Maxim Illyashenko
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Wilhelm Taht
Maxim was one of the driving forces in just about the most challenging thing you can in a live game environment; moving from one technical infrastructure to another, while maintaining player engagement throughout. Maxim’s team in Kyiv initiated the tech-project for Bingo Bash, and together they pulled through in flying colours, while the project expanded over time. Maxim was able to navigate the multi-cultural setup, with other team members placed time zones ranging from the US west coast to India. He was well informed and kept track of all important tasks in a methodical way at all times. On top of that, Maxim’s product knowledge was a great benefit to the whole Bingo Bash organisation. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a refined games leader in Ukraine!
Tanja Loktionova
Having come to Nika Entertainment, Maxim has revealed his best professional skills and personal qualities. Broad vision of a project, brilliant planning and analytical skills, people management talent, multi-tasking unite with Maxim's attention to details, ability to plan and optimize resources. Being a Project Manager and Product Owner of several products at a time, he can negotiate with partners and inner clients, set priorities and keep to the roadmap. He is optimistic, positive, friendly and reliable. Maxim is the best Project Manager I have ever chanced to work with. I sincerely recommend Maxim for the most complex and ambitious projects, he can also be a PM/PO Team Lead. Dear Maxim, thanks for the honour of woking in the same team with you.
Wilhelm Taht
Maxim was one of the driving forces in just about the most challenging thing you can in a live game environment; moving from one technical infrastructure to another, while maintaining player engagement throughout. Maxim’s team in Kyiv initiated the tech-project for Bingo Bash, and together they pulled through in flying colours, while the project expanded over time. Maxim was able to navigate the multi-cultural setup, with other team members placed time zones ranging from the US west coast to India. He was well informed and kept track of all important tasks in a methodical way at all times. On top of that, Maxim’s product knowledge was a great benefit to the whole Bingo Bash organisation. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a refined games leader in Ukraine!
Tanja Loktionova
Having come to Nika Entertainment, Maxim has revealed his best professional skills and personal qualities. Broad vision of a project, brilliant planning and analytical skills, people management talent, multi-tasking unite with Maxim's attention to details, ability to plan and optimize resources. Being a Project Manager and Product Owner of several products at a time, he can negotiate with partners and inner clients, set priorities and keep to the roadmap. He is optimistic, positive, friendly and reliable. Maxim is the best Project Manager I have ever chanced to work with. I sincerely recommend Maxim for the most complex and ambitious projects, he can also be a PM/PO Team Lead. Dear Maxim, thanks for the honour of woking in the same team with you.
Wilhelm Taht
Maxim was one of the driving forces in just about the most challenging thing you can in a live game environment; moving from one technical infrastructure to another, while maintaining player engagement throughout. Maxim’s team in Kyiv initiated the tech-project for Bingo Bash, and together they pulled through in flying colours, while the project expanded over time. Maxim was able to navigate the multi-cultural setup, with other team members placed time zones ranging from the US west coast to India. He was well informed and kept track of all important tasks in a methodical way at all times. On top of that, Maxim’s product knowledge was a great benefit to the whole Bingo Bash organisation. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a refined games leader in Ukraine!
Tanja Loktionova
Having come to Nika Entertainment, Maxim has revealed his best professional skills and personal qualities. Broad vision of a project, brilliant planning and analytical skills, people management talent, multi-tasking unite with Maxim's attention to details, ability to plan and optimize resources. Being a Project Manager and Product Owner of several products at a time, he can negotiate with partners and inner clients, set priorities and keep to the roadmap. He is optimistic, positive, friendly and reliable. Maxim is the best Project Manager I have ever chanced to work with. I sincerely recommend Maxim for the most complex and ambitious projects, he can also be a PM/PO Team Lead. Dear Maxim, thanks for the honour of woking in the same team with you.
Wilhelm Taht
Maxim was one of the driving forces in just about the most challenging thing you can in a live game environment; moving from one technical infrastructure to another, while maintaining player engagement throughout. Maxim’s team in Kyiv initiated the tech-project for Bingo Bash, and together they pulled through in flying colours, while the project expanded over time. Maxim was able to navigate the multi-cultural setup, with other team members placed time zones ranging from the US west coast to India. He was well informed and kept track of all important tasks in a methodical way at all times. On top of that, Maxim’s product knowledge was a great benefit to the whole Bingo Bash organisation. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a refined games leader in Ukraine!
Tanja Loktionova
Having come to Nika Entertainment, Maxim has revealed his best professional skills and personal qualities. Broad vision of a project, brilliant planning and analytical skills, people management talent, multi-tasking unite with Maxim's attention to details, ability to plan and optimize resources. Being a Project Manager and Product Owner of several products at a time, he can negotiate with partners and inner clients, set priorities and keep to the roadmap. He is optimistic, positive, friendly and reliable. Maxim is the best Project Manager I have ever chanced to work with. I sincerely recommend Maxim for the most complex and ambitious projects, he can also be a PM/PO Team Lead. Dear Maxim, thanks for the honour of woking in the same team with you.
Experience
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Cointelegraph Innovation Circle
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Official Member
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Feb 2023 - Present
Sharing insights on Blockchain, GameFi, and Web3 with Cointelegraph Innovation Circle, a professional organization of founders, executives and experts in the fields of blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, NFTs, Web3 and decentralization in finance, insurance, gaming, healthcare and more. Sharing insights on Blockchain, GameFi, and Web3 with Cointelegraph Innovation Circle, a professional organization of founders, executives and experts in the fields of blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, NFTs, Web3 and decentralization in finance, insurance, gaming, healthcare and more.
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Play2Earn LTD
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Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine
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Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
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Dec 2021 - Present
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iLogos Game Studios
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Gibraltar
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Computer Games
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100 - 200 Employee
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Head of Internal Products
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Dec 2021 - Present
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Belka Games
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Cyprus
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Computer Games
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200 - 300 Employee
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Development Director
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Jan 2021 - Sep 2021
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GSN Games
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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300 - 400 Employee
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Studio Director of Kyiv Studio
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Jun 2019 - Oct 2020
• Responsible for executing against defined strategic goals and objectives for the location with an overall aim to drive Operational Excellence in Ukraine• Responsible for both maintaining and improving the positive performance of the studio• In partnership with Human Resources, responsible for creating operations strategy and policies in compliance with local, state and federal regulation and laws governing business operations• Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams within and outside Ukraine to identify the right tools and approaches to achieve operational and process efficiencies• Ensuring teams delivery excellence with expected products quality, on time and to budget• Responsible for the smooth functioning of different departments in Ukraine such as General Management, Product Development, Technology, IT, HR and Finance.• Responsible for people strategy, attracting and mentoring the best talents, motivating them to harness their true potential and fostering a fun and productive culture in the organization• Ensuring strong internal and external communication mechanism and processes - upward, downward and horizontal• Being the main point of communication for the studio to key stakeholders outside of Kiev• Was one of the driving forces for Bingo Bash (70mln+ installs) full transition to Unity and UI/UX renewal Show less
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Director of Products
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Oct 2018 - Oct 2020
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AB Games
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Cyprus
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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General Product Manager
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May 2018 - Oct 2018
• Ensuring clear production processes and efficiency for existing teams • Covering absent general roles for cross departments - HR, Marketing, etc. and taking the active part in the creation of GM structure • Strategic goals and objectives planning for different departments and teams • Crisis management • Ensuring clear production processes and efficiency for existing teams • Covering absent general roles for cross departments - HR, Marketing, etc. and taking the active part in the creation of GM structure • Strategic goals and objectives planning for different departments and teams • Crisis management
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Innovecs
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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400 - 500 Employee
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Engineering Director, Head of Delivery of Gaming Global
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Feb 2017 - May 2018
• Strategic goals and objectives planning and execution for the Gaming business unit via consequent tactical steps• Budget planning and execution under P&L responsibility• Operation and delivery excellence with cross-functional teams for multinational projects and clients• Expansion of Innovecs Gaming business• Building full cycle client journey excellence via services provided by the company. From the first contact to the successfully delivered projects• Continuously providing technical expertise for existing and potential clients across different technologies, tools and game genres to refine and improve routines and processes, to maximize results, quality of work, efficiency and customer satisfaction• Smooth cooperation with cross departments across the company such as General Management, Marketing, Business Development, HR, Recruitment, Finance, IT and ES to reach tactical and strategic business goals• Responsible for people strategy, attracting and mentoring the best talents, motivating them to harness their true potential and fostering a fun and productive culture in the department• Ensure strong internal communication mechanism and processes - upward, downward and horizontal• Building strong relations with key stakeholders internally and externally Show less
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Sr. Engineering Manager BU Gaming at Innovecs
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Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
• Budget planning and execution under P&L responsibility• Operation and delivery excellence with cross-functional teams for multinational projects and clients• Building full cycle client journey excellence via services provided by the company. From the first contact to the successfully delivered projects• Continuously providing technical expertise for existing and potential clients across different technologies, tools and game genres to refine and improve routines and processes, to maximize results, quality of work, efficiency and customer satisfaction• Responsible for people strategy, attracting and mentoring the best talents, motivating them to harness their true potential and fostering a fun and productive culture in the department• Ensure strong internal communication mechanism and processes - upward, downward and horizontal• Building strong relations with key stakeholders internally and externally Show less
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Nika Entertainment
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Owner/Project Manager
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Sep 2014 - Apr 2016
• Managing full cycle casual games development for social and mobile platforms • Budgets, plans, milestones, release plans, updates, marketing activities preparation • Leading distributed and cross-functional teams from 5 to 30 people in the positive and democratic atmosphere • Implementation of Scrum methodology for distributed teams • Ensuring smooth production processes for teams and clear workflow for top management • Regular analyze of whole products pack metrics to maximize their effectiveness • Integrating product metrics benchmarking to share best practices through all company games • Negotiation with partners and publishers Show less
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Gestalt Games
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Ukraine
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Project Manager and Lead Game Designer
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Jul 2012 - Sep 2014
• Casual games delivery for iPhone/iPad, Android, Amazon and PC platforms • Managing the cross-functional team including game designers team (quests, game mechanics, animations and particles, hint systems, localizations, texture atlases preparation, sounds integration, etc.) • Implementation of knowledge sharing process between all projects in the company • Games adaptation for the target audience • Projects planning, budgeting, and management • Casual games delivery for iPhone/iPad, Android, Amazon and PC platforms • Managing the cross-functional team including game designers team (quests, game mechanics, animations and particles, hint systems, localizations, texture atlases preparation, sounds integration, etc.) • Implementation of knowledge sharing process between all projects in the company • Games adaptation for the target audience • Projects planning, budgeting, and management
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Flash-be
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Ukraine
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Founder and CEO
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Oct 2010 - Apr 2012
• Attract private investments and partners • Launch POS materials production • Contracts with manufacturers and suppliers (Ukraine, China, USA) • Direct B2B sales • Attract private investments and partners • Launch POS materials production • Contracts with manufacturers and suppliers (Ukraine, China, USA) • Direct B2B sales
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Letzgro
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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2012 - 2012
• Presales • Distributed and cross-functional teams management • Account management • Projects planning, budgeting, and management • Presales • Distributed and cross-functional teams management • Account management • Projects planning, budgeting, and management
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Hatunka.com.ua
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Ukraine
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Founder and CEO
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Aug 2008 - Oct 2010
• B2C products delivery • Online store, based on open source CMS development • SEO optimization • Contracts with distributors and providers of related services • B2C products delivery • Online store, based on open source CMS development • SEO optimization • Contracts with distributors and providers of related services
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Education
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2007 - 2009
NTUU "KPI"
Master, Telecommunication systems and networks -
2003 - 2007
NTUU "KPI"
BS, Acoustical devices and systems
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