Kirill Gertman

CEO

Boston, Massachusetts, United States15 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of a successful B2B payments platform.
Led product teams achieving 20% MoM growth.
Transformed digital banking experience significantly.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech leader with extensive experience in product management and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementLeadershipFundraisingProduct StrategyProduct DevelopmentTeam LeadershipDigital BankingUser ExperienceUser ResearchUser EngagementCreative DirectionSales Strategy

Other Skills

B2B cross-border paymentsAgile MethodologiesPrototypingAnalyticsUser GrowthWeb DesignWeb DevelopmentHTMLSEOUser InterfaceUsabilityGraphic DesignWeb ApplicationsMobile DevicesCMS

About

Founder and CEO of Conduit, a B2B cross-border payments platform that enables businesses in emerging markets to move their money faster, cheaper and more transparently than legacy options. Over 15 years in financial services from fintech startups to banking to blockchain, building products that were used by millions of people around the world to secure billions of dollars in value.

Experience

15 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Conduit

CEO

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Remote

Conduit helps global businesses move money across borders faster, cheaper and more transparently than traditional rails.

B2B cross-border paymentsProduct ManagementLeadership

Eco

Head of Product

Dec 2020 – Jul 2021 · 7 mos

One simple balance that lets you spend, send, save and make money at the same time.
Raised over $86M led by a16z Crypto with Founders Fund, Activant, Slow Ventures, Coinbase, Tribe, Valor and more than one hundred other funds and angels.

Product ManagementFundraisingUser Experience

Arival bank

Chief Product Officer

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr

For the win

Co-Founder & CEO

Dec 2019 – Oct 2020 · 10 mos

FTW helps companies get to profitability faster and scale efficiently by better understanding their unit economics: CAC, LTV and more.

Product StrategyUser ExperienceLeadership

Brd (acquired by coinbase)

VP Products

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Built and led product, design and customer support teams.
Achieved sustained 20% MoM growth: from 500K to 10M users, 10X revenue, 4X conversion, 5X LTV, 5X MAU, 7X transaction volume.
Launched a new B2B SaaS business line working with SBI, KPMG, Deloitte, Fidelity.
Created a product vision and roadmap, set company KPIs and actionable OKRs for each team. Championed user research and testing.

Product DevelopmentUser ResearchTeam Leadership

Eastern labs - eastern bank

VP Digital Product

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · Greater Boston Area

In under a year, transformed the digital banking experience from the main cause of customer churn into a source of customer delight by rebuilding it from scratch based on actual user feedback.
Increased NPS (banking average is 34; Bank of America is -24; Apple is 72):
Mobile from -75 to 80
Web from -27 to 61
Recruited and led a cross-functional team of 20: PMs, engineers, designers, QAs.
Implemented continuous user research and testing, Agile development, OKRs.

Digital BankingUser ExperienceAgile Methodologies

Omsignal (acquired by honeywell)

Head of Product

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs · Montreal, Canada Area

Guided the company to product-market fit through user research and rapid prototyping.
Starting from a raw data pre-alpha prototype, created a consumer friendly wearable fitness product in under a year.
Recruited and managed in-house designers, developers and external agencies.
Co-led GTM strategy and product launch that secured $10M Series A from Bessemer.

Product ManagementUser ResearchPrototyping

Billguard (acquired by prosper)

Product Manager

Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 · 2 yrs · Tel Aviv Area, Israel

Guided the product into personal finance management, achieving product-market-fit.
Drove engagement and conversion from freemium into paid customers.
Increased referral growth x4.
Determined user needs through analytics and customer interviews, translated needs into a product roadmap and prioritized the engineering team's work.

Product ManagementAnalyticsUser Engagement