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alexey khamarkhanov
male 40 years old divorced russia citizenship
moscow, russia GMT+3

summary

born november 1, 1985, 23:55 in abakan city, siberia. khakas — turkic ethnic group.

studied in english-native boys lyceum (big thanks)

won various regional olympiads in mathematics and computer science

married twice, divorced twice, two children, one cat

product designer 20 years
head of design 7 years

skills

think imagine plan execute plans visualise design complex systems
figma ai concepts processes design-systems people leadership mentorship development russian language

experience

october 2022 — november 2025

wildberries

head of design

rebuilt b2b mobile app for 300k suppliers: started with a 3-person team and legacy bugged app, finished with new v2 app for 500k suppliers, design system, 100+ person team with 8 designers, grew a design lead

december 2020 — august 2022

sit alemira

head of design

built lms (learning management system) from scratch based on swiss university acquired by the company

university management system, document flow, student/teacher interfaces, lecture automation

white-label solution for acronis academy based on lms under construction — selling corporate training

result: team of 6 designers, working product — became part of constructor

october 2019 — december 2020

exness

principal product designer

integrated together 6 products with unified payment system across platforms — mobile and desktop

developed payment gateway oriented toward asian customers

result: unified payment system for all platform products, good conversion

october 2012 — february 2019

acronis / virtuozzo / parallels

senior product designer → principal product designer

started with server virtualization product — containers, virtual machines and their management — became part of acronis cyber infrastructure

participated in strategic project discussions

also did several investment projects — sme automation for europe and usa — websites, email, telephony, crm, etc...

grew significantly in product side and understanding how teams work in corporations

october 2014 — november 2018

roi-rs → calltouch

head of design

while working at corps, helped friend build sales funnel automation project — roi.rs

was successful → acquired by calltouch

at calltouch completely rebuilt design strategy, brand identity and product from scratch

excellent startup experience

september 2010 — december 2012

railsware

senior product designer

built various european and american startups as part of ukrainian dev team

several were successful, but most weren't

grew significantly technically

september 2007 — october 2009

envisionext → ortnec

junior designer → middle designer

drew adult sites, 20-40 per week

switched to interfaces — first video players, then complex social networks, etc...

perfect start in digital design

jule 2004 — august 2007

cboss

administrator → designer

first administered company servers, 3,000 workstations and 60 servers — team of 8 people

then became designer for investment projects

worked on intranet sites for employees

red-flags

incomplete higher education

since RUDN engineering faculty — technical education of terrible quality

neutral toward religions / politics / military conflicts

everyone has their own path, there are popular beaten tracks, but they all lead to the same end

rejection of ownership / property

the planet owns people, and a person cannot own anything in principle — it's all society's illusion

desires

adequate and understanding of limitations CPO

technically competent and not lazy CTO

trust and results-based work (no time tracking and such)

fewer calls — more work

good team that loves their product

HR who knows how to solve problems

bureaucratic freedom, and ability to issue bonuses/penalties (>10%) when managing

remote or hybrid (1-2 days per week) work

health insurance and perks welcome, though usually don't use them

company tech equipment