Janko Bazhdavela

Experience

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  Queen's University of Belfast

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Research Trainee
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  Seavus

  Jan 2005 - Sept 2011

  • Head of Engineering, Products Division

    May 2009 - Sept 2011

  • Production Manager (Head of Belarus Branch Office)

    Apr 2008 - May 2009

  • Technical Lead, Products Division

    Jan 2006 - Apr 2008

  • Software Developer

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
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  Thomson Reuters

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  Technical Product Manager (Consultant)
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  Amplify

  Oct 2011 - Sept 2016

  Senior Product Manager
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  Olapic

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Director of Product

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Senior Product Manager, Enterprise Platform & Moderation

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2016
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  The Corcoran Group

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2020

  Corcoran is a premier real estate company with over 4.5 thousand agents and over 100 offices across the USA.I led our 50+ person global Product Management, Product Design, and Engineering teams and help build better products and experiences for our agents and home seekers. • Responsible for the product vision, strategy, as well as the execution for all of our digital products: public websites, agent platform, data & analytics, and internal tools• Helped grow our local New York team to a global 50+ person organization• Set up a lean product development framework/process resulting in a higher adoption rate and user satisfaction with our products• Increased the key conversion rate on our flagship consumer website, corcoran.com by 87%, and the key engagement metric by 152%• Managed the organization's budget• Helped launch Corcoran's franchise business• Member of the executive team Show less

  • VP of Product & Engineering

    Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Head of Product

    Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
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  The Infatuation

  Jun 2020 - Apr 2024

  Chief Product Officer

  The Infatuation and Zagat are global restaurant discovery platforms. Our mission is to bring diners the most honest and trustworthy opinions on where to eat around the world.– I led our global Product organization, which includes Product Management, UX and Product Design, Engineering, and Data & Analytics.– Responsible for the Product organization’s mission, vision, budget, strategy, organizational structure, goals, and execution of all digital products.– Helped rebuild our products and grow our user base from less than 1M to over 7M monthly active users.– Helped scale our 8-person Product & Engineering team to a 60+ person global organization, establishing proper processes and practices at different scale points.– Member of the acquisition due diligence team, resulting in a successful acquisition. Show less

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  Zagat

  Jun 2020 - Apr 2024

  Chief Product Officer
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  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2024

  Head of Product, Dining

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a global financial services company. The company acquired The Infatuation and Zagat to accelerate its investment in dining.– As an additional responsibility, I led Product for Dining, helping connect our product offerings and benefits throughout the dining customer journey (from discovery to transaction and retention) across all channels (Infatuation, Zagat, JPMorgan Chase).– Responsible for the technology integration (from The Infatuation) into JPMorgan Chase. Show less

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  Citygo - Covoiturage urbain

  Jul 2024 - now

  Chief Product & Technology Officer