Max Mikhov

I lead a bundle of 7 AI-powered products, streamlining document and data management challenges for the world's largest enterprises and government institutions using cutting-edge AI / ML technologies on LLM, NLP, OCR, and Computer Vision basis.

I led two AI-powered products that solve text/image processing and fake document detection issues in a KYC (Know Your Customer) module of the risk management platform with influence on 11 million users on over 2K websites. Accomplishments • Introduced a text detection/recognition product with a 96% accuracy rate for bank & ID documents • Reduced financial document validation time from 5 min to 3 sec via OCR scan, NLP, and DB match • Accelerated user onboarding and verification period from 1 h to 10 min

As a senior project manager, I led the development of a comprehensive SaaS-based CMS platform that allows businesses to run and manage their own large-scale web applications. Achievements: • Facilitated sales growth by over 10% after simplifying UI screens of CMS back-office • Boosted backend and frontend capacities by delivering over 300 end-to-end features • Successfully supported more than 15 major releases to production in 8 months length

Facilitated the launch of iOS & Android dating apps for the LGBT community (https://fiorry.co/) through leadership in onboarding, personalization, and real-time offshoots. Achievements: • Supported leadership team to acquire €150k on seed round via convinced product vision • Optimized sign-up rate by over 120% via A/B testing and introducing new UI of onboarding screens • Doubled retention & session interval rates by reflecting the number of new users via push notifications

Established a strategic outsourcing agency specializing in corporate web development services and UX/UI consulting. Achievements: • Lifted average profitability by 20% by switching from a pay-per-project to a pay-per-hour model • Successfully led and implemented over 50 software projects in 12 domains around EMEA • Entered the TOP-200 Ukrainian web development companies according to it-rating.ua • Rebranded to Catch Outsourcing, then the startup was acquired by DreamTek LTD

Brought the first tens of thousands of users to a gaming startup by leading a marketing strategy and digital advertising campaigns. Accomplishments: • Fetched to the website the foremost 17,000+ active users per day via PPC and SMM • Boosted all social media brand pages from 0 to 110,000+ subscribers in one year • Downsized CPU rate by 40% through the optimization of Google Ads and Facebook Ads

As part of the university entrepreneurship program and my startup ambitions, I obtained significant experience developing two pet projects powered by the CPA (cost per action) commercial model (E-commerce app & Game Marketplace). Accomplishments: • Launched two products via leadership in SDLC, business model design, and ad strategy • Crosslife: 3% of the daily purchases from 100+ DAU and an average CPA profit in 20$ • Bandagames: 5% of daily registrations from 500+ DAU and average CPA profit in 0,80$