Steve S. Email & Phone Number

California, United States

• Building a solution to automate European VAT and cut through the insane amount of red tape in Europe that ecommerce sellers have to put up with

Prague, Cz

• Selling high quality sustainably sourced green tea on Amazon and Shopify in multiple European countries• Grew the brand from zero

Singapore, Sg

• Accelerating growth of Minefield Navigator

Walpole, Massachusetts, Us

• Managed a portfolio of consumer brands on Amazon with a yearly turnover in the millions of USD, coordinated creative, supply chain and other stakeholders• Creatively tackled complex supply chain issues, e.g. I saved a container of goods impounded by German customs from destruction thanks to being familiar with EU import procedures and compliance• Turned 8 products into UK best sellers, having increased their revenue by 40% or more

• Managed the development of a grant processing software from concept to launch• Held elected office in a centrally located Prague district with 75k people• Convinced the council to release the grant processing app code under GPL license, thereby driving adoption and reducing costs to the City by 67%• Oversaw software integration into City Hall infrastructure, automated 3 employees, made the process paperless• Created a program for correctly allocating personal cell phone charges to employees to automate the tedious process, saving the City an equivalent of 1 employee (programmed alfa version on my own in Python)• Served on Prague IT Project Board overseeing multimillion dollar city-wide software initiatives and as a board member at Open Cities Initiative advocating open source software for public use

Praha 2, Cz

• Used Lean Startup methodology to design and execute the most efficient (cost per vote) political campaign in Czech history, taking the Pirates from 2% to 11% nationally, despite lack of money, low brand awareness, little media coverage, and fierce well-funded competition• Led national campaign team of 20+ people (4 direct reports) and sparked enthusiasm in thousands of motivated volunteers across the country• Delivered the Prague campaign that won us the seat of the Mayor of Prague and got elected Vice-Mayor myself• Raised $10M in donations and subsidies for an investment of $0.5M (ROI of 1,500%)

Prague, Cz

• Founded a software startup streamlining company formation (similar to LegalZoom), enabling people to seamlessly incorporate online in the Czech Republic• We have licensed the software to Societe Generale, it's still live as of 2024

Prague, Prague, Cz

• Delivered commercial due diligence for a major healthcare provider entering the CEE region• Developed a lead generation software for business recovery services• Spearheaded startup advisory services

Cambridge, Gb

• Designed an online tool to advise businesses on investment into soil, water and biodiversity conservation

• Developed a concept of raising awareness about a school-leaving examination using high student network• Sold it to a governmental agency, which awarded us a contract to deliver the concept. We ran it for several years and obtained extensions, delivering on our promises and scoring a 90% satisfaction rate with students• Managed a team of 22 people at the peak

Hangzhou, Cn

• Improved sales strategy of a manufacturing group from Eastern China, led and supervised a Chinese sales team

Master’S Degree

Bachelor’S Degree