Kushtrim Spahiu Email & Phone Number

Switzerland

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Led the development of a code-free ML platform that enabled rapid prototyping and deployment of AI models.• Collaborated with 21 engineers and 4 product designers to launch two SaaS platforms for digital publishers in just 9 months.• Mentored and coached junior product managers, guiding the development of new features and enhancements for an online ticket booking platform.

My role in the Product Management team is to spearhead the innovation and end-to-end launch of products. Activities included:• Working with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement.• Partnering with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization.• Working in an Agile environment and continuously reviewing the business needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables, and identifying opportunities and risks.• Working with the financial team on pricing model for the products and with legal team on all necessary legal documents regarding the product.• Prioritizing and maintaining the sprint backlog for two Enterprise SaaS products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.• Translating product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.

My role in the Product Management team is to spearhead the innovation and end-to-end launch of products in coordination with the Product Technical Lead. Responsibilities include:• Developing and executing product roadmap.• Working with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, and engineering.• Prioritizing and maintaining the sprint backlog.• Developing appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance.

Data tell stories - stories of what people long for. And I was the conduit between their needs and the products we developed at Gjirafa. At Gjirafa, I helped translate data into meaningful insights that form the basis for the team to develop fascinating products. Gjirafa is an Internet services juggernaut in the Balkans. As an Albanian language search engine, a content platform, and e-commerce company, Gjirafa is building & facilitating the Internet Economy in the Balkans, by focusing on core Internet services that lack in the region, for a market of around 12 million people.

Stockholm, Sweden

• Spearheaded the establishment of business controlling and reporting processes.• Developed a Facebook Messenger chatbot for lead generation to support Chimplie’s growth.• Supported the development of product strategy, roadmap and feature definition. • Coordinated the automation of business processes, including creating integrations between software in automating data processing.• Supported clients’ business intelligence efforts by visualizing data & KPIs in dashboards using Google Data Studio.

Stockholm, Sweden

Recruited to support SSES’ efforts in marketing the offerings of the school.• Represented SSES to student organization, faculty & university entrepreneurship events.• Enhanced the exposure of the SSES brand and activities.

Stockholm, Sweden

Pond is one of the leading companies in brand innovation in the Nordics. As part of the PwC Network, Pond works with clients in strategic innovation, brand development, and experience design. Recruited as an intern in the strategy team to conduct market research and other analyses, spanning competitor benchmarking, SWOT analysis, customer behavior analyses, customer experience mapping, and creating customer personas. Achievements:• Supported the transformation of the digital user experience through data analysis where the client's mobile conversion rate rose by 23%. • Managed project initiation & planning phases in multiple digital transformation projects.

Stockholm, Sweden

180 Degrees Consulting is the world's largest student-driven, social impact consultancy. 180 Degrees provides high-quality consulting services to non-profits, social enterprises and socially minded companies around the world.Achievements:• Supported Ashoka, the world's leading organization for social entrepreneurship, in designing and developing a strategy for strengthening its financial base.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization which supports the development of mutually beneficial economic relations between the US and Kosovo.Achievements:• Improved the Chamber's offerings by redesigning key documents based on member organizations' feedback.• Assisted the formulation of policy recommendations aimed at improving the ease of doing business in Kosovo.

• Prepared the ‘Daily Digest’ - a collection of relevant news for the business community in Kosovo.• Conducted research and presentations on rule of law and doing business in Kosovo.

Master Of Science In Business & Management, Innovation & Business Renewal; Entrepreneurship & Opportunity

Activities and Societies: Master's Thesis: An exploratory study of how people interpret the adoption of Artificial IntelligenceThe MBM.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs) Degree In Applied Arts And Sciences, Management, Economics & Statistics

Activities and Societies: AUK Charity Club, AUK Economists ClubMajored in Management & Entrepreneurship and Economics & Statistics. •.

American Institute On Political And Economic Systems, Political Economy, Conflict Management, The Good Society, Political Philosophy