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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.

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