Joe Sovcik

Product builder - I do whatever needs to be done to build the product Things I do - Product Management and Strategy - Validation and assumption testing - Designing and developing features, experiments, etc. with (mostly) no-code tools like Framer and Make.com (and more) - Project management,(async) processes - Automation

Rossum AI - AI Startup focused on Enterprise customers Ticketing startup (Stealth ATM) - Selling tickets and finding a way to productize this experience, too. My mini-projects and building things with No-code tools like Framer, FlutterFlow, Wix Studio, etc.

UX design for a B2B (Enterprise) Start-up, working on onboarding, self-service enablement, validating option to go mid-market, and simplification of one of the main tasks of the multiple user roles (finding the right documents, ...)

Summary: Led discovery and launch of 4 new services, conducted user research to discover user needs, created and analysed metrics, designing complex views for data, facilitating and preparing design-thinking workshops, automating and streamlining processes for more efficiency, and promoting an experimental approach to hypothesis validation. Impact: - Saved 2,5 million USD on a business initiative. - Pushed for new experimentation approach for hypothesis evaluation that saves 70% of time to launch an experiment and validate hypothesis, and uncountable amount of saved cost. - Led and conducted 4 full-scale discoveries for new services. Achievements: - Run discovery and research and if deemed appropriate, designed 4 new services for our customers in order to expand the marketshare or satisfy needs of our customers - Redesigned a subscription page to enable upsell potential and new mode of billing that increased monthly revenue by 35% - Led and collaborated on optimising and automating tasks and processes (eg. saving 10 hours a week) - Initiated and launched an experimentation approach for hypothesis validation that reduced development time and time to validation by 70% - Identified and designed new ways for our customers to interact with data on the platform - Created and managed a Design system for faster prototyping in minimum time (4x) to help with rapid prototyping and ideation - Facilitated and designed multiple workshop to help with Ideation, prioritisation, and alignment - A streak of saying multiple jokes each (working) week (:D)

First off, I solve problems for businesses and help them improve their products. I do this with a combination of design-thinking methods as well as lean startup methodologies and methodologies from Hacking growth. The goal is to always create engaging and profitable (sustainable) solutions. This can take various forms, for example - User experience research and design (Does your target group manages to perform tasks they need to and want to?) - Product strategy consultation (What's your product positioning? How will you make money? What's your business strategy?) - Information Architecture (What information is presented when?) - Interaction and UI design (How pleasant is it to use the app? How does it feel?) - Design-thinking team workshops or internal modified Design Sprints (Get aligned across different teams and get ideas from across the board) - Product management and ownership (What should you develop next? What's the priority?) My biggest expertise is in Mobile and Blockchain systems but with my tech background and nerdy outlook, I pick up new technologies very quickly. I have tech background in Ethical hacking and Development (speciality in mobile and Android but including full-stack web) and also early adoption of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. Deep fascination with wearables. To learn a bit more, visit my portfolio at http://sovcik.design/ Alternatively, here's a non-exhaustive non-up-to-date list - Crowdholding - Blockchain based B2B and B2C platform for startups - Product, UX, UI, Strategy - iContacts (Mobile app changing the way Contacts are shared) - UX/UI Design - Pillar Ethereum Wallet (Cryptocurrency wallet with a vision to hold all your crypto assets) - UX/UI Design - Baby Names (iOS app for searching names) - Back-end Development and Mobile Consultation - Time Entry (Android App for tracking time of employees) - Complete redesign and UX redesign as well as helping with Development - And other smaller projects like websites, random Apps, etc.

Summary: Designed new features or increased conversions for the whole Traveler (Customer) journey with creative ways of performing research. Helped B2B with workshop design and facilitation and idea bouncing. Impact: - Increased conversion and adoption by 407% - Simplified financial transactions and flow - Executed guerilla research in a creative way even with no budget Achievements: - Conducted Guerilla research into the Traveler journey with budget and time constraints (including desk and market research, “street research”, observation studies, and user interviews) - Organized and facilitated a tailored design workshop with various teams for better alignment and process mapping with big time constraints. - Introduced and designed a brand-new revenue-bringing feature -Online Check-out for a Guest portal - from start to finish. - Designed multiple transactional flows for multiple regions with different requirements and simplifying them to reduce complexity and maintenance overhead. - Dealt with various compliance and accessibility designs, specifically GDPR, Cookies and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act] - Worked on a Booking Engine for properties with lots of research into Travellers and creating some early concepts and wireframes for a complete redesign. - Figma advocate and evangelist (Team-wide move from Sketch to Figma) - And other small stuff :)

Lead UX and Product Design, Product management and Product strategy for a Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startup. Impact: - Improved time per session by 310% - Increased engagement by 3x - Increased number of sessions by 2.7x Achievements - Revamped and implemented an engaging experience for the Users (B2C) - Enhanced and optimised a complicated Customer-facing product (B2B) - Collaborated on finding the right product-market-fit, - Led 2 UI designers - Facilitated design workshops for better alignment - Developed and maintaining a Design system

Starting and running a mobile development freelancing company with design thinking focus (creating desirable experiences for the client as well as the end user). Learning and experimenting with different leading and engagement approaches.(Flatness, transparency, passion are few things we find important here)

Skills: Python

Conducting a self-driven, non-supervised security assessment as well as designing, proposing and selling it to the management.

Focused on mobile application security testing and developing an automated testing tool

- Co-ordinated and collaborated with other 8 students on only successful student-led hacking/InfoSecurity conference in UK - Organised and assessed the conference schedule

As a professional online poker player, I developed strong time management skills and the ability to plan and prioritize my study, work, and analysis time in order to improve my growth. This experience also helped me to improve my discipline, mental and emotional resilience, and overall health, and help me to develop a growth mindset. Skills acquired - Developed strong analytical and logical thinking while improving decision making and problem solving. - Improved ability to think outside the box and identify flaws/exploits - Developed understanding of business and statistical concepts including return on investment, expected value, variance, and probability - Capable of coping with stressful situations - Improved self-control, time management, and organisational skills - Developed self-awareness, self-reflection, and a desire for self-improvement