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Ivan Sierov

Ivan Sierov

Product Owner
Lviv Region

Summary

Self-driven professional with 7 years of experience ranging from product development to sales and marketing. Leading the development and growth of a SaaS-based company in Ukraine.

Motivated and forward-thinking product owner with a good experience in a dynamic, SaaS environment. Specializing in product management, and software development. I have a history of leading the delivery in innovative products to disrupt stagnant markets. Adept at managing and leading diverse cross-functional teams. Strong conceptual, analytical, technical, and strategic thinking skills.
Reduced the delivery time by 20-25% and was able to coordinate 95% of product completion in line with the product roadmap.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
35
35

MANAGING A TEAM OF OVER 30 PEOPLE

4
4
Languages
50
50

More than 50 developed projects

2
2

Launching a project from scratch to sales

12
12

Saved a team of more than 10 people after the start of the war

Work History

Chief Executive Officer / Product owner

AutoBI - Auto-bi.io/en
02.2021 - Current

Developed and marketed a SaaS-based fleet management system for small to large scale enterprises. Core technologies used: Laravel, React, React Native, Node.js, SaaS, AWS, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, and IoT streaming data.

  • Oversaw the entire product development from vision creation to rollout and delivery
  • Defined the companies' development and project delivery standards, incl. defining the work breakdown structure, Gantt charts, task scheduling, development time estimates, and implementation of agile methodologies.
  • Achieved 80% operational cost reduction by driving a scalable server architecture. Reduced the delivery time by 20-25% whilst achieving 95% of the product roadmap
  • Conducted qualitative testing by launching an MVP version and interviewing more than 200 prospects.
  • Created and designed a product monetization scheme that would generate nearly £1.1m of EBITDA when receiving at least 1% of the for example UK commercial vehicle market.
  • Coached and mentored of 35 people on the product team.
  • Secured over $200k of annual turnover within three months of the start of sales (equating to over 2000 monitored vehicles).
  • Received several grant awards and ranked #90 – Best iPad rank ever in Business in Ukraine.

Business Development Manager

SoftBlues
10.2019 - 12.2021

Led risk analysis, creation of business models, and project delivery in areas such as online education (LMS), specialized marketplaces (E-commerce), and B2B solutions for the agriculture and automotive industries.

  • Wrote user stories, created business logic, conducted market analysis, and coordinated client issues
  • Selected products based on customer needs, product specifications, and applicable regulations. Reduced the cost for the project delivery
  • Drove customer satisfaction through on-time and to-quality project delivery.
  • Performed customer requirement gathering and contribute to the creation of a headless e-commerce company.
  • Developed and implemented strategic development plans.
  • Created several additional monetization schemes for clients, which increased the income of their projects.

Sales Team Lead

ImageCMS / Siteimage
01.2016 - 09.2019

Was responsible for sales and development of a Content Management System for E-commerce.

  • Led direct sales to end customers, partner communication, regulation of the price policy for the company's services, conclusion of contracts, and the company's sales plan.
  • Increased the annual income from partners by 5% through the creation of new terms for the affiliate program. Trained, coached, and mentored new sales associates. In general, Increased the company's annual income by 10%
  • Led the development of two new products: a quick-start package for small e-commerce businesses, and plugin solutions for e-commerce projects.
  • Improved the quality of communication between the sales and product development teams – leading to a 5-day reduction in deal completion time.
  • Trained, coached, and mentored new sales associates for maximum performance.
  • For all the time in the position, the sales plan was not fulfilled only once

Education

High School Diploma -

Lyceum of Computer Technology
Lviv
09.2009 - 09.2010

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering Technology

National University of Railway Transport
Dnipro
09.2010 - 09.2015

Skills

Product Management

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Software

Asana

Miro, Figma

Jira

HRM software

Figma

Sentry

Click up

Trello

Power BI

CRM software

AWS Console

Instagantt

Postman

Google adwords / analytics

Sublime

SAP, 1C

Interests

Moto-traveling

Cybersport

Drone Operator (create full motion video)

Board games

Space exploration

Crypto currency / NFT

Certification

How to become a strong Product Owner - udemy.com

Additional Information

I've been involved in a volunteering project to help those in need – please visit www.supportukraine.uk to find out more and help the cause

If you have passion, you can make anything.

Enthusiasm - is the basis of all progress.

Ivan SierovProduct Owner