I’m the VP of Product at Automattic, where I’m leading the charge to onboard the next million hosted sites to WordPress.com. Before that, I led the non-ad monetization subdivision at Tumblr, which is also part of Automattic since 2019.
Random facts about me
- I grew up in a small village in Western Ukraine. My first school had only eight grades.
- I was a sophomore in a US high school in the Midwest as an exchange student.
- I was an assistant to an MP at the Canadian Parliament.
- I tried building a Bloomberg terminal for crypto. I failed, but we managed to sell the tech.
- I built security products and advanced motion detection features at Ring (Amazon).
- I co-founded KOLO, a non-profit helping Ukrainian defenders get more technologically advanced. We’ve raised $13M in donations so far.
Through this blog, my aim is to share my knowledge and experience in building products, acquired wisdom, and life lessons to help others learn from my mistakes and be inspired by my humble successes. I hope you find something useful here, and if not, at least I can entertain you a bit.
If you’d like to reach out, please email me or drop a DM on Twitter (X).