is an expert in Electrical Engineering with 30+ years of working experience as a Quality Manager in the automotive and aviation industries. Throughout her career, Alina gained broad experience managing international teams on multiple organizational levels.
Andrzej Kupiński
Andrzej Kupiński, the Head of Sales, holds an MS in Electrical Engineering and a postdoctoral title in insurance and financial consulting. He has 25+ years of experience in HR consulting in insurance and financial markets and 15+ years of experience in management in the energy industry.
R&D TeAM
We work with contractors from all around the world (PhD- and MBA-level expertise required). Willing to work with u? Drop us an email at info@ontologyofvalue.com.