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📥 garkovvalentin@gmail.com
Hello, I’m Valentin - A imaginative thinker with a devotion to quality. Currently, I am a Sr. Product Manager @ Razorfish working on Bridgestone E-Commerce, Mobile, and Platform Solutions. Formerly Sr. Account Executive @ VMLYR working on John Deere & developing Analytic Products for Marketing Performance. My startups have been featured in publications like Fox 8 and Cleveland Scene, and some of my clients include Cardinal Health, Boxed.com, Cleveland Cavaliers. Click an area to see my work!
TL;DR
Here's a timeline of my career
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Learning more SQL on Udacity
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Trying to break 90 (devoted bad golfer of 3 years)
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Cooking an excessive Wednesday dinner
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Probably reading an article on management, leadership, or team building.
2023 Q2
Bridgestone Fleet Care Pilot Launch
Successfully launched a new marketplace, integrating across multiple service provider systems to make a multi-vehicle booking marketplace with fleet management functionality
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Generating $1M/mo in service revenue, a 123% Increase
2022 Q4
Identified and developed product features which spanned across the entire Bridgestone Mobile Solutions enterprise with multiple languages to create roadmap and highlight dependancies.
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Eliminated duplicate efforts across ARTs saving $2M+ in development costs and correcting release projections by 3 months.
Accurate Roadmap Planning Across 5 Business Units, a 90 Person Team
2022
2021
Developed over 20 features for FSD ranging from warranty upsells to SSO and partner integrations.
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165% YoY Increase Revenue
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75% YoY Increase Bookings
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67% YoY Increase AOV
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47% YoY Increase in Valuation to $265M
Scaled Firestone Direct to $265M,
A Mobile Maintenance Application
John Deere Full Funnel Dealership Dashboard
Work with data science team to leverage Tableau and SQL to combine and visualize hundreds of dealership analytics and spending accounts. Data included website, digital media (search, social, display), traditional media, and market share to provide John Deere a first ever full funnel view of marketing performance by dealer, region, or product, with ability to compare or sum.
2020
VMLYR Media Buying Opportunity Score Algorithm
Created algorithm to optimize media buying on John Deere to highlight opportunity areas by month, county, and product using market share and organic website data, Worked lead between UX and buying teams to execute campaigns.
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$9M Marketing Budget Managed
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54% Increase in Market Share for Focus Counties
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17% Increase in Market Share overall in pilot dealers.
2019-2020
Grew Doc Shultz Sanitizer to $300k in Revenue in Retail Release Year
Grew my side hustle from a $15k Kickstarter to a profitable company
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Featured by Cleveland Scene & other publications
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Acquired retailers like Boxed.com, Cardinal Health, & FSAstore.com.
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Collaborated with The Cleveland Cavaliers for Team Shop Sanitizer
2019
Manipulated Data to Analyze Marketshare for John Deere
Manipulated PDF Marketshare data using Python to combine thousands of PDFs into a flat csv. Allowed us to analyze market share and correlations for media planning.
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Found a .97 correlation between Organic Search Vehicle Detail Page Views and competitor industry units sold by horsepower range.
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Used Organic VDP as a leading indicator for market demand in each product segment.
2018
Moved from UX to Product Management - 10+ Launches
In pursuit of the business side of products, I was promoted from UX to Product Strategist - simultaneously managing 2-5 full website revamps or ongoing projects. Responsible for scoping, managing, updating, and tracking project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation. Ensured that projects were hitting internal P&L goals, delivered on time, had proper requirements, and hit client OKRs.
2014
Flew to Japan to make the Worlds First Premium Hemp Denim
As a premium denim buyer finishing college, I learned all about the machines and practices behind making the best denim in the world, and combined it with the 4x strength and sustainability that hemp fibers bring
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Created sustainable, profitable global supply chain
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Sold Out Release Event
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Early 2000s
As a child at 10, I started making brands and "signatures" for my gaming community forum
My first use of photoshop, I started making people in my "clan" forum signatures - talking with them, getting requirements, and creating a finished product. The truth is, things don't change much.
Reimagined and Grew a Fast Casual Pizza Brand
2017
Created new branding, photos, website, app, in store experience, and advertisements, and assisted in media plan as a Brand Manager.
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Achieved new record of $40,000 grand opening AUV.
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Decreased bounce rate by 12%.
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Increased online and pick-up orders from site by 28%
2018
Launched Doc Shultz Premium Hand Sanitizer With Fully Funded Kickstarter Campaign
Worked with a team of chemical engineers to develop a hand sanitizer formula that is less abrasive on hands by infusing essential oils and the best vitamins for skin.
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Grew to 1,000+ followers
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Featured on FOX 8
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Sold out of trial run during events w/ interactive booth and online.
I was born in Dobralak Bulgaria, a small village.
Born 2 hours from the nearest city in a small village, I came to the US in 1997 with my parents and sister.
Product Development
Research target, analyze 1st/3rd party data, and create profitable roadmap + products that fit consumer needs.
Product Design
Design physical and digital products ranging from clothing and OTC goods to mobile maintenance apps.
SAFe Certified
Execute product planning & development through SAFe agile guidelines, prioritizing w/ WSJF, MSCOW, and PI planning across a portfolio of products.
Graphic Design & Photography
Design variety of physical and digtal assets from billboards, direct mail, sales packets, business cards, to social ads, website assets, animations, and more.
Business & Product Strategy
Create a profitable and sustainable business strategy to deliver value incrementally. Define MVP and minimize opportunity cost.
UX & Experiential
Create an experience for users that focuses on a CTA.
Analytics
Find the trend, exploit the gap. Ability to analyze large sets of data to find opportunity and draw actionable insights.
API + Back-End Development
Manage a variety of disciplines and tools
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Python
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.NET, Java
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SQL, S3
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Cognito, OAuth, NextAuth
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REST
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MULESOFT
Forecasting & Business Case Development
Use data trends to accurately predict product/feature ROI and forecast demand.
Front-End Development
Manage front end developers and user experience
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CSS/HTML
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React
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Angular
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AEM
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HTML5
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Java
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ContentStack