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Ilyas Sydykayev

@sydykayev

Ex-CMO, 8 years in B2B SaaS marketing: GTM, product and performance. Grew ROMI 5x at Webkassa. I build AI marketing workflows with Claude Code & n8n.

Kazakhstan
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I’m a marketing leader with 8 years in B2B SaaS, marketplaces and GovTech. Most recently I was Director of Marketing (CMO) at two technology holdings in Kazakhstan. I build marketing as a system: segmentation and positioning, go-to-market planning, channels and campaigns, funnel analytics, then testing and scaling what works.

At Samgau, an IT holding, I ran marketing for a portfolio of more than ten B2B and B2G products. The flagship was Webkassa, the market leader in online cash-register SaaS for small businesses. I grew the marketing team from 1 to 9 people and the sales call center from 1 to 6. Over the same period, return on marketing investment grew 5x because I moved budget into the channels that brought paying customers. I also grew the dealer network from 150 to 210 partners and organized the holding’s own GovTech industry conference. For international expansion I built websites and sales materials for the US, Canada, the UAE, Qatar and several Central Asian markets.

At OMA Group I ran marketing for four digital products, including OMarket.kz, a B2B marketplace for public procurement. I built go-to-market for the B2B side, designed the SEO architecture for a large product catalog, rebuilt the subscription funnel for TenderBot.kz, and ran customer development with active and churned users. I also wrote the company’s communication strategy and ran joint PR campaigns with government ministries and national media.

Before that, I was the sole marketer at Flowsell, a customer-communications SaaS used in 68 countries. I ran paid campaigns across several markets myself. Earlier in my career I founded and ran a digital marketing agency with 8 specialists and delivered more than 50 client projects.

For the past 2.5 years I’ve worked hands-on with AI as a builder, not just a user. My tools are Claude Code, MCP, RAG pipelines, n8n and LLM APIs. With them I’ve built content pipelines that collect research and draft articles in my voice, data-collection and analysis scripts, and automated dashboards that track content performance. I believe one strong marketer with the right AI tooling can do the work of a small team, and that is how I prefer to work.

I’m looking for a fully remote role at an international company: product marketing, growth, or marketing leadership, ideally in B2B SaaS or AI products. I’m based in Astana, Kazakhstan (UTC+5). I speak Russian natively, Kazakh conversationally, and English at a professional working level (B2), which I’m actively improving.

Outside work, I run a content channel about AI and tech products, produce short-form videos, and make music.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

EG

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

E-Commerce Center (OMA Group)

Jul 2025 - May 2026 (10 months)

Developed and implemented the company's unified communication strategy covering external and internal communications and relations with government bodies, media, partners and other stakeholders. Oversaw GTM, performance marketing, analytics, and team management for a portfolio of digital products.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

PA

Paper Planes Academy

B2B Marketing & Sales, B2B Marketing & Sales

Completed B2B Marketing & Sales program at Paper Planes Academy in 2021.

Synergy University logoSU

Synergy University

Marketing Management, Marketing Management

Completed Marketing Management program at Synergy University in 2020.

KU

Kazakh Humanitarian Law University

Master's in Civil Law, Civil Law

Earned a Master's degree in Civil Law from Kazakh Humanitarian Law University in 2012.

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