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Ernest Merkylov

@ernestmerkylov

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I lead products from strategy and discovery through measurable delivery.

Ukraine

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead product strategy and cross-functional delivery for complex B2B, AI-enabled, or operational products, where I can turn customer and business needs into measurable adoption, efficiency, and growth outcomes.

At Brazos Safety Systems, I lead product strategy, discovery, UX direction, and cross-functional delivery for aviation safety, FDM/FOQA, operations, and marketing products serving U.S. and Australian markets.

I built a pilot safety-reporting mobile app with API integrations that reduced reporting time from roughly 15 minutes to 2 minutes. I also increased internal safety-tool adoption from about 40% to 62% and improved delivery timelines by 28% through stronger discovery and design-to-engineering handoffs.

At RAGADVISE, I took an AI-enabled B2B operations platform from concept and prototype through MVP to production, shaping a six-hub ecosystem, 12-month roadmap, AI use cases, and product-level integrations with OpenAI, Whisper, ElevenLabs, LangChain, LangGraph, and OpenCV.

Previously at Tino DigitalAgency, I led product and operations work across 60+ digital initiatives, $2M+ in budgets, and teams spanning design, engineering, DevOps, QA, and sales. I care about turning complex workflows into clear products that improve activation, time-to-value, delivery predictability, and commercial growth.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Product Strategy & UX Lead

Brazos Safety Systems

Jan 2024 - Jul 2026 (2 years 6 months)

Led product strategy, discovery, UX direction, and cross-functional delivery across aviation safety, FDM/FOQA, internal tooling, and marketing initiatives for U.S. and Australian markets. Owned product vision across 4+ concurrent roadmaps and led a UX/UI team of 4.

Product Strategy Product Discovery Aviation Safety FDM FOQA JTBD User Interviews API Integration Adoption Improvement

AI Product & Innovation Lead

Ragadvise

Nov 2024 - Dec 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Owned product strategy and execution for an AI-enabled B2B business operations platform, taking the product from concept through MVP to production. Led discovery, UX direction, sprint planning, and cross-functional team coordination, reducing time-to-value by ~40% and increasing feature activation to 50%+.

Product Strategy Product Management AI ML LLM Evaluation Prompt Engineering OpenAI Whisper ElevenLabs Lang Chain LangGraph OpenCV UX Design Sprint Planning QA Cross functional Leadership

Product & Operations Lead

Tino Digital Agency

Mar 2021 - Feb 2024 (2 years 11 months)

Held broad Product Management and Operations scope across product leadership, delivery ownership, team management, resource planning, and client growth across 60+ mobile, web, and web-app initiatives. Defined roadmaps for 10+ digital products, increasing activation from 32% to 48% and improving 90-day retention by 12%.

Sales Logistics Coordinator

CMA CGM

Oct 2018 - Feb 2021 (2 years 4 months)

Managed corporate client portfolios, negotiations, and shipping/logistics. Increased regional sales revenue by 12% and reduced client response time by 30%.

Sales Negotiation Logistics Client Management Shipping

Head of Operations

Uber

Aug 2016 - Jun 2018 (1 year 10 months)

Launched and scaled Uber Taxi operations from zero to 1,200+ active drivers. Built the operating model, team structure, and core marketplace workflows, improving operational efficiency by 45%.

Operations Management Team Building Marketplace Operations Process Improvement Scaling Operations