Michael Babich
Selbstständig, Lecturer & Advisor, Ukrainian startup ecosystem
Tashkent, Usbekistan
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