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Nikita Pashchenko

@nikitapashchenko

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Product and strategy leader in travel-tech and insure-tech, building AI-first consumer and B2B2C products.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead product strategy and GTM for AI-driven travel, hospitality or insure-tech, drive rapid test-and-learn cultures, and scale teams and products with clear north-star metrics.

I’m a product and strategy leader with 15 years co-founding ventures and leading corporate teams, focused on B2B2C and AI-first consumer apps. I build rapid-testing, product-led environments driven by a north star metric, deep user empathy, and open stakeholder engagement.

My experience spans bootstrapping 0→1 products, applying LLMs for personalization, scaling operations and ARR, and delivering data-centric enterprise solutions that cut processing time and improve conversion—backed by fundraising, GTM and investor engagement experience.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Co-founder / Head of Product

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Morego.travel

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Bootstrapped an AI-powered hospitality platform from 0→1, onboarding 6 hotels (300 rooms) and ~500 monthly active users while leading GTM and PLG experiments. Applied LLMs for content generation and guest personalization to drive user engagement.

Product Strategy LLM GTM Product Led Growth User Research Analytics

Product & Project Leader

The49.com

Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 11 months)

Led cross-functional team building an Azure-based collaboration and compliance platform for 35,000 agents, improving processing time by 50% and tripling conversion for a US $40B insurer client. Owned KPIs and board-level stakeholder communication.

Product Management Azure Cross Functional Collaboration Stakeholder Management Project Delivery

Founder & CEO

Global Village

Jan 2012 - Dec 2020 (8 years 11 months)

Built a sustainable adventure-travel company operating in 45 countries, growing ARR to US$1.5M and leading a 20-person team while designing in-house distribution for travel products. Secured awards and eco-conscious supplier partnerships.

entrepreneurship P&L management Business Development Operations Strategic Partnerships Team Leadership Distribution

COO (Inbound Travel)

Intourist PLC

Jan 2008 - Dec 2011 (3 years 11 months)

Led a US$50M inbound travel division and 300+ team through digital transformation, co-leading implementation of a company-wide platform integrating suppliers, ops, and B2B clients. Managed large-scale operations post-acquisition.

Operations Management Digital Transformation Change Management P&L management