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Hire DaveDave Ruzius
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Toptal Member Since
May 11, 2020
Dave is a well-rounded senior product manager, consultant, coach, and product owner in web and mobile development, product strategy, R&D, and innovation management. 他的工作获得了许多在各自领域公认的杰出奖项. He has a down-to-earth, pragmatic attitude and business sense. Dave has worked in logistics, HR tech, hospitality, travel, and eCommerce. 他热衷于围绕产品创新建立团队，专注于产品发现.
Project Highlights
Prace za Rohem (Work Around the Corner)
Managed the product and team, extended the team, launched in two countries, and built the B2B side of the platform.
FIDOPOLI Litter Diary Application
Led the product development and delivery of the FIDOPOLI application.
Smartr.me
领导围绕创新产品Smartr建立产品组织.me. Built a team continuously top rated according to Agile team health check. Launched numerous new product features, increasing usage and user satisfaction
Expertise
Work Experience
Product Consultant
2019 - PRESENT
Product Tape - Product Consulting and Coaching
- 在开始成为产品主导的组织的过程中，为超过五次的规模扩张提供建议.
- 在捷克共和国最大的SaaS会议上介绍了严肃的产品管理.
- 培训20余名捷克技术大学学生从项目经理过渡到产品经理.
- 在特定的产品管理主题上指导和辅导有抱负和经验丰富的产品经理.
Chief Product Officer (CPO)
2023 - 2023
Nelisa
- Reshaped product development processes and built a happy performant team.
- Kickstarted OKRs and adoption company-wide. Communicated these OKRs within the team and built Metabase dashboards.
- 根据公司和五大支柱的产品战略，构建基于结果的产品路线图.
- Launched a long overdue new product—Talent Database.
Senior Product Manager
2021 - 2022
SmartRecruiters
- Helped define product team structure for the new product.
- 根据敏捷团队健康检查，建立并管理团队内表现最好的产品团队.
- 推出smartrecruiter Insights作为产品的新功能集，满意度为85%.
- 拥有入职、激活和增长领域，并将激活率提高了25%以上.
- 通过推出新功能和改善整体用户体验，将NPS提高了25%.
- 建立一个新的产品支持团队，明确流程，并将支持问题降低40%, using knowledge base technology.
Product Manager
2020 - 2021
XR Systems, GmbH. - FIDOPOLI
- Led the introduction of a JTBD and ODI approach to product discovery.
- Managed fake door testing and ran online campaigns to drive traffic.
- Oversaw JTBD user interviews, including scriptwriting and synthesis.
- Assembled a development team and led the delivery of FIDOPOLI Litter Diary, an app for dog breeders on Android and iOS, using React Native.
- 定义整体产品愿景和战略，管理外部合作伙伴和供应商.
Professor of Product Management
2020 - 2020
SPRYNT.de
- Trained eight students on different aspects of product management, including metrics, estimation and prioritization, writing user stories, user story mapping, and prototyping.
- Attributed to the development and improvement of course material.
- Contributed to improving online education operations.
Onboarding and Growth Product Manager
2019 - 2020
Mews - Hospitality Technology
- Built and managed a product team focused on self-onboarding and online sales.
- 完成了一个成功的试点项目，使15家酒店能够使用辅助技术自行管理其物业管理系统(PMS)的设置.
- Managed a design workshop bringing together the marketing, sales, 并引导产品团队设计新属性的完整导入流程.
Co-organizer
2017 - 2019
Mind The Product - ProductTank Prague - Product Community
- Co-founded ProductTank Prague, a community of now more than 1,000 members interested in product management.
- 组织发布活动，并协办超过五场活动，吸引了数百名产品爱好者.
- Led the #innovation track in ProductTank, focused on product discovery, new product development, and product innovation.
Product Manager
2016 - 2019
LMC - Prace za Rohem - Online Recruitment
- Launched Prace za Rohem, 这是一款用于捷克共和国和波兰蓝领求职的安卓和iOS应用, achieving over one million downloads, a 4.5-star rating, and about 50,000 unique users daily.
- Built the B2B side of Prace za Rohem, enabling SMEs to post jobs directly using the mobile application.
- 接管了现有的开发团队，并将其扩展为一个七人的团队，并完成了他们的季度okr.
- Liaised with Direct People, an innovation agency, 定义和跟踪该产品的okr，该产品被定义为LMC和Direct People之间的创新项目.
Product Manager Mobile
2011 - 2013
LMC - Jobs.cz and Prace.cz - Online Recruitment
- 在LMC中启动了移动项目，使用jQuery在移动端提供最大的求职板.
- Initiated a dedicated app for students to find temporary jobs on three platforms.
- 凭借学生求职应用Brigady do Kapsy获得年度最佳应用奖.
Senior Product Marketing Manager
2009 - 2011
Zoom International - Contact Center Quality Management
- Redesigned and relaunched the Zoom International website.
- Won the Cisco Partner Marketing award during the Cisco Partner event in Barcelona.
- 交付超过10个案例研究和其他销售资料，以支持Zoom销售团队.
Founder
2007 - 2010
Bringsome - Startup P2P Goods Delivery
- Developed and launched a solitary MVP for Bringsome.com, a startup focused on P2P goods delivery.
- Entered, rebuilt the team, and pitched on IP048, a hacker event in Prague.
- Listed with Bringsome.com on Springwise.com, which gained interest from the investor community.
Team and Tech Lead R&D, Product Manager
2006 - 2008
Monster.com - Monster Labs - Online Recruitment
- Built a Monster.com Labs "pod" with developers and a product designer.
- Won the Monster Innovation Award with the concept "Monster in the Window."
- Designed, presented, and developed the MVP of Monster Mobile, which was taken to the Monster core product team.
- Managed the development and launch of Monster Mobile in four countries.
Product Manager and Technical Consultant
2004 - 2006
DHL - Deutsche Post - Logistics
- 与麦肯锡一起参与并贡献了一项关于采用面向服务的体系结构(SOA)的全球计划.
- 在为企业服务总线(ESB)选择全局解决方案时，使全球业务和技术涉众保持一致.
- Consulted the enterprise architecture team on adopting SOA in three countries.
Software Developer and Technical Consultant
1991 - 2004
Selected Clients
- 作为他们的Oracle开发人员，使用Oracle Forms和Oracle 5开发了HP服务台的基础.
- 为荷兰最大的图书仓库管理高可用性数据库集群.
- 构思并交付了一个新产品，Oracle Database Scan，销售给了50多个客户.
- Trained and mentored internal staff in Oracle products and SQL at Caesar Oreade.
- 在Whitehorses开发并执行Oracle系统集成产品的培训.
- Designed and built an Oracle, Java, 和基于xml的解决方案，成为希思罗机场5号航站楼行李处理系统的一部分.
Project History
Prace za Rohem (Work Around the Corner)
http://www.pracezarohem.cz/Managed the product and team, extended the team, launched in two countries, and built the B2B side of the platform.
Work Around the Corner是一个B2C和B2B的移动应用程序，面向捷克共和国和波兰的本地移动蓝领求职应用程序. As the product manager, I managed the team, roadmap, product discovery, delivery, and product strategy.
Prace.cz Online Recruitment
http://www.prace.cz负责管理捷克最大的在线招聘网站，并将其从一个维持模式的服务转变为一个完全重新设计和重新定位的成功服务，拥有超过20名员工,000 unique daily users.
I have taken on this service's business owner and product manager role. It was outdated. 我对这个网站进行了全面的重新设计和重新定位，服务于一个新的细分市场. I built the team, set OKRs, and delivered successfully against them.
Intercars eCommerce Optimization
http://intercars.com领导实施电子商务和在线营销措施，旨在不断提高转化率.
Intercars是捷克最大的在线B2B和B2C汽车零部件供应商之一, Poland, and is now launching in Portugal. 我咨询并领导了Google Enhanced电子商务、自定义事件和跟踪的实现.
Monster in the Window
http://monster.comWon the Monster.com Innovation award for the concept Monster in the Window.
"Monster in the Window" would bring the offline world of Monster offline, allowing SMEs, especially retail, 打印他们的招聘启事，并使用二维码展示在他们的商店橱窗上，以便求职者申请.
FIDOPOLI Litter Diary Application
http://fidopoli.comLed the product development and delivery of the FIDOPOLI application.
FIDOPOLI是一款iOS和Android上的移动应用程序，它使负责任的狗饲养者能够捕捉到他们正在生长的狗窝的数据和照片，目的是促进捕捉无可辩驳的数据和透明度.
Smartr.me
http://smartr.me领导围绕创新产品Smartr建立产品组织.me. Built a team continuously top rated according to Agile team health check. Launched numerous new product features, increasing usage and user satisfaction
Smartr.我是smartrecruiting的创新产品，专注于求职者的经验，旨在帮助任何求职者找到他们应得的工作. I have spearheaded the creation of three product teams, the creation of processes for usual track agile product development, and standards for product discovery and product analytics.
Education
1993 - 1995
Coursework in Artificial Intelligence
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Certifications
JUNE 2020 - PRESENT
Agile Methodologies Assessment
JANUARY 2006 - PRESENT
Prince II Practitioner
PearceMayField
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