Yury Averkiev, Senior Vice President of Product Managent
Senior Vice President of Product Managent Resume
SUMMARY
A product management and technology leader with experience delivering $100M+ revenue generating products, committed to professionalism, highly organized, and able to see the big picture while paying attention to small details. Established and has grown high-trust, outstanding teams that brought to life complex, new product ideas.
Adept communicator with strong interpersonal skills, experienced in working closely with C-suite roles to deliver above-the-board quality products.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Spearheaded the transformation of Acronis backup-centric product portfolio into a leading all-in-one SaaS cyber protection solution that enabled the company to achieve $2.5B+ valuation
- Led the product management of the portfolio, which generates more than $500 million in annual revenue
- Managed and mentored a global team of 40+ product and technical program managers
- Coordinated revamping of product licensing, packaging, and pricing that resulted in the accelerated product adoption, decreased customer churn by 10%, and double-digit YoY revenue growth
- Initiated transition to a monthly product release schedule, which resulted in a predictable delivery timeline and enabled to support the company growth targets
- Implemented a successful post-M&A product line and product team integration of five companies
- Founded a start-up that became profitable within the first year of operation
KEY SKILLS
- Product Management and Product Strategy
- Pricing and Licensing
- Coaching and Leadership
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Public speaking
- User Experience (UX) Design
- Requirements and agile roadmap planning
- Cybersecurity (DLP, EDR/XDR, UEBA, SIEM)
- Data protection and endpoint management (Backup, Disaster Recovery, RMM, PSA)
- Remote desktop, hypervisors, and VDI
- Microsoft management and Azure stack
- C++, C#, STL, Java, QT, HTML
- Confluence, Jira, ScriptRunner, Jira Structure
CERTIFICATIONS
- PMP, Project Management Professional
- Pragmatic Marketing
- Certified Scrum Master
- Introduction to Cybersecurity by NY University
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Senior Vice President of Product Management
Acronis, Singapore / Switzerland
2018 – present
- Led an international 40+ product managers team covering $500M+ B2B and B2C product portfolio
- Focused on the transformation of Acronis product line into next-generation SaaS product offering – Acronis Cyber Protect
- Ensured alignment with the executive team to ensures successful implementation of the company strategy and delivering the target KPIs
Senior Product Manager
Parallels, Inc., Singapore / Seattle, USA
2012 – 2018
- Launched a new B2B focused product line and achieved $10M+ revenue by the end of the second year
- Increased the revenue growth of the RAS product line by 40% by rebuilding the product strategy, the GTM, the licensing and the roadmap planning
- Developed and maintained relationships across internal and external departments with stakeholders, partners, and customers
- Established a partner advisory council that helped double the number of customer feedback and promoted the product with the community
Founder and Director
SmartCode Pte. Ltd., Singapore
2004 – Present
- Established a start-up in the remote desktop and endpoint management space that became profitable within the first year of operation
- Managed consulting projects with up to $10M budgets
- Grew product deployment to 100,000 endpoints by evaluating the needs of target the market and tailored competitor displacement campaigns
Project and Product Manager
Parallels, Inc., Singapore
1999 – 2004
- Delivered high-profile software projects, with budgets ranging as high as $5M
- Developed WBS, Project plans and Best practices where none existed before
- Designed and implemented a client-server framework containing more than 600,000 lines of C++ code
- Mentored and coached staff
Sr. Software Developer
Parallels, Inc., Singapore
1998 – 1999
- Designed an extendable application framework that became a foundation for multiple company products
- Pioneered agile software development mythologies, such as "extreme" and pair programming
- Acted as a team leader and a mentor to a team of 3 developers
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Served as a member, the secretary, and the chairman of the Management Council at Changi Rise Condominium.
2012 – 2020
EDUCATION
National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)
M.S., Computer Science
B.S., Computer Science
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: Singaporean