Mikhail Kalashnikov
Product Owner, Live Sports at Yandex
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Product Owner, Live Sports at Yandex
Russia
Overview
Work Experience
Product Owner, Live Sports
2021 - Current
We offer international and domestic sports broadcasts to 30 million Yandex Plus subscribers via Kinopoisk OTT video platform. I direct the efforts of cross-functional team of 50+ people (project managers, developers, designers, editors, marketing and so on) creating the best live sports experience for the digital age.
Co-Founder, Product & Media
2021 - 2023
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VP, Product & Media
2020 - 2021
I was responsible for product and media strategy of esports company transiting from agency/event business to the full-fledged esports ecosystem. The team I formed launched three new products: booking SAAS for the esports centers, platform for the amateur esports tournaments, and interactive Twitch extension. I also devised a media strategy focused the creation of the new media assets based on the esports media rights. Winstrike successfully raised another round of funding.
Principal, Head of Product
2017 - 2019
Principal & Head of Product at FunCubator, early-stage VC fund specialized in digital entertainment. Our focus: e-sports, VR/AR, digital video, AI in creative industries, everything social.
Head of New Product Development
2016 - 2017
I was responsible for the new mobile products of Tribuna Digital: product discovery, launch, building of the independent teams. New products were built for the markets outside our core business in Russia. - Tribuna.com – mobile-first community of football fans. I supervised the process of integration of sports startup 90Live after the acquisition. Renamed Tribuna.com, it became company's flagship product in Western Europe and Africa with millions of MAU. - Betting Insider – the community of betting enthusiasts. The app ultimately became the most successful product on CIS market in terms of audience and revenue. - Rabona – 9gag-like aggregator of sports memes Closed in 2018 after several pivots. - Kixx - daily fantasy sports for football fans (closed in 2017) I led a cross-functional team of 7 people as a product owner. Kixx gone from market analysis to 33K users (the largest project on the market) after the beta launch in 3 countries. Our team managed to attract 30% of users via viral projects (i.e. a fantasy sports competition based on the Game of Thrones TV series). The app was shut down in 2017 due to changes in fantasy sports regulation that made the original business model impossible.
Product Director
2015 - 2016
Руководил продуктом Sports.ru. Запускал новые направления в рамках Tribuna Digital.
Product Manager, Editorial & UGC Content
2011 - 2015
R&D and Product Management (social & editorial services, personalization & analytics, special projects). Создание и улучшение продуктов (от генерации идей и программирования прототипов до внедрения и маркетинга); обеспечение взаимодействия редакции, отдела продаж, аналитики и разработки. Социальная платформа, персонализация, исследовательские задачи, нестандартные рекламные спецпроекты.
Full Stack Web Developer
2008 - 2011
PHP, PostgreSQL, JavaScript. Sports stats, fantasy football, high-load optimization.
Full Stack Web Developer
2007 - 2008
PHP, MySQL / MSSQL, JavaScript.