Igor Tkachenko
Summary
Seeking the team of like-minded people, building business to make money:
- Value knowledge and awareness over blind copy of features, techniques and approaches;
- Value pull over push approach in decision making;
- Value willingness to change, adapting to everchanging nature of business.
Software generalist, who participated in all sides of businesses that develop and sell software products.
Introduced productive changes in big and small organizations, achieving measurable business results.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Product Officer
Playfood
04.2022 - Current
- Established product development strategy and vision based on market data, company goals and time and resource constraints.
- Interviewed top clients and leads to assess their business environments and constantly improve product vision.
- Built roadmap and related process to synchronize product vision with other departments and heads.
- Oversaw product and marketing materials development: UI/UX designs, sales offers and presentations, guides, web pages, written copies.
- Leading the team of visual design, UI/UX, and business analysis, specialists.
- Additional: established and oversaw operation processes (customer success, customer support).
- Initially was responsible for: hiring of all non development roles, establishment of sales and marketing processes.
Product Manager
Onde
04.2020 - 04.2022
- Interviewed clients; sales, marketing, and support specialists to provide information for feature prioritization.
- Developed product documentation for new and existing features.
- Proposed and oversaw process of features and works prioritization for the team.
- Solved conflicts between technical and business teams and requirements.
- Additional: designed and led new business vertical, that ended up in establishment a of new company — Playfood.
Product Manager
Big Data Technologies
02.2019 - 04.2020
- Established and managed process of new products "laboratory".
- Collected and assessed data for new product ideas prioritization.
- Launched and managed the customer development process of 4 different products.
- Managed related processes: sales, ads purchase, marketing materials development.
- Managed department budget, team, and hiring.
Delivery Manager / Head of Software Development
HYPERVSN
04.2018 - 02.2019
- Established and managed processes of software development department (cloud platform).
- Managed and hired people, developed the team.
- Participated in product roadmapping and prioritization, established and oversaw related process.
- Managed collaboration and processes of sub-departments: DevOps, Server development, frontend development, 3d tools, Test Automation, QA
- Provided estimates and development plans for CPO and CEO for further decision making.
Software Development Lead (Mobile)
Rogue Fitness
02.2016 - 04.2018
- Managed product development cycle as product owner — ecommerce mobile application (hybrid): aligned product development with company strategy and available resources, requirements specification.
- Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery.
- Proposed and leading implementation of software architecture and related technologies.
- Implemented MVP, key features and core;
- Reviewed code, debugged problems and corrected issues.
- Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements.
Analyst and Manager (WoT Product Vision)
Wargaming
04.2015 - 01.2016
- Managed the backlog of technical features — high level requirements, value assessment, prioritization.
- Collected and analyzed ideas from across the organization.
- Prepared opportunity assessments for decision makers.
- Managed requests for data analysis team.
- Managed prototyping projects.
- Proposed and managed prioritization process of the product vision department (under supervision).
R&D Product Manager (WoT)
Wargaming
09.2014 - 04.2015
- Shaped the ideas of technical features with the team of experts and directors.
- Analyzed high level requirements.
- Prepared ideas assessment for decision makers.
- Managed and participated in prototyping.
- Managed and facilitated interaction of different functional teams over R&D project (managed work without dedicated project teams).
- Documented user stories, specifications and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
Chief Technical Officer / Development Manager
AITOC
04.2010 - 09.2014
- Participated in development of the company strategy.
- Managed the work-flow and development resources.
- Participated in project and ideas prioritization.
- Participated in solving of day-to-day issues and conflicts among people.
- Participated in solving of day-to-day issues in projects.
- Managed life-cycle of internal technical products.
- Managed company-level architecture, platform and data configuration processes and implementation protocols.
- Built the team and interviewed people.
Senior Software Engineer / Architect
AITOC
06.2008 - 04.2010
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Improved system performance by making proactive adjustments and resolving bugs.
- Mentored team, sharing skills and expertise and encouraged each member to bring forward ideas and suggestions for improvement.
- Drafted visual representations of software architecture design for presentation to stakeholders.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Developed databases, programs and processes for integration and implementation across enterprise.
Software Engineer
AITOC
04.2006 - 06.2008
- Developed software solutions and modules following requirements provided by clients and management.
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met performance expectations.
- Coordinated with other engineers to delivery software in quality and timely manner.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Automation of Financial And Trading Operations
Belarusian National Thechnical University
Minsk, Belarus08.2007
Skills
- Product Development Consultations
- Strategic Planning and Alignment
- Team Mangement and Hiring
- Product Vision, Positioning, and Strategy, Development
- Cross-Departmental Alignment
- PRD and MRD Writing
- Market Analysis
- Data Analysis & Research
Timeline
Chief Product Officer
Playfood
04.2022 - Current
Product Manager
Onde
04.2020 - 04.2022
Product Manager
Big Data Technologies
02.2019 - 04.2020
Delivery Manager / Head of Software Development
HYPERVSN
04.2018 - 02.2019
Software Development Lead (Mobile)
Rogue Fitness
02.2016 - 04.2018
Analyst and Manager (WoT Product Vision)
Wargaming
04.2015 - 01.2016
R&D Product Manager (WoT)
Wargaming
09.2014 - 04.2015
Chief Technical Officer / Development Manager
AITOC
04.2010 - 09.2014
Senior Software Engineer / Architect
AITOC
06.2008 - 04.2010
Software Engineer
AITOC
04.2006 - 06.2008
Bachelor of Science - Automation of Financial And Trading Operations
Belarusian National Thechnical University
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