Dave Ruzius

Doing what I do best and love doing; talking Product Management while helping anyone interested in Product Management to advance their career or solve a burning product issue.

Mentoring individuals in product management to advance their careers or solve product issues.

Doing my best to help build a happy and performing product team that applies AI and Innovative Technology in making gold (and other metals) mining a bit more sustainable and for sure more efficient and profitable. See https://www.draslovka.com/metoptima

With Producttape.io I help start-ups and scale-ups with becoming product-led companies by providing consulting in the areas of:
* building a product organization and teams
* product discovery & delivery
* team hiring & establishing rhythm
* targets (OKRs)
* product strategy & roadmap

Engagements:
* Product Manager at FIDOPOLI.com
* Product Consultant and coach at FitSit.io
* Product Marketing at

Helped by a great team, I have been driving the transformation from a successful software development agency into an even more successful product company with the sexiest AI powered 3D product configurator the world has ever seen. https://3dconfigurator.ai

Together with a great team we tried to make Nelisa the greatest job matching and talent sourcing platform in CZ and beyond.

(Engagement ended prematurely due to company re-organization)

Responsible for:
* Redesign product dev processes and team
* Product Roadmap & Strategy
* Discovery & Delivery using Dual Track Agile
* OKR adoption
* Pushing for becoming a data driven org
* Whatever it took :)

Smartr was Smartrecruiters' initiative to help every job seeker land the job that they deserve.
Together with the team, I was responsible for overall product experience, job tracking, AI powered job recommendations and insights, user onboarding & activation.

https://smartr.me

(Engagement ended prematurely due to company re-organization)

Managing product for a Dog-Breeding Marketplace Start-up. Focus on product discovery using the JTBD and ODI framework. Developing a mobile app for dog breeders to manage their puppy litters. <3

Managing all (product) marketing activities for the world class cloud-native development and DevOPS platform called CodeNOW.

Teaching an online class on Product Management

Managed a product team and created the product strategy to speed-up new customer implementation.
Focused on:
* self-onboarding
* self-implementation
* opening a new market of smaller properties using self service technology and smart product training on the fly.

In addition I have helped the CPO and Product Team to improve existing product and agile development processes and practices.

(Engagem

Co-Founded Producttank in the Czech Republic and co-organized meetups for over 1000 product enthusiasts. I was responsible for running the #innovation stream.
https://facebook.com/producttankprague

I have taken the mobile application Práce za rohem (over 1 million downloads and 4.5* rating) to the next level by developing B2B services and expanding abroad (Poland).

Defined and executed the product strategy of Prace.cz, the largest online recruitment site in Czech Republic focused on skilled work.
In addition taken on the product owner role for Prace.cz in a SCRUM based development team.

Defined and executed the business development strategy for Prace.cz. Responsible for the inception of new business models and creation of strategic alliances and partnerships.
Provided leadership to the Prace.cz team consisting of a UX designer, marketing manager, tech lead and developers. Definition and management of team OKRs.

I have established a mixed Czech and International Coworking community and kicked-off the concept of coworking in CZ by organizing casual working events (Jelly). Brought together over 100 independent workers, entrepreneurs and micro-companies to work and collaborate.

Defined and executed LMC's mobile strategy for the Jobs.cz and Prace.cz properties. Launched 'Brigady do Kapsy' after 2 months on 3 platforms and won 'Application of the Year' award in business segment.

Defined and managed Zoom International Online (and Offline) Product Marketing Strategy.
* Redesigned and launched the new Zoom website
* Creation of sales material and case studies
* Organized industry events
* Won Cisco Partner Marketing Award
ZOOM International is a leading provider of multimedia recording and quality management solutions for contact centres, financial trading floors and emergen

Bringsome.com was dedicated to bringing travelers and people with a mondial taste together. I have founded this P2P platform to enable the delivery of any goods by travelers to other. Unfortunately Bringsome after a few iterations was sunset.

Defined and managed a program to improve search engine rankings for a number of HCG properties; part of RCI Group. Main focus on natural search and usage of Social Media.

Consulted on SOA Transformation Business Strategy for the Czech Ministry of Education (Nova Maturita program)

(Engagement ended prematurely due to company re-organization)

Define and realize Monster EU's strategy on mobile services and products.

- Maintain Monster's mobile product roadmap
- Define mobile product functional specifications
- Definition of product metrics and reporting
- Execute vendor and partner management
- Collect & consolidate European requirements
- Manage product prototyping
- Work

Leading a 'pod' in Monster Labs Prague focussed on R&D to explore, research and prototype new technologies and business opportunities for Monster.com.
Kick start Monster's mobile strategy and road map.
Educate Monster on New Product Development and Innovation practices

Technical Consultant Middleware and SOA

- Product Manager SOP (Service Oriented Platform)
Collect and consolidate requirements
Oversee product development
Educate DPWN on best practices

- Work closely with McKinsey Company on DHL's Managed Integration Program (MIP) to evangelize SOA System and Enterprise Architecture best practices throughout DPWN

- Educate company on SOA best practice

Sr. Consultant Oracle, Java, XML, System Integration

Oracle, Java and XML. Oracle Portal. Did different projects using different Oracle and Oracle related technologies.

Artificial Intelligence

Course work in Artificial Intelligence.

Atheneum with Dutch, English, German, Math, Economics I and II, Geography