Ken Leaver

End Game

Venture-funded startup
April 2024 - Current
- Fractional COO

Techzi.co  
October 2023 - Current
- Working with a venture builder on this project
- Led the creation of media entity with 3k+ email subscribers and 1k+ daily site visitors
- Oversee video team that creates daily tech news show with 8k+ tiktok subscribers
- Created lead generation agency with 10+ clients doing cold email + paid ad funnels
- Startup idea validation service with active clients
- Creating d2c brand and product line

Stablebooks.co (Accounting)
May - Oct 2023
- Created and led the tech team on this fintech for Dubai
- Financed by a venture builder 

Authentickator (NFT eCommerce)
June - Nov. 2023
- Funded by Menyala (Temasek venture builder)
- Created Youtube channel with over 300 videos and 5k+ subscribers
- Tiktok channel has millions of views

Circles.Life
Feb - May 2023
- Drove new high growth product strategy for Australia market

Delami Brands
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
- One of the leading offline Indonesian offline fashion retailers with 200+ stores
- Worked with one of the owners that heads eCommerce on omnichannel strategy planning

Ezie (SEA logistics & fulfilment aggregator)
July 2022 - December 2022
- Fractional CPO helping build the tech team & processes

Rainforest.life (FBA aggregator w/ $50m+ valuation)
June 2022 - Aug 2022
- Led ERP implementation and team creation

L'Etoile (Leading Russian offline beauty retailer) - 2021
- Workshops for CEO and c-team on omnichannel ecommerce strategy

Loginet (Leading B2B transport platform in Russia) - 2019
- Board advisory on product strategy

Goods.ru (top electonics focused ecommerce player in Russia) - 2019
- Advised CEO & Tech  leadership team on overall ecommerce architecture

Other clients included Yandex, Ozon, Branded, Shipper, and Wasoko (listed separately)

Owner / Operator of my own agency

Therapada

Offer mental health specialists to developed countries at a third the cost.
Currently runs at break-even level but at a small scale.
Currently in the process of selling the business to an acquirer

Founder

Tech in Asia

Write occasional articles in conjunction with TiA
Check them out here: https://www.techinasia.com/profile/ken-leaver-2

Contributing writer to Tech in Asia

Wasoko

Wasoko is one of the top African ecom players that has raised $150m+ from Tiger Global and others
I was hired by CEO & CTO to lead the replatform of the tech stack

Advisor

Shipper

Indonesian eCom ops platform with a $300m+ valuation.  YC graduate.
Led the tech for a new project to create a b2b procurement platform

BRANDED

FBA acquirer founded by ex-CEO of Lazada Group, Pierre Poinant, with $300m+ valuation
Led the tech team on contract basis for largest acquisition with $100m+ revenue
Helped build the tech teams for operations and marketplace tools

Pomelo Fashion

Founded in 2013, Pomelo is a leading fashion omnichannel ecommerce player in Asia that has raised $100m+ in funding
Looked after a product team that of ~12 PM's and UX designers
Had responsibility for Data Science (team of 4) and BI (team of 4)

Head of Product & Data (RVP)

Goodsberg

During the hypergrowth of Russian marketplaces like Ozon, we crowdfunded products to sell on the 5 top Russian ecom marketplaces.
Sold over 70+ products
Was a profitable business from day one
Sold the business to one of the co-founders

Yandex.Market

Yandex Market is one of the top ecom players in Russia and part of the $20bn+ Yandex Group
Was hired by CEO to help align on some new strategic projects

OZON.ru

Ozon is one of the top 2 ecoms in Russia with $5bn+ GMV and IPO'd on Nasdaq for $12bn
This was an interim/contract role in which i was in charge of all operations/marketplace/finance product and was also head of strategy for the company
Remit included 20+ PM's and reported direct to CEO

I consider myself a mutt of sorts...  strategy consultant (7yrs) to Commercial leader/CEO (5 yrs) to Product Manager/Leader (6 yrs) to Entrepreneur & Agency Owner (3 yrs)

Plus I've started and run 6 of my startups over the years and love writing.  

So I like to think that I can think about a problem from multiple angles at a pretty high level...  an entrpreneur/CEO, a strategist, a tech person, and a marketer.
 
Check out my "10x how you execute" offering at: https://endgame.techzi.co/10x

Techzi.co (media + affiliate)
October 2023 - Current
- Working with a venture builder on this project

Stablebooks.co (Accounting)
May - Oct 2023
- Helped a venture builder build a new fintech in the GCC region

Authentick (funded by venture builder)
June - Nov. 2023
- Created Youtube channel with over 300 videos and 5k+ subscribers
- Tiktok channel had millions of views

Circles.Life
Feb - May 2023
- Drove new high growth product strategy for Australia market

Delami Brands
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
- One of the leading offline Indonesian offline fashion retailers with 200+ stores
- Worked with one of the owners that heads eCommerce on omnichannel strategy planning

Ezie (SEA logistics & fulfilment aggregator)
July 2022 - December 2022
- Fractional CPO helping build the tech team & processes

Rainforest.life (FBA aggregator w/ $50m+ valuation)
June 2022 - Aug 2022
- Led ERP implementation and team creation

L'Etoile (Leading Russian offline beauty retailer) - 2021
- Workshops for CEO and c-team on omnichannel ecommerce strategy

Loginet (Leading B2B transport platform in Russia) - 2019
- Board advisory on product strategy

Goods.ru (top electonics focused ecommerce player in Russia) - 2019
- Advised CEO & Tech  leadership team on overall ecommerce architecture

Other clients included Yandex, Ozon, Branded, Shipper, and Wasoko (listed separately)

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