Strategic IT Ally · Lviv, Ukraine

Your ally in IT projects — from idea to result

I help founders and businesses navigate IT decisions: validate ideas, choose the right vendors, structure projects, scale to investors. No jargon, no hidden agenda — just practical guidance from someone who builds real products too.

10+ Years in product
23+ Projects shipped
7 Industry domains
CEO TreximAI · AI startup
Experience

Companies, roles, real outcomes.

Each role with what I did and what came out of it — measurable where possible.

2024 — Present

TreximAI

CEO & CPO · Co-Founder

B2B AI logistics platform for Ukraine. Building from scratch with a partner — strategy, product, capital, partnerships.

  • Product strategy and roadmap for B2B logistics market
  • Discovery with 9+ potential strategic partners
  • Capital raise from investors
  • Strategic negotiations with banks, fuel networks, insurers, government
Result: $275K capital raised · 9+ partnerships in negotiation · 3+ MoUs signed · interest from large companies
2026 — Present

Ascend Griffin

Founder · Strategic IT Advisor

Independent advisory practice for founders and SMB owners navigating IT decisions. Three packaged engagements with transparent pricing.

  • Audit — expert review for important decisions
  • Discovery — full plan before serious investment
  • Project Support — ongoing presence on the client side
Site: ascendgriffin.org
May — Dec 2025

HUSPI

Senior Business Analyst (acting Product Manager)

Energy mobile app for 500K+ active users + city digitalization platform for government.

  • Discovery workshops with business and legal stakeholders
  • Mapped all customer journeys, 80+ user stories with AC
  • Supported UX and dev through release; UAT coordination
  • AS-IS / TO-BE documentation for legacy government processes
Result: Energy app: key actions ~35% faster, support −20%, change requests −25% · City platform: online requests up to 50-60%, processing time −20-30%
Apr 2024 — May 2025

Stfalcon

Senior Product Owner / Business Analyst

Product discoveries, proxy PO, and project recovery across multiple client engagements.

  • Led 4 product discoveries — 3 (75%) converted to active development
  • Proxy Product Owner on 2 delivered projects (1-2 week delivery variance)
  • Recovered a stalled IT project — restructured backlog, mapped bottlenecks
  • Reorganized 12-person team workflow within 1 month of joining
  • Government-sector documentation passed regulatory inspection
Result: 75% discovery-to-ship rate · 80% scope in 2mo (vs 3-6 planned) · change requests −35% · costs −70%
Sep 2023 — Apr 2024

SK Group

Business Analyst

Process redesign and stakeholder communication for multi-team product delivery.

  • Streamlined documentation workflow, reduced coordination overhead
  • Built stakeholder communication cadence for multi-party delivery
  • Tightened acceptance criteria across teams
Result: Change requests −35% · task execution time −20% · improved delivery throughput
Feb — Aug 2022

Indeema

IoT Product Analyst / Business Analyst

IoT and hardware-adjacent projects.

  • Defined technical vision and performance requirements with SMEs
  • Translated IoT capabilities into product decisions for business users
2014 — 2022

UkrSATSE

Business / Systems Analyst — Air Traffic Control

Safety-critical systems where mistakes cost lives. 8 years in highly regulated environment.

  • Requirements elicitation under regulatory and operational constraints
  • Safety risk assessments per ICAO-aligned standards
  • Traffic pattern, communication protocol, and system-performance analysis
Domains

Industries I've worked in

🤖 AI & SaaS 🚛 Logistics & Supply Chain 🏦 Fintech & Banking ⚡ Energy & Utilities 🏛️ Government & Public Sector ✈️ Aviation (safety-critical) 🔌 IoT & Hardware 🛒 Retail & E-commerce 🏠 Real Estate 🎓 Education
Toolbox

How I work — modern, AI-native

🤖 AI & LLM workflow
Claude Code ChatGPT / GPT-4 Cursor v0 / Lovable Midjourney Perplexity
📋 Product & BA methods
Discovery Sprint Jobs-to-be-Done User Stories RICE / MoSCoW OKRs North-Star Metrics BPMN / Process Mapping
🎨 Visualization & design
Figma Miro Draw.io
📄 Project & tracking
Jira Confluence Notion Obsidian
📊 Data & analytics
Power BI Tableau SQL / DWH Python
Education

Foundation behind the practice

Degrees

Master · English Philology (Teacher of English Language and Literature)
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv · 2017
Master · Air Traffic Service
State Flight Academy · 2013

Certifications

IAMPM — Badass Discovery Phase for BA
06 / 2022
Genius.Space — Project Manager (grade 10.0)
12 / 2022
UCU — Strategic Thinking for Long-Term Success
12 / 2022
IAMPM — Non-functional Requirements
03 / 2023
EPAM — DWBI / DQE + Lab
01 / 2022

Looking for a strategic IT ally?

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Three packages — Audit, Discovery, ongoing Support. Transparent pricing. Built for startup founders and businesses navigating their first or next IT project.

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📍 Lviv, Ukraine