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Olya Caliujnaia
Founder & CEO at Sanlo
Austin, Texas
Overview
Olya Caliujnaia is the Co-Founder & CEO of Sanlo, specializing in gaming monetization, with a background in product management and entrepreneurship. She has held key roles at notable companies like Wells Fargo and Getty Images, showcasing expertise in product strategy and management.
With a Master of Business Administration from London Business School, Olya has excelled in roles such as Director of Product Management at Getty Images and Senior Product Manager at Electronic Arts, demonstrating a strong track record in product development and leadership within the gaming and digital media industries.
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
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
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
Wells Fargo & Company is a financial services firm that provides banking, insurance, investments, and mortgage services.
Consultant - Product Management
2019 - 2020
Working on growth initiatives driving the largest portion of revenue stream in the company.
Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers.
Raised $61,800,000.00 from Khosla Ventures, Global Investors, Tencent, Peter Mobbs, Spark Capital, Five Sigma, Greyrock Investments and True Ventures.
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
SigFig is financial services firm that dedicates in making high-quality investment advice to investors of all wealth levels.
Raised $119,500,000.00 from New York Life Insurance, Eaton Vance Management, UBS, Nyca Partners, Union Square Ventures, DCM Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and General Atlantic.
Consultant - Product Management
2018 - 2019
BlocPower is an energy technology company that offers cooling, electric heating, and hot water systems for homes.
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
Getty Images is a visual media company that captures, creates, and preserves content to elevate visual communications.
Raised $825,000,000.00 from Multiply Group.
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
Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Raised $2,200,000.00 from TCV and TCV.
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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