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London, GB

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Advised a number of startups on all things Product & Product Growth - Strategy, PLG, Product Research, Prototyping, Hiring People.

Prague, Czechia

• Spearheaded discovery, delivery, and strategy for a cross-functional platform product R&D team of 10 (Engineering, Design, Science, Product), assuming responsibility from the Founder & CEO
• Transformed Behavera’s complex analytics platform into an intuitive self-service solution through collaboration with domain experts and designers while continuously iteratively performed user-testing
• Developed and launched the company's first self-service sign-up product, garnering trial usage by 80% of registered users and adoption by 30% of new users' teams
• Fostered continuous user discovery by regularly sharing insights from 40+ user research sessions, product analytics, and user session recordings in public forums
• Expanded the R&D team from 2 to 10 members in 3 months by efficient sourcing and interviewing

Remote (Tbilisi, Prague, Bratislava, Yerevan, etc.)

• Directed product strategy and execution of 2 cross-functional product teams (Demand and Supply side) composed of 8 software engineers, 2 product designers, and a user researcher
• Developed key product offerings from 0 to 1, including a three-sided marketplace experience, MVP of a supply-side app, and a fully redesigned website
• Acted as the customer voice within the leadership team by synthesizing insights from 30+ user research calls, customer feedback, and input from customer-facing teams

• Managed Demand Side of the marketplace product by leading discovery and delivery of a cross-functional team of 4 engineers, a product designer, and a user researcher through a dual-track agile methodology
• Pivoted the company’s roadmap by uncovering a crucial insight by conducting a self-initiated user research with 15+ Supply side prospective customers in collaboration with Sales
• Co-founded the User Research practice by implementing Continuous Product Discovery principles by designing and running qualitative and quantitative research experiments weekly
• Streamlined agile-related processes by >50% through implementing established product delivery practices, such as a formalized communication guide, cross-functional feature testing, and standardized bug reporting

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Explored a startup idea I posted about on LinkedIn and it got +500k views and +2k sign up's (worked with researchers from Minerva, engineers from Microsoft, etc.)
• Became an On Deck Fellow ("Stanford for the internet") alongside YC founders, Thiel fellows, and other top tech operators, investors, and founders
• Worked for an Impact Investing (Private Equity & Wealth Management) fund based in LA

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Transitioned company from meeting to presentation software space by building and launching company’s first integrations; Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint resulting in over 2M unique downloads of Slido
• Conducted user research and managed accounts for 250+ clients using Google Slides integration, increasing product-market-fit from 28% to 64% and raising unique users by 700% YoY
• Secured strategic partnerships with Google Digital Coaches USA, UN Millennium Fellowship, and Ashoka, contributing to 60k unique users for the newly released Google Slides integration
• Initiated and co-founded the “Slido for Education” sub-brand that acquired 300+ university customers by demonstrating the significance of higher education as a customer segment through extensive market research

Bratislava, Slovakia

• Consulted a global client with $450m ARR on shifting their business model
• Prototyped a Fintech solution leveraging clients synergies successfully resulting in the client buying the product and re-hiring the firm moving to the implementation phase
• Identified 850+ SME leads and conducted customer research interviews with 60+ SME executives; used effective questioning, objection handling, and selling by capturing product and sales insights to accommodate prospects.

Bratislava, Slovakia

• Co-founded a self-sustainable school coffee shop that employs physically or mentally challenged
• Led the student fundraising strategy and execution team of 30+ students resulting in raising $90,000+
• Co-created the business plan, pitch deck, and initial hiring structure

Bsc, Social Entrepreneurship, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Founder of Student Social Impact Consulting (SimpactS Consulting), UN MCN Co-Campus Director, Social Impact.

Cs106A, Programming Methodologies

Introduction to Python course as a 5-week intensive (15+ hours/ week) online course with a weekly synchronous meeting.

High School Diploma, Economics, Statistics And Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Resident Assistant (took care of 20+ dormitory living students from 5+ nationalities), Student leader and coach.

Business Lessons

Harvard Business School introductory classes on Entrepreneurship Essentials, Global Business, Leadership Principles, Sustainable Business.