Dmitry Bortnitski Email & Phone Number

Portugal

B2B SaaS. E-sign software with a focus on automating routine processes, integrations, unique doc creation experience and ease of use.Key Achievements• Planned and successfully executed the research strategy by moving Research from Tactical Service to Strategic Research Enabler.• Democratized tactical Research and taught 28 designers to get the user insights from user interviews under the UX Research team supervision• Establish strategic partnerships with leadership to inform… Show more B2B SaaS. E-sign software with a focus on automating routine processes, integrations, unique doc creation experience and ease of use.Key Achievements• Planned and successfully executed the research strategy by moving Research from Tactical Service to Strategic Research Enabler.• Democratized tactical Research and taught 28 designers to get the user insights from user interviews under the UX Research team supervision• Establish strategic partnerships with leadership to inform and define the product strategy.• Transformed UX research team from a service that helps PMs conduct interviews - to partners who establish new processes and provide unique, comprehensive and actionable insights.• Maintained a clear roadmap and a live source of truth• Integrated new research approaches and tools (including AI chatbots and services for unmoderated research) into the daily work of PMs, Designers and Researchers that helped to scale the research 4 times and to create a single source of truth for the research outcomes.• Managed the internal learning course creation that matured non-researchers in research best practices and helped to shorten the number of interviews and test iterations to get the needed answers.• Drastically raised the visibility of research for the entire org, which enabled early cross-functional collaboration on feature development.• Developed the skills matrices and evaluation frameworks for the professional development of researchers. Show less

Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania

Apalon is a Mobile B2C company under IAC's (NASDAQ: IAC) subsidiary, Mosaic Group. Apalon is working in various domains, including Health & Fitness, Productivity, Utilities, Weather & Forecast.Key Achievements• Built UX Research Function, Team and Processes from scratch.• Changed the mindset of PMs, Designers and Developers, showing the value of user research in a skeptical environment.• Grew the research team 5 times within a year.• Implemented an innovative approach of… Show more Apalon is a Mobile B2C company under IAC's (NASDAQ: IAC) subsidiary, Mosaic Group. Apalon is working in various domains, including Health & Fitness, Productivity, Utilities, Weather & Forecast.Key Achievements• Built UX Research Function, Team and Processes from scratch.• Changed the mindset of PMs, Designers and Developers, showing the value of user research in a skeptical environment.• Grew the research team 5 times within a year.• Implemented an innovative approach of unmoderated testing that made it possible to reach out to US audiences and conduct in-depth interviews on scale. (Conducted and analyzed 3000+ interview sessions within 2,5 years)• Established the research process from scratch, aligning it with business goals that helped to embed the user-research practice into the development process of 10+ apps simultaneously.• Made qualitative research the essential part of the idea validation for the new apps that helped to save resources by not starting the development of those without sufficient proof of their prospect's cash generation. Show less

Minsk, Belarus

GameDev studio with the AAA title - World of Tanks.Key Achievements• Created a team management system to plan and manage the workload of 18 researchers.• Matured and up-skilled the team’s capabilities and skillset.• Created an effective department hierarchy, divided responsibilities among employees, and successfully anticipated and solved key problems, reducing project risks.• Recruited and developed exceptionally talented research professionals.• Created an… Show more GameDev studio with the AAA title - World of Tanks.Key Achievements• Created a team management system to plan and manage the workload of 18 researchers.• Matured and up-skilled the team’s capabilities and skillset.• Created an effective department hierarchy, divided responsibilities among employees, and successfully anticipated and solved key problems, reducing project risks.• Recruited and developed exceptionally talented research professionals.• Created an effective learning process for newcomers that helped them move from junior to strong middle level within 6 months. Show less

Minsk, Belarus

• UX Research of games, apps and websites on PC and mobile platforms at all stages of project lifecycle.• Consulting developers on the preparation of the product for the research• Coordinate and moderate playtests and individual studies• Conduct studies with eye-tracker• Stakeholder management - get buy-in from the stakeholders on the research work, balancing short-term work with long-term, strategic projects

Minsk, Belarus

• Team leading (up to 5 specialists). Estimating, planning activities, task sequencing; • Choosing strategy and approach for Usability Evaluation;• Processing requests for new usability and accessibility-related projects and activities, writing proposals;• Accessibility audits. WCAG 2.0 (A, AA) and Section 508 compliance tests.

Minsk, Belarus

Minsk, Belarus

Master’S Degree (Master Of Technical Sciences), Power Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electric Power Supply