Michael Babich

Selbstständig, Lecturer & Advisor, Ukrainian startup ecosystem

Tashkent, Usbekistan

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Business Development
Marketing
Inbound Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Project Management
Product Management
Product Development
Product Marketing
Digital Marketing
Start-ups
Start-up
Business Startegy
Business Analysis
Strategy
Market Research
Competitive Analysis
Management
Advertising
Online Advertising
Negotiation
New Business Development
Marketing Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Partnership
Public Relations
Team Management
Teamwork

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Michael Babich

  • Bis heute 14 Jahre und 1 Monat, seit März 2010

    Lecturer & Advisor

    Ukrainian startup ecosystem

    • Give lectures to entrepreneurs and small businesses on the ways to avoid mistakes while building tech companies, products and communicating to customers early on; • Founder of "Co-founder Anonymous Club"—local events that help to find a co-founder with similar interests and required expertise; • Actively participate in development of Ukrainian startup ecosystem, organize events, and speak publicly.

  • 3 Jahre und 2 Monate, Feb. 2012 - März 2015

    Founder

    RocketStart

    • Founded the company, built beta, achieved substantial growth, and managed it at all levels: strategic vision, business development, strategic partnerships, financial projections, product management & development, customer development, relations with press, presentations to investors and during conferences.

  • 2 Jahre, Apr. 2008 - März 2010

    Head of representative office in Ukraine

    ITI Group (Polish Media & Broadcast Corporation)

    Launched and developed the branch in Ukraine: • Prepared a strategic vision of organization, management and profitability of the branch in Ukraine; • Developed short and long term objectives and operating plans for future development of the branch; • Performed marketing analysis of Ukraine media market; • Set target partners for future main business projects; • Determine product strategy; • Built strong, motivated team in Ukraine;

  • 9 Jahre und 2 Monate, Feb. 1999 - März 2008

    Founder, Director

    Invenet (IT Outsourcing Company)

    Responsible for company strategic development, investor and partner relations, financial and HR management. Managed the company on a day-to-day basis. Prepared financial reports to investors and licensors. Conducted client liaison, negotiations, contracts, and administrative activity. • Managed up to 50 employees in two offices – Kyiv and Kharkiv; • Coded: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Flash/ActionScript, HTML, CSS; • Organized massive training events for clients’ distributors of mobile phones.

  • 1 Jahr und 7 Monate, Apr. 2004 - Okt. 2005

    Executive Director

    MAX (International Lifestyle Magazine with HQ in Italy)

    Launched and developed Ukrainian edition of the magazine: • Set up office in Ukraine and build sales, production, and editors teams; • Built distribution network and negotiated with key industry players; • Managed stakeholders, reporting to the investors, licensors and International partners; • Responsible for strategy, budgets, financial, marketing, and advertising; • Organized big gala launch event in join efforts with Armani Italian and Ukrainian offices;

  • 2 Jahre und 1 Monat, Feb. 1997 - Feb. 1999

    Founder, Director

    Zone3000 (IT Outsourcing Company)

    Founded and built the company, built motivated and professional team. Responsible for financial and HR management, project management, client liaison, contracts, and administrative. • Managed up to 30 employees in two offices – Kyiv and Kharkov; • Coded: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Flash/ActionScript, HTML, CSS.

  • 6 Monate, Aug. 1996 - Jan. 1997

    Consultant

    Project Consulting Group (Investment Consulting Company)

    Conducted projects in leader role on investment consulting, market research, trade finance, research and analysis, and project presentation: • Investment project financial statements development for American construction company; • English language periodicals survey for multinational English language business magazine; • New business development for Italian food processing equipment company.

  • 10 Monate, Sep. 1995 - Juni 1996

    Account Manager

    McCann-Erickson (Multinational Advertising Corporation)

    • L’Oreal cosmetic and Boehringer Ingelheim pharmaceutics producer: market research, market penetration, competitors activity analysis, brand managing, focus groups, financial transactions, structuring advertising budgets, estimating production costs, and reporting directly to the head office; • L’Oreal shampoo sales increased 7 times, hair colour increased 4 times.

Ausbildung von Michael Babich

  • 3 Monate, Aug. 2014 - Okt. 2014

    Scaling Up Your Venture

    Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • 3 Monate, Nov. 2013 - Jan. 2014

    An Introduction to Financial Accounting

    Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

    This course covers the content of a semester-long MBA core course.

  • 3 Monate, Apr. 2013 - Juni 2013

    Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses

    Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia

    This course focuses on the ways to successfully grow an existing business (Part I) and the common challenges faced when they attempt to grow substantially (Part II).

  • 4 Jahre und 10 Monate, Sep. 1993 - Juni 1998

    International Economic Relations

    Institute of International Relations, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University

    Major: International Economic Relations, Finance, English, Management, Marketing, Business correspondence in English. Minor: Accounting, Advertising.

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Russisch

    Muttersprache

Interessen

Travelling
Photography
Running
Bicycling
Bouldering
Longboarding
Reading

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