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Rustam
Director of Analytics | Head of Data | Growth & Experimentation | Fintech & Crypto

📍 Location: Berlin
🗣 English: Fluent
📅 Experience: 9+ years in Data, Analytics & Growth

Summary

Director of Analytics with 9+ years of experience building and scaling data teams in fintech, crypto, e-commerce, and marketplaces. Strong track record of driving revenue growth through experimentation, segmentation, and recommendation systems. Expert in building analytics from scratch — from infrastructure and dashboards to A/B platforms embedded into business decision-making. Known for translating business problems into clear analytical or data science solutions with measurable impact.

Skills

* Analytics & Growth: Product & Marketing Analytics, A/B Testing, Experimentation Platforms, Funnels, Retention, Unit Economics
* Data & Tech: SQL, Python, Tableau, Superset, Redash, Airflow, MLflow, Statistics
* Leadership: Team Building (up to 25+ people), Hiring, Mentorship, Stakeholder Management, OKRs & KPIs
* Domains: Fintech, Crypto, E-commerce, Marketplaces, Personalization, Search
* Strengths: Business Impact Focus, Hypothesis-Driven Thinking, End-to-End Analytics Ownership

Previous Experience

Director of Analytics – B2B Crypto & Financial Products (Aug 2024 – Present)

* Increased revenue by +30% YoY through analytics-driven acquisition and retention initiatives.
* Built A/B testing platform (40+ experiments across marketing, product, and sales).
* Scaled analytics & data department to 26 specialists (analysts, DS, engineers).
* Embedded analytics into strategic and operational decision-making.

Head of Analytics & Data – Healthcare Tech Startup (Jun 2023 – Aug 2024)

* Drove +60% YoY revenue growth via 30+ pricing, acquisition, and retention experiments.
* Built traffic attribution model, eliminating channel cannibalization and improving CPA & ROI.
* Designed analytics infrastructure and experimentation processes from scratch.

Head of Analytics – Marketplace & Classifieds (Mar 2021 – Aug 2022)

* Increased B2B acquisition and revenue by +8% via customer segmentation for sales teams.
* Boosted sales by +20% YoY through funnel optimization and A/B testing.
* Improved search logic, increasing business sales by +10%.

Head of Data Science & Analytics – Fintech (Oct 2019 – Mar 2021)

* Increased B2B revenue by +9% using user-based product recommendations.
* Built A/B testing platform supporting 100+ experiments per year.
* Improved secondary product sales by +9% with contextual recommendations.

Data Scientist – Banking (Jan 2019 – Oct 2019)

* Increased marketing open rates by +15% with ML-based targeting models.
* Reduced communication costs by −22% via classification models.
* Increased upsell revenue by +10% on credit products.

Product Analyst – Fintech (Jan 2017 – Jan 2019)

* Increased secondary card acquisition by +24% using binary classification models.
* Improved partner product success rate by +11% with data-driven rules.

Data Scientist – Mobility & Operations Analytics (Jan 2016 – Dec 2016)

* Built models to improve delivery time prediction and operational efficiency.
* Ran full ML cycle: data collection → modeling → A/B testing → production rollout.

📬 For inquiries: @mikevolkov