George Apostolopoulos
Huntley,IL
Summary
Veteran VP of Product boasting a rich tapestry of technical prowess combined with over a decade of strategic leadership exclusively in start-ups. Demonstrated expertise in sculpting product roadmaps, executing visionary initiatives, find the “why” of a product offering, enhancing value proposition, delivering Product-Market Fit,and guiding teams to deliver market-leading solutions that resonate with user needs. Gifted at putting processes and procedures in place for proper product operations, leading to hyper growth, scalability and maximum ROI.
Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Accomplishments
- Achieved 2 product launches within 6 months hiring at Livegistics by introducing proper product operations for growth.
- Over 100M revenue generated from created and maintained products over entire career
- Roadmaps created have led to a highest recorded 98% roadmap to launch time accuracy
- Have grown teams from nothing (just myself) to over 15+ 3 times
- Processes and procedures developed have led to company entropy dissolution and hyper collaboration leading to clarity and unison
- Over 15 products launched from ideation, going 0-1, with a total of over 30 products/platforms/marketplaces scaled, augmented, and managed
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Vice President, Partnership/Platforms Management
FlexWage
07.2023 - Current
Vice President of Product
Livegistics Inc
05.2021 - Current
Fractional Chief Product Officer
PTO Genius
02.2020 - 10.2023
Head of Product & Engineering
WAKO USA
01.2013 - 01.2023
Head of Product
Innowave Marketing Group
01.2019 - 05.2021
Cofounder and Chief Product Officer
Dev-Mentors
05.2012 - 10.2019
Skills
- Product P&L Management
- Organizational Scaling & Change Management
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Alignment
- KPI Tracking
- Customer-Centric Innovation
- Market Trends & Competitive Analysis
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Go-to-Market Strategy & Execution
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Strategic Product Visioning
- Customer Retention
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- User Interface (UI)
- Business Requirements
- Product Portfolio Management
- Product positioning
- Budget Development
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Timeline
Vice President, Partnership/Platforms Management
FlexWage
07.2023 - Current
Vice President of Product
Livegistics Inc
05.2021 - Current
Fractional Chief Product Officer
PTO Genius
02.2020 - 10.2023
Head of Product
Innowave Marketing Group
01.2019 - 05.2021
Head of Product & Engineering
WAKO USA
01.2013 - 01.2023
Cofounder and Chief Product Officer
Dev-Mentors
05.2012 - 10.2019
Fun Fact
I am the former WAKO Pan-American Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion, having fought for Team USA (where I also worked!) talk about submerging yourself into your organization!
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