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As Startup Mentor, I participate in various startup programs organized by SET University

As Startup Mentor, I participate in various startup programs organized by CfE Accelerator

As a Startup Mentor at TheWays, I am part of an innovative platform dedicated to fostering professional growth and solving business challenges. My role involves guiding and supporting aspiring entrepreneurs and startup teams, leveraging my experience and insights to help them navigate the complex landscape of launching and managing a successful startup.

As a Member of the United Angels Network, I actively engage in identifying and investing in high-potential startups, with a special focus on innovative ventures led by Ukrainian entrepreneurs in the DefTech and Generic sectors. This role involves a strategic blend of investment insight, mentorship, and collaboration with a network of seasoned investors

As a member of the Network VC Syndicate Club, I invest in early-stage tech startups alongside experienced angel investors and venture capitalists. Our exclusive, invitation-only group focuses on innovative ventures, combining financial investment with mentorship and collaboration to drive industry transformation and support startup growth.

In my role as a CTPO, I'm responsible for comprehending the customer and market needs, and overseeing the complete product development process, from ideation to deployment. This encompasses conducting research, crafting design concepts, creating prototypes, and managing the software development and delivery stages.

As a Strategic Advisor, I've advised the CEO and other top executives of the company on the vision and strategy of product growth and development. A few examples include a successful integration of AI capabilities into the main product and the successful discovery and validation of new outbound growth channels.

Product:1. Implemented and launched the new generation of the core product (Latitude aka Sitebuilder+) from scratch2. Improved the overall conversion from signup to purchase3. Improved user activity retention4. Identified the target user audience and key archetypes5. Identified the user activation event, metrics6. Improved the overall user activation rateProcess:1. Integrated and established the system of OKRs across all of the departments2. Established, developed, and maintained the scrum/delivery process of the Engineering and Design teams3. Established the now-next-later roadmap process 4. Established the process of the quarter delivery planning5. Established the reliable development process6. Established the human-centered design process7. Established the instant feedback loop with customersPeople:1. Helped to successfully scale the team in Ukraine from 7 people to 60.2. Helped to build a self-managed Engineering team3. Helped to scale the product team from 2 to 8 people3. Built a self-managed Design team 4. Directly managed from 3 to 30 people5. Was a member of the executive teamTechnical:1. Built the analytics tracking system from scratch2. Successfully launched 100+ features in the new product3. Built and successfully integrated internal a/b testing tools4. Helped with growth forecasts, revenue planning, churn projections, and other growth-connected planningCompany type: Product company

In the conditions of a full scale war and total demographic crisis in Ukraine co-founded a company and developed a mobile app to connect Ukrainian talented children with financial sponsors ready to fund their growth and development. During my presence in the company connected 300+ sponsors with 100+ children.

Helped 16,000+ refugees find temporary shelter during the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine.

1. Founded the visual HTML Page Builder - Novi Builder - that was one of the most profitable projects at TM in terms of ROI2. Managed a team up to 5 people3. Launched the Novi Builder website4. Launched direct sales of Novi Builder on Envato market5. Integrated Novi Builder into 100+ site templates at Template Monster

1. Designed several site templates that once implemented were sold for a total of $100000+2. Designed the entire UI/UX of Novi Builder

1. Developed more than 150 HTML website templates2. Developed ~20 JS plugins for HTML templates that were integrated in more than 10 000 templates.3. Developed the Intense HTML template. Its the most popular HTML template of all time at TemplateMonster, which was sold for $100 000+ in total.4. Developed the core functionality of Novi Builder5. Was the employee of the year 3 times in a row.