Denis Alaev

Experience

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  Paltus

  Sept 2005 - Jan 2009

  Founder

  Hosting provider

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  ICNS

  Jan 2006 - Oct 2007

  CTO

  Building technical and billing solutions for IPTV services.Building trading and stock investment portfolio solutions for Russian Bank.

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  Forabank

  Oct 2007 - Aug 2008

  Deputy Head of IT Projects Department.

  Developed several investment portfolio optimization and recommendation products (including rebalancing) for Russian market using Markowitz Modern Portfolio Theory and Black-Litterman Model.Analysis, design and implementation of IT solutions to improve the business performance: CRM-system, ESB and other.

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  AlterGeo

  Apr 2008 - Jul 2012

  Founder and Product Director

  Founded in 2008, AlterGeo (formerly known as Wi2Geo) develops a hybrid positioning system which combines the advantages of navigation based on WiFi, WiMAX, GSM, GPS, CDMA, IP and several other methods, and is an author of Russia's leading cross-platform location-based social networking service AlterGeo. In 2012 AlterGeo was the largest Russia’s social geolocation start-up with several millions funding.See more at: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/altergeo• Developed a strategic plan for the product• Formed a new product vision and several business models for service• Launched mobile applications on iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Symbian• Launched mobile and web products with high attention to user experience and data-driven approach Show less

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  Founder Institute

  Mar 2012 - now

  Mentor
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  Mail.Ru Group

  Aug 2012 - Sept 2014

  Head of MyWorld@Mail.ru

  Management of a 3rd social network in Russia (30M+ monthly users, 200M+ total accounts).Product management, recruitment and organization of effective work of the project team (a total of 60+ employees). Improving the product quality and customer satisfaction. Planning, budgeting, marketing, etc.• Developed a strategic plan for the product• Formed a new product and technical team with a strong motivation• Launched mobile applications on iOS and Android with several millions monthly active users• Increased UX/UI experience and engagement, service performance and stability• Increased income of service Show less

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  Ahrefs

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2015

  Product Manager

  Singapore based Social Media and SEO tools service for SEM/SMM/SEO professionals with one of the biggest and fastest backlinks index in the world.* Built several new products such as Content Explorer for content marketing and SMM professionals.* Built Positions Explorer, Keywords Explorer and Disavow Tool for SEO/SEM professionals* Built Domain Health for newbies in SEO area.* Each product involved new users and paid subscribers.* Significantly improved UX/UI experience. Show less

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  Unicorn Bay

  Apr 2015 - May 2018

  Founder

  Unicorn Bay builds the blockchain platform and marketplace based on it for asset managers and investors in financial markets to help get better performance on investments at a more affordable price.

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  UNICORN DATA SERVICES

  May 2017 - now

  Product Manager at Unicorn Data Services (EODHD)