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Olya Caliujnaia

Founder & CEO at Sanlo

Austin, Texas

Overview

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2020 - Current

    Our mission is to support and empower gaming companies to create successful products that their customer love, while running financially healthy businesses. Come join us https://www.sanlo.io/about-us!

  • Fellow | ODFintech1

    2021

    Part of the inaugural class #ODFintech1

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2020 - 2020

    Focus areas: wealth and invest tech, PFM, future of work and collaboration, small business finance, small business tools, and gaming. XYZ.vc is an early-stage VC fund investing in fintech and enterprise.

  • Product Strategy & Wealth Tech Expert

    2019 - 2020

    Working with the Innovation Group and Strategic Design on the new product initiatives across the business

  • Consultant - Product Management

    2019 - 2020

    Working on growth initiatives driving the largest portion of revenue stream in the company.

  • Product Consultant & Advisor

    2019 - 2019

    Joined the company when we were less than 50 and have grown to 200+, raised Series D and E, grew revenue 100x, pivoted the distribution model and partnered with some of the biggest financial institutions in the world, such as Wells Fargo and UBS. Currently providing product strategy and management consulting and advisory services.

  • Product Head for New Products & R&D

    2017 - 2019

    - Owned and led the core product and R&D across web and mobile platforms, including new features to drive user conversion, retention and AUM growth - Responsible for driving platform vision, including features on both the B2B and B2C aspects of the product - Managed a team of PMs

  • Director of Product Management

    2015 - 2017

    - Led and launched first ever partnership of the robo-advisor with a bank. - Defined vision and led execution of the digital wealth management product launch within UBS - Scaled PM team from 2 to 7 people. Managed and mentored a team of PMs

  • Consultant - Product Management

    2018 - 2019

  • Deputy General Manager of Gettyimages.com

    2013 - 2015

    Shape strategic vision and commercial development for Gettyimages.com business. Accountable for driving and delivering business strategy by working across all functions including sales, operations, marketing, product, and technology. Focus on both B2B and consumer markets. Responsibility for revenue, customer retention and engagement.

  • Director of Product Management

    2013 - 2013

    May - October 2013: Expanded responsibilities to include defining strategy and managing product roadmap of Getty Images January - May 2013: Roadmap for photography and illustration on Getty Images and iStockphoto

  • Senior Product Manager

    2011 - 2013

    Playfish was a pioneer and one of the first developers of free-to-play casual and social network games. It attracted up to 55 million users a month. It was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). - Managed the development and live service operations of mobile and social games ranging from 1M to 10M MAU. Led cross-functional teams and designing gameplay that acquires, engages, and monetizes millions of players. Titles: The Sims Social, Restaurant City, Pet Society, SimCity Social, mobile titles in development

  • Product Manager

    2011 - 2011

    Playfish was a pioneer and one of the first developers of free-to-play casual and social network games. It attracted up to 55 million users a month. It was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). - Acted as a lead product manager for Restaurant City (700K DAU) - Direct responsibility of acquisition, engagement and monetization of players

  • Strategy Consultant

    2010 - 2011

    Strategy and marketing consulting firm ranked as “the world’s leading pricing consultancy” by The Economist. Consultant specializing in strategy, marketing and pricing consulting for clients in the technology sector. Project examples: • Stock photography portal: Analyzed consumer browsing and purchasing behaviour and produced segmentation recommendations to identify desired product functionalities, optimize marketing campaigns and implement pricing structures suitable for each segment • Financial services software: Conducted in-depth primary research, including customer interviews, and performed market analysis to recommend marketing strategy and pricing structure to re-position existing offering to meet demands of the changing financial regulatory environment • Active involvement in writing white papers and articles

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