Jan Mikula

Experience

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  Pears Health Cyber

  Apr 2007 - Oct 2008

  XSL Coder

  Design XSL templates for eshops of pharmacy.

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  INVIA.CZ

  Aug 2007 - Mar 2008

  PHP Programmer

  Code in Zend Framework. I worked on server Clubia.cz.

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  Fragaria Ltd.

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2013

  UX Designer, UI Developer

  — Created a concept of financial news app that was approved by CeskaSporitelna's (biggest Czech bank) and resulted in releasing funds.— Designed a concept of TV listening and then built it for tens of thousandsusers every month.

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  Centrum Holdings

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2012

  UX Designer, UI Developer

  Code to HTML + CSS, responsibility for UX design, SEO, advance measurement by Google Analytics.

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  Salsita Software

  Jul 2013 - May 2022

  Helped Salsita Software (software development agency) grow from 40 peoplein 2016 to 85 in 2020. Revenues in that period tripled.— Transformed team of 6 Project Managers into Product Managers that guideour clients which increased their satisfaction.— Improved our product discovery process which resulted in a highersuccess rate of our projects.— Established Shape Up methodology in the company which significantlyincreased speed delivery of new features and happiness in the team.— Introduced a new way how top management works that embracetransparency which was highly appreciated between employees. Show less — Worked for 10+ international clients (e.g. BayWa, First American,nDimensional, Letznav, Finygo, or Smart Fertilizer) and helped them delivertheir apps to production, preparing roadmaps and shaping requirements.— Successfully managed teams of Full-stack Programmers, QA Engineers, UI(Frontend) Developers, UX Designers, and DevOps that were highlydemanded by our clients which result in a repeated expansion of ourcooperation.— Built from scratch UI/UX team of 14 UI Developers and UX Designers.— Introduced methodologies like Design Sprint and Growth Hackingworkshops which helped Salsita to get new clients and expand revenues. Show less

  • Director of Product

    Feb 2020 - May 2022

  • Product Manager, UI/UX Team Lead

    Jul 2016 - Feb 2020

  • UX Designer, UI Developer

    Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
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  Swan Bitcoin

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2024

  Director of Product - Mobile

  — Launched Swan App with 100,000+ downloads, 1,500+ ratings, and score 4.8 stars at App Store.— Build from scratch top-notch core mobile team and then scaled mobile development to other teams.— Established Shape Up 6-8 weeks rhythms which helped deliver things productively, predictably and mainly with joy building something great.— DId 20+ customer Jobs to be Done interviews which I used with other user research techniques to established Product Strategy.