Experience

Kuda

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• VP of Product

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Our mission here at Kuda is to bring accessible, affordable, and rewarding banking experiences to people living in Africa and the African diaspora living abroad. Our mission here at Kuda is to bring accessible, affordable, and rewarding banking experiences to people living in Africa and the African diaspora living abroad.



Chipper Cash

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Product

  • Nov 2020 - Jan 2023

  Our mission here at Chipper is to unlock global opportunities and connect Africa, one transaction at a time. Every day we're chipping away at the huge challenge of moving money freely across oceans and Africa. We’re lowering barriers to payments like never before and unlocking new opportunities for our customers. I lead teams across Africa, US, Europe and Latin America to build innovative, well-designed products for customers. Our mission here at Chipper is to unlock global opportunities and connect Africa, one transaction at a time. Every day we're chipping away at the huge challenge of moving money freely across oceans and Africa. We’re lowering barriers to payments like never before and unlocking new opportunities for our customers. I lead teams across Africa, US, Europe and Latin America to build innovative, well-designed products for customers.



N26

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bank API Group Product Manager

  • Sep 2019 - Jan 2021

  Leading the Bank API group with the following initiatives: - PSD2 Open Banking (regulatory/compliance) - Multi-Banking (user engagement and retention) - Custom/Premium APIs and partner integrations (monetization initiatives) Official main tech contact with BaFin (German Financial Authority) Member and advocate of the PSD2 Berlin Group standardization initiative Leading the Bank API group with the following initiatives: - PSD2 Open Banking (regulatory/compliance) - Multi-Banking (user engagement and retention) - Custom/Premium APIs and partner integrations (monetization initiatives) Official main tech contact with BaFin (German Financial Authority) Member and advocate of the PSD2 Berlin Group standardization initiative



JetBrains

• Czechia
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Business Analysis and Automation

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  Leading the company-wide customer retention initiative and marketing/sales collaboration: identifying main reasons for customer churn and contractions to improve processes targeting customer/user retention growth in a data-driven way. Active collaboration with the sales department on retention growth initiatives and accurate reporting with custom dashboards.

• Senior Product Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2019

  Leading product management activities related to the PyCharm project: Python developers market research; competitor analysis and technology research; helping with product development roadmaps; supporting developers with usability research, user interviews and surveys; coordinating various release activities and making sure deadlines are met; helping with QA and tech support; product documentation improvements; product-oriented content creation and coordination of a dedicated team: a dev advocate, a product marketing manager and a tech writer Show less

• Product Marketing Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Sep 2016

  Leading product marketing activities related to the PyCharm project: user feedback analysis; new features highlights and promotions; running the product website, blog and social media; communication and coordination with other internal teams; planning, scheduling, and authoring of product-related materials; preparing and leading public appearances (conferences, trade shows, customer visits); product/company-related partnerships; product and marketing experimentation: coming up with ideas for improvements in various parts of the project; setting up metrics and tests; experimenting with existing and new ways of getting new users through changes in the product, partnerships, bundles, and special promotions Show less



Oracle

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • May 2011 - Jan 2013

  Projects: Oracle VM; Oracle Linux Oracle VM Server is the xen-based server virtualization solution, Oracle Linux is the Linux-based OS developed by Oracle. Key Responsibilities: coordination of QA across Oracle VM and Oracle Linux projects, Oracle Linux kernel automated tests development (focusing on virtualization and interoperability with Oracle VM Server), managing QA team for Oracle Linux; Oracle VM Server Documentation enhancements Projects: Oracle VM; Oracle Linux Oracle VM Server is the xen-based server virtualization solution, Oracle Linux is the Linux-based OS developed by Oracle. Key Responsibilities: coordination of QA across Oracle VM and Oracle Linux projects, Oracle Linux kernel automated tests development (focusing on virtualization and interoperability with Oracle VM Server), managing QA team for Oracle Linux; Oracle VM Server Documentation enhancements



Astronautics Corporation of America

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Feb 2007 - May 2011

  Linux kernel developer working on Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for Boeing 777/787 and the Nexus platform EFB is an electronic device that provides info services to pilots. Key Responsibilities: Preparing EFB (OS part which is based on vanilla Linux) for formal certification process imposed by FAA according to DO-178B (a guideline dealing with the safety of safety-critical software used in certain airborne systems): Software requirements development and formalization Linux kernel reduction and modification (incl. drivers) Test plan, test cases and test procedures creation Test automation Demo applications development Key Achievements: As part of the development and QA teams successfully finished three projects: EFB for Boeing 777/787 and the Nexus platform; created numerous software requirements (based on Linux man pages) and test plans; wrote numerous automated tests in C and Bash. Show less