Peter Kortvel

Co-Founder

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland14 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 13 years of product marketing expertise.
  • Co-founded a successful IoT startup.
  • Led online marketing for a major bank.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Marketing expert with a strong background in SaaS and EdTech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product MarketingMobile Application DevelopmentGo-to-market Strategy

Other Skills

2D AnimationAdobe Design ProgramsAdobe IllustratorAffiliate MarketingAfter EffectsAnimationB2B MarketingB2B SoftwareBusiness DevelopmentCSSCommunity BuildingCompetitive Marketing StrategiesContent MarketingCustomer Value PropositionDirect Marketing

About

With 13 years of experience, I know how to get Product Marketing done. - I write the ProductMarketingNewsletter.com - Currently building a language app Upwordo.com. - 7 years in one of the most successful Swiss tech scale ups as a Product Marketer. - I was leading online marketing for a large bank, so I know how to get clients online effectively. - I co-founded an IoT startup in Dublin, gained traction, failed and learned. - My speciality is nailing down product value and explaining it effectively. - Based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Experience

14 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Career break

Full-time parenting

Aug 2025Present · 10 mos · Zurich, Zurich

  • Taking care of our daughter born this year, while working on Upwordo.com and ProductMarketingNewsletter.com

Upwordo

Co-founder Product & Marketing

Aug 2025Present · 10 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

User Experience (UX)User Interface DesignProduct MarketingProduct ManagementMobile Application DevelopmentGrowth Marketing

Scandit

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Mar 2018Jul 2025 · 7 yrs 4 mos · Zürich Area, Switzerland

  • As a Sr. Product Marketing Manager, I make sure our computer vision software products find their place across many different industries while providing our Sales and Marketing departments with the best tools to leverage our product offer.
  • Product growth with positioning and messaging
  • Product videos
  • Sales enablement
  • Demo experience
  • Product releases
Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategyCustomer Value PropositionVideo ProductionSales Enablement

Locatible

Head of Marketing, Co-Founder

Dec 2014Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Dublin

  • I covered Go To Market and product growth for our IoT, Indoor Location Tracking solution. I created a marketing strategy and set up all marketing channels. We were selected to deliver indoor location to the largest Whirlpool warehouse in Canada and we have been mentioned in the biggest industry magazines.
  • Marketing: I set up and managed our branding, website, SEO, content and social media. I implemented a full CRM solution.
  • Product: I was involved in product design. I helped with coordinating developers, and I designed and implemented UI into our web apps. I coordinated and supported IoT hardware installations.
  • Sales & Business: I covered international sales including pitching, sales calls, and presentations. We joined in a business accelerator in the U.S., where I gained a strong business experience.

Postova banka

Online Marketing Manager

Jun 2014Nov 2014 · 5 mos · Bratislava

  • I led online marketing for one of the biggest banks in Slovakia.
  • I directly managed bank's online campaigns
  • Media planning (With an agency, we tested RTB ads for the first time, it was the 2nd most converting paid channel of the campaign)
  • SEO (I worked with a top SEO agency, reaching top 1st page results for target keywords)
  • I cooperated on managing bank's website
  • Google Adwords (I improved CPC of a winter insurance campaign by 16%, I introduced Gmail Ads and also managed Youtube, Display and Keyword search ads)
  • Social media (Working with an agency, we increased the number of followers and engagement rate on Facebook significantly)
  • Affiliate (I set up partnership with a new affiliate network)

Freelance marketing and creative services

Marketing Consultant & Video Animation Freelancer

Jan 2014Jan 2018 · 4 yrs

  • I consulted an AI online advertising startup Nanos.ai, based in Zurich, with their go-to-market, product and marketing.
  • I have animated and produced over 10 animated explainers for startups including instructional videos for Heineken http://bit.ly/2xNePL9.
  • I doubled the SEO visits of a software client Evolveum in 3 months.
  • I worked on multiple website projects and managed PR and influencer campaigns.

Fleming.

2 roles

Lead Online Marketing Manager

Promoted

Jan 2013May 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • I led marketing and growth of a webinar sector, scaling up 'Kakushin Webinars' branch at Fleming. I covered:
  • Demand generation (I increased the number of leads by 3x in the first 3 months)
  • Email Marketing (I wrote over 100 email blasts, measured and keep improving their effectivity)
  • I started blogs, developed and executed a Content Marketing strategy, including case studies and whitepapers for download
  • I introduced inforgraphics as a strong demand generation channel
  • Website (I created new websites for webinars using Joomla, Html and CSS)
  • Social Media Marketing (Linkedin, Facebook)
  • I was actively setting up new Media Partnerships
  • Competition Analysis, Website Analysis (Google Analytics), PPC(Google Adwords)
  • I worked with a top SEO agency in the region
  • I set up and managed PPC: Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Linkedin Ads

Web Marketing Specialist

Jan 2011Jan 2012 · 1 yr

  • Marketing of pharma/healthcare conferences
  • Website building for conferences (Html, Javascript, PHP, CSS, CMS)
  • Twitter, Linkedin (I increased the number of Twitter followers from 100 to 2000 in 1 month)
  • PPC (Google Adwords), Website Analysis (Google Analytics), On-page SEO
  • Communication with design and production department
  • Media Partnerships support, Online banners

Education

Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave

Master's degree

Jan 2006Jan 2011

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