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Registration: 13.10.2015

Denis Zakalinsky

Design
senior
Specialization: Product Management & User Experience Design Expert

Skills

Brand Developement
Brand Development
Business Analysis
Business Process Improvement
Corporate Identity
Critical Thinking
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Data Analytics
Data-driven Decision Making
Front-end
Growth Strategies
HTML 5
Information Architecture
Interaction Design
JavaScript
Leadership
Logo Design
Market Analysis
Market Research
Mobile Applications
Negotiation
Problem Solving
Product Management
Product Strategy
Project Management
Prototype
Requirements Gathering
SQL
Strategic Thinking
Troubleshooting
Usability Testing
User Experience Design
User Interface Design
Web Design
Web Development
Wireframing

Work experience

Product Owner
since 03.2022 - Till the present day |Kaseya
Product Management, Product Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Critical Thinking, Market Research, Market Analysis, Problem Solving, Negotiation, Project Management, User Experience Design, Data Analytics, Business Analysis, Process Improvement
- Agile Methodology: Successfully improved processes in product development, resulting in a 15% increase in team productivity. - Feature Prioritization: Defined and prioritized product features based on customer needs and market trends, resulting in a 13% increase in customer satisfaction scores. - Team Development: Mentored and developed team members, resulting in a 20% increase in employee satisfaction scores. - Conducted market research and identified a gap in customer needs, resulting in the development of a new product that increased market share by 15%. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and launch a new product on time and within budget, resulting in a 27% reduction in product development time. - Led the development and execution of a successful rebranding campaign, resulting in a 50% increase in brand recognition.- Agile Methodology: Successfully improved processes in product development, resulting in a 15% increase in team productivity. - Feature Prioritization: Defined and prioritized product features based on customer needs and market trends, resulting in a 13% increase in customer satisfaction scores. - Team Development: Mentored and developed team members, resulting in a 20% increase in employee satisfaction scores. - Conducted market research and identified a gap in customer needs, resulting in the development of a new product that increased market share by 15%. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and launch a new product on time and within budget, resulting in a 27% reduction in product development time. - Led the development and execution of a successful rebranding campaign, resulting in a 50% increase in brand recognition.
Product Manager
07.2020 - 03.2022 |SEO PowerSuite
Product Management, Product Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Critical Thinking, Growth Strategies, Market Research, Market Analysis, User Experience Design, Data Analytics, Business Analysis, Leadership
- Product Strategy: Developed and executed product strategy resulting in an 8% increase in revenue for the company within the first year of implementation. - Market Research: Conducted market research and competitive analysis to inform product decisions, resulting in a 5% increase in market share. - Product Performance: Implemented a data-driven culture to track product performance and made data-driven improvements, resulting in a 23% increase in user engagement and adoption rates and a 17% reduction in customer churn and support tickets. - Roadmap Development: Developed and maintained product roadmap, ensuring alignment with company goals and customer needs, resulting in a 19% increase in on-time delivery of features. - Stakeholder Management: Managed stakeholder expectations and communicated product vision and progress effectively, resulting in a 35% increase in stakeholder satisfaction.- Product Strategy: Developed and executed product strategy resulting in an 8% increase in revenue for the company within the first year of implementation. - Market Research: Conducted market research and competitive analysis to inform product decisions, resulting in a 5% increase in market share. - Product Performance: Implemented a data-driven culture to track product performance and made data-driven improvements, resulting in a 23% increase in user engagement and adoption rates and a 17% reduction in customer churn and support tickets. - Roadmap Development: Developed and maintained product roadmap, ensuring alignment with company goals and customer needs, resulting in a 19% increase in on-time delivery of features. - Stakeholder Management: Managed stakeholder expectations and communicated product vision and progress effectively, resulting in a 35% increase in stakeholder satisfaction.
Senior Product & Delivery Manager
05.2020 - 09.2021 |Auxiliary
Product Management · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Negotiation · Project Management · Business Analysis
iOS & Android Application / Healthcare, Insurance (Sber) Project ROI 161,5%. - Manage project budget. - Create specs for devs. - Create epics, stories, tasks and manage sprints. - Manage employees, create schedule and manage deliveries. - Making sure employees made deliveries with product without delays. - Keeping employees on task to make sure all deliveries are done. - Communicate with customer and team on daily basis to ensure all work is lined out. - Confer with customers, stakeholders, contractors to exchange information or to resolve problems iOS & Android Application / Healthcare, Insurance (Sber) Project ROI 161,5% - Manage project budget. - Create specs for devs. - Create epics, stories, tasks and manage sprints. - Manage employees, create schedule and manage deliveries. - Making sure employees made deliveries with product without delays. - Keeping employees on task to make sure all deliveries are done. - Communicate with customer and team on daily basis to ensure all work is lined out. - Confer with customers, stakeholders, contractors to exchange information or to resolve problems.
Product Manager
04.2019 - 07.2020 |SoftSwiss
Product Management, Product Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Critical Thinking, Growth Strategies, Market Research, Market Analysis, Negotiation, User Experience Design, Data Analytics, Business Process Improvement, Business Analysis, Corporate Communications, Leadership
Web/Mobile App & Backoffice, Integrations, REST API / iGaming, Sportsbook, Loyalty System, Payment System. Created B2B Sport Betting Solution from scratch. Achievements: - Development team was 35% smaller than planned. - MVP was launched for 6 months, instead of 11 as was planned. - The Scope of completed features exceeded the plan by 30%. - Found at least 3 features new to the betting domain. Overview: — Collaborated with 3rd party providers and partners. — Presented product at international exhibition (London ICE). — Defined product vision & strategy. — Developed and communicating product roadmap. — Effective collaboration with different departments to achieve company’s goals. — Built effective solutions for collaborative, successful work environment. — Setting up agile-friendly processes. — Identifying business and customer needs and requirements. — Requirements management and communication. — Planning and monitoring. — Defining goals, setting epics/stories. — Leading brainstorms, creative-, planning-, grooming- sessions, stand-ups. — Leading UI/UX implementation. — Creating web-, mobile- interfaces based on a deep understanding of business and user needs. — Keeping Confluence KB updated and useful. — Data-driven Decision Making. — Reviewing specifications, wireframes and final releases. — Conducting job interviews with potential candidates.
Product Manager / UX Director
12.2016 - 12.2018 |Bridge
Product Management, Product Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Critical Thinking, Growth Strategies, Market Research, Market Analysis, Problem Solving, Project Management, User Experience Design, Data Analytics, Business Process Improvement, Business Analysis, User Interface Design
iOS and Android Apps, management system, white-label B2B2C platform, REST API | eCommerce, retail, Loyalty system, payment, AI, ML, image recognition. Developed the product vision, strategic planning, requirements gathering and analysis, ux strategy, task decomposition, creating and supporting knowledge base etc. I leveraged my expertise to establish new development workflow for defining product requirements, developing user stories, and creating effective development approach. New workflow resulted in a 80% decrease in Front-End Development time and cost and were implemented company-wide. Overview — Identifying business and user needs and requirements. — Business Analysis. — Requirements elicitation. — Requirements organization. — Requirements analysis. — Translating and simplifying requirements. — Requirements management and communication. — Defining product vision & strategy. — Developing UX-strategy for iOS and Android Apps. — Built effective solutions for collaborative, successful work environment besides reducing development cost. — Leading UI/UX implementation. — Planning and monitoring. — Defining tasks and goals. — Leading brainstorms and creative sessions. — Creating web-, mobile- and touchscreen-interfaces based on a deep understanding of business and user needs, requirements and behaviors. — Keeping guidelines library updated and structured. — Conducting user tests. — Reviewing specifications, wireframes and final releases. — Conducting an interview with job candidates.
User Experience Consultant
07.2016 - 03.2019 |AsthmaMD
Critical Thinking, Growth Strategies, Data Analytics
iOS, Android, Web Apps | Health We develop free application that allows users to easily and quickly log their asthma activity, their medications, causes of their asthma in the form of a diary. Users may share the diary and a color graph chart of their asthma activities with their physicians to be included in their medical records. AsthmaMD is the only asthma mobile application awarded with the prestigious UCSF Collaborative Research Network (CRN) grant.iOS, Android, Web Apps | Health We develop free application that allows users to easily and quickly log their asthma activity, their medications, causes of their asthma in the form of a diary. Users may share the diary and a color graph chart of their asthma activities with their physicians to be included in their medical records. AsthmaMD is the only asthma mobile application awarded with the prestigious UCSF Collaborative Research Network (CRN) grant.
Head of UX/UI Department
12.2015 - 07.2016 |devicepros LLC
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iOS + Android Apps | IoT Associate Product Owner (Leef App). 1. I improved iOS App Rating in App Store from 1,5 to 3,5 stars. 2. I increased conversion by 280%. Developing and leading UX and UI design teams. My responsibilities: — developing UX-strategy for wide range of platforms and devices; — identifying business and user needs and requirements; — defining product vision & strategy; — creating web-, desktop-, mobile- and touchscreen-interfaces based on a deep understanding of business and user needs, requirements and behaviors; — reviewing specifications, wireframes and final releases; — defining tasks and goals; — leading brainstorms and creative sessions; — keeping UI-guidelines library updated and structured; — conducting user tests; — conducting an interview with job candidates; etc.
Lead UX/UI Designer
06.2014 - 08.2015 |Profitero
UX
Responsibilities: - Art Direction. - Managing design related work. - Setup Design Process as part of whole development process. - Prepare design guides, library of controls shared through multiple teams. - Define app requirements. - Define Stories and UC's. - Collecting app requirements. - UX Design concept developing. - Prepare storyboards / wireframes. - Developing of Visual Design concepts. - Design responsive layouts. - Developing Presales. - Developing Logos. - Developing UX and Visual Design for mobile applications. - Usability Testing.
Senior User Experience Designer
04.2013 - 05.2014 |EPAM Systems
Data Analytics
Responsibilities: - Managing design related work. - Setup Design Process as part of whole development process. - Prepare design guides, library of controls shared through multiple teams. - Define app requirements. - Define Stories and UC's. - Collecting app requirements. - UX Design concept developing. - Prepare storyboards / wireframes. - Developing of Visual Design concepts. - Design responsive layouts. - Developing Presales. - Developing Logos. - Developing UX and Visual Design for mobile applications. - Usability Testing. - Business Trips and working on site.
FE Development, UX/UI
01.2002 - 12.2013 |Createch Group, Warecorp, Dotnetpanel, oDesk, iTransition, InteticsCreatech Group, Warecorp, Dotnetpanel, oDesk, iTransition, Intetics
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Domains: Automotive, Finance, Healthcare, Wellness, Education, Retail, Aviation etc. Brands: Jaguar, Ford, Toyota, Suzuki, Land Rover, Volkswagen, VTB, Raiffeisen, Ryanair, BASF, Nickelodeon, Costco, Tack Bell, Dunkin Donuts, Xerox, Chevron, Canadian Tyres etc.

Educational background

Business Administration and Management, General
2021 - 2023
City Business School
Economist - manager
2003 - 2008
Information Technology
1998 - 2003

Additional education

Leadership: Practical Leadership Skills
Till 02.2023
Udemy
[2023] The Complete Management Skills Certification Course
Till 01.2023
Udemy
The Complete Product Management Course
Udemy

Languages

EnglishAdvanced