Mike Pilawski — CEO
I join companies at inflection points and build the operating system to execute. TRACK RECORD: → Tripled Typeform ARR ($18M→$55M), achieved profitability → Grew Vungle 5x ($36M→$200M), ~$1B Blackstone exit → Scaled Smallpdf to 50M MAU, 300K subscribers, 2x conversion → Built Leanplum platform: 30B daily events, 2B devices → Shipped Lokalise AI pivot (25%→75% AI-powered) Currently SVP at Miro, launched Miro Insights, Miro Prototypes, and Miro Portfolios. WHAT I DO: - Turn single products into multi-product platforms - Build PLG engines that convert and retain - Execute AI transformations (not just strategy decks) - Scale organizations from 20 to 150+ people I've led Product, Engineering, Growth, Marketing, Data, and Design teams across companies like Miro, Lokalise, Smallpdf, Typeform, and Leanplum. Earlier in my career, I built ML recommendation systems at Nokia (30M MAU) and hold patents in advertising and entertainment technology. Wharton MBA | Aalto M.Eng |Wharton MBA | US & EU citizen
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Leader with a strong focus on AI-driven transformations.
Location: Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Experience: 26 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Product Strategy
- Ai Transformation
Career Highlights
- Tripled Typeform ARR from $18M to $55M.
- Grew Vungle 5x leading to a ~$1B exit.
- Scaled Smallpdf to 50M MAU and 300K subscribers.
Work Experience
Miro
Head of Products (SVP), Commercial Solutions (1 yr 2 mos)
pyne
Advisor (1 yr 5 mos)
North One
Interim | Fractional CPO (2 mos)
Lokalise
Chief Product Officer (1 yr 5 mos)
eduMe
Advisor (2 yrs 11 mos)
Smallpdf
Chief Product Officer (2 yrs 3 mos)
RiskSense, Inc.
Advisor (2 yrs 1 mo)
Typeform.com
Chief Operating Officer (1 yr 11 mos)
MindTickle
Advisor (3 yrs 11 mos)
Leanplum
VP Product Development (2 yrs 5 mos)
Advisor (8 mos)
GSVlabs
Entrepreneur in Residence (5 mos)
Branch Metrics
Advisor (4 yrs)
Vungle
VP of Product and Design (1 yr 4 mos)
Vendri, Inc.
Advisor (4 yrs)
NativeX
Vice President, Mobile Product (1 yr 10 mos)
Life360
Advisor (4 yrs)
Badger Life, Inc.
Co-founder, Head of Product (4 mos)
Nokia
Director, Business Development (Intrapreneurship: Product Management, Partnerships and Acquisitions) (1 yr 1 mo)
Sr. Manager, Business Development (Product Management, Partnerships and Acquisitions) (2 yrs)
Product Manager, Entertainment Services (6 yrs 2 mos)
Jaakko Poyry
Contract Consultant (1 yr)
7NFI
Summer intern (0 mo)
Bank Pekao
Summer Intern (0 mo)
Hiphop.pl
Co-founder (3 yrs)
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at The Wharton School
M.Sc. (tech.) at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
Master of Arts (M.A.) at Uniwersytet Szczeciński
