Professional Experience

Deriv
2022 - Present

Senior Product Manager - Affiliate Platforms

Oct 2024 - Present

Limassol, Cyprus

Product Innovation & User Experience:

  • Revolutionized user onboarding: Designed and implemented a partner onboarding flow reducing friction from 2 days to under 5 minutes (99.8% improvement)
  • Enhanced user trust: Designed a RAG Pipeline that provides real-time support and documentation access, improving user confidence and adoption
  • Optimized user journeys: Streamlined partner integration flows resulting in a 15% decrease in signup completion failures
  • User-centric road mapping: Created product roadmaps based on user needs, technical feasibility, and compliance requirements
Product Management
User Experience
RAG Pipeline

Senior Product Manager - Trading Platforms

Jul 2023 - Oct 2024

Limassol, Cyprus

Product Leadership & User Experience:

  • Enhanced trading UX: Led a cross-functional team in developing financial trading solutions improving user experience for 3M+ customers
  • Cross-functional UX collaboration: Directed seamless cooperation between product, design, engineering, and marketing teams using agile methodologies
  • Complex API UX: Simplified complex API trading interfaces and client workflows to improve user experience and developer adoption
  • Large-scale coordination: Successfully managed cross-functional teams of 20+ using Scrum and Kanban methodologies, ensuring a user-focused delivery of our products
Product Management
Trading Platforms
Agile Methodology

Senior Business Analyst - Trading API

Jan 2022 - Jul 2023

Limassol, Cyprus

Data-Driven Growth:

  • Delivered complex analysis on DLT and API Platforms
  • Translated business requirements into technical specifications for development teams
  • Facilitated successful project initiation and completion through effective stakeholder communication and agile methodologies
  • Led cross-functional collaboration between product, marketing, and operations teams
Business Analysis
Trading API
Data-Driven Insights

Director & Head of Deriv Cyprus

Jan 2022 - Present

Limassol, Cyprus

Organizational Growth & Leadership:

  • Built and scaled the organization from 8 to 30+ professionals, establishing Cyprus as a strategic EU hub for the organization
  • Launched a second office in Nicosia, expanding operations and regional presence
  • Achieved 0% turnover for 3 consecutive years through innovative engagement strategies
  • Earned "Best Place to Work - Cyprus" recognition for 2 consecutive years and "Great Place to Work" certification for 4 years straight

Strategic Impact:

  • Developed and executed recruitment strategies aligned with market trends, driving talent acquisition growth
  • Led regulatory initiatives ensuring seamless operations in line with relevant employment laws
  • Established strategic partnerships enhancing local market positioning
Leadership
HR Strategy
Operational Excellence

Previous Experience

Senior Product Manager

Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

GT Group (FXGT) • Limassol, Cyprus

Financial Platform UX Transformation:

  • Led comprehensive UX redesign: Transformed Client and Partner trading platforms collaborating with UX designers, engineers, DevOps, and business teams
  • Rapid prototyping: Delivered working UX proof of concept in 1 month through iterative design and user testing
  • User journey optimization: Redesigned complete customer experience including onboarding flows, content presentation, and key interaction touchpoints
  • Technical UX implementation: Coordinated complex frontend and backend development ensuring scalable, user-friendly financial platform delivery
Product Management
UX Design
Financial Platforms

Managing Director, European HQ

May 2015 - Apr 2021

XAmplifier • Limassol, Cyprus

International Expansion & Operations:

  • Built European headquarters: Established and scaled the organization to 26 cross-functional professionals
  • Market expansion: Successfully grew the company's influence and market share across EU markets, specifically in the UK healthcare domain
  • Operational excellence: Managed the day-to-day business operations ensuring sustainable growth
  • Strategic leadership: Directed and executed the European strategy for MarTech solutions in healthcare
Director level
International Expansion
Healthcare Technology

Lead Solutions Architect

Sep 2015 - Dec 2020

XAmplifier • Chicago, IL

  • Executive engagement: Led pre-sale demonstrations with C-level executives for healthcare organizations
  • Technical architecture: Designed software integrations ensuring HIPAA compliance and data security and integrity
  • Solution design: Created patient journey frameworks and data interface solutions
  • Regulatory compliance: Developed compliance reports meeting healthcare industry standards
Solutions Architecture
HIPAA Compliance
Healthcare Technology

Lead Software Engineer & Cloud Architect

Mar 2011 - Mar 2021

XAmplifier • Chicago, IL

Platform Architecture & DevOps:

  • Platform foundation: Architected the original XAMPLIFIER SaaS Platform and cloud infrastructure which served 2.5M patients in the U.S in 8 years
  • DevOps innovation: Designed and implemented high availability solutions to ensure a 99.99% uptime of our systems
  • Data engineering: Created custom ETL solutions supporting healthcare data processing with various organizations
  • Technical leadership: Established development best practices and architectural standards
Cloud Architecture
DevOps
Software Engineering