Vova Ermolaev

Professional Summary

10+ years of experience in product development. Launched products from 0 to 1, generated millions in revenue, achieved product-market fit. Experience spans fintech, mobility, knowledge management, and AI automation. Love creating UX-friendly, technically robust products in the physical world.

Key Achievements

$2.3M

Gross Profit Generated
Yandex Drive

$5.8M

Combined earnings
Scooters + Wind

3 startups

launched
as PM 0 → 1

3x founder

Partn.ai,
Feedle.ai, Inkers

Professional Experience

Chief Product Officer

Yandex Drive

2024 – Present

Launched risk-priced insurance → +231% gross profit in 6 months
Lifted market share +10 pp in 7 regions managing all operations (zero fleet CAPEX)
Sold Tariff Naming branding to Winline – first time in industry
Launched Split – first native BNPL in urban mobility
Shipped superapp mode: sharing, rental, subscription
[AI] Built local AI PM-Copilot and cut PRD cycle 360 min → 30 min

Franchise Director

Yandex Scooters (CIS)

2023 – 2024

Built franchise from scratch → 16,350 scooters sold → generated >$10M GMV
Launched tax optimization → $2M annual OPEX savings

Head of Product

Yango Wind (Israel)

2022 – 2023

Managed Legacy-to-Yandex tech migration → full new app Yango Wind → +63% EBITDA
Minute packages & zero-unlock passes drove 16% GMV upsell

Senior Product Manager

Anytype (Worldwide)

2019 – 2022

Designed offline-first knowledge-graph app – led 14-person team to Beta through 41 releases
Achieved product-market fit and secured $13.4M investment from Balderton Capital
Reached 2nd place in Product Hunt Product of the Month
Built community of 3,000+ users who contributed 1,500 bug reports and feature requests

Product Manager

Ozon.Invest

2019

Built crowdlending platform from scratch
Delivered $5M to lenders, 10.5% returns to investors, covered development costs with 2% fee

Product Owner

Alfa-Bank

2018

Developed new UX for daily banking app serving 2M users
Propelled app from 8th to 1st place in Markswebb Mobile Banking Rank

Software Developer

Alfa-Bank

2013 – 2017

Developed banking app using Java and Kotlin, writing logic on microservices architecture

Entrepreneurial Experience

Founder

Partn.ai

2025 – Present

Built low-code AI automation studio
Generated 100k+ LinkedIn impressions and first paid consultations

Founder

Feedle.ai

2024

Built recommendation feed SaaS
Learned market validation importance after zero sales

Co-founder

Inkers

2014 – 2016

Bootstrapped 700 units @ 30% margin in fashion industry
Gained experience in brand craft & operations

Education

Computer and Information Systems Security

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

2008 – 2014

Books that Influenced Me

Thinking in Systems (Donella Meadows) The Effective Executive (Peter Drucker) The Startup Owner's Manual (Steve Blank) Good Strategy Bad Strategy (Richard Rumelt) Zero to One (Peter Thiel)

Core Competencies

Product Strategy 0-to-1 Product Development Product-Market Fit AI/ML Integration Fintech Mobility Tech UX Design Data Analytics Team Leadership Agile/Scrum Revenue Optimization