Alex Gostev, MBA's Linkedin Analytics

Program/Product leader with 10+ years of experience driving DevEx, automating DevOps and cloud infrastructure. Launched internal developer platform (IDP) based on Backstage and 5 B2B SaaS products. Shaped ML-powered developer tool handling 1B+ LOC analysis. Successfully delivered enterprise AI solutions: forecasting, recommendation, GenAI-based. Led teams through infrastructure modernization reduced onboarding time from 4 weeks to 4 days. My articles has been published in IEEE, Hacker Noon, Agile Insider, and UX Planet I have launched (zero-to-one), managed, and grown digital products with teams under my leadership. Some of these products achieved 150 million monthly visits and over 10 million monthly active users. Teams under my leadership have launched 5 products. I typically maintain end-to-end responsibility in high-paced environments, applying a quantitative approach to innovation, experimentation, and decision-making. Vital statictics: - Highest impact product managed: CKAN powers national data portals around the globe @ CKAN, 2024 - Most complex product developed: engineering metrics platform for software teams @ QArea, 2021 - Biggest product launched: online dating platform with 150 mln visits monthly @ LevelUp, 2014 - Biggest product managed: >100 mln visits monthly for top-5 portals @ CKAN, 2023 - Smallest team led (full lifecycle): 3 @ Bitok.com, 2016 - Biggest team led (full lifecycle): 45 @ LevelUp, 2016 - Product teams managed and developed: 10 - Successfully built&monetized products: 3 - Product organizations created: 1 Knowhow's. I have expertise in: ⏫ Scaling product user-base and ARR 🙋‍♂️ Tech diplomacy and advocacy 🙋‍♂️ Communicating across global stack of stakeholders 🙋‍♂️ Efficiently working between Scandinavian and Slavic cultures ⚙️ Zero-to-one innovation with 5 products launched ⚙️ Leading a cross-functional team with end-to-end responsibility ⚙️ Leading innovation process to develop an idea into a software product ⚙️ Leading research & discovery + design & delivery as a coherent system ⚙️ Setting up modern software development approaches as Shape-up (or Agile) ⚙️ Leading product development via: vision -> strategy -> execution 📈 Complex monetization experiments 📈 Creating growth models and growth loops 📈 Top of funnel optimization as a high-growth opportunity 📈 Using quantitative marketing efforts to grow an SaaS or a service 📈 Owning end-to-end measurements to understand each step of value creation 📈 Experimenting and discovering online channels, messaging, audience that drive growth I