Azer Aliyev

Azer Aliyev

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Founder of speakinprivate.com - Next Gen Privacy Messenger
Berlin, Germany

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  • Hearts
    Community Member
    Hearts
    Jul 2025 - Current (1 year 4 months)
    'Building tomorrow's tech society with cultural diversity: 2hearts is a community of people with immigration backgrounds from the tech scene (founders, investors, top executives) with the mission to empower great talent with immigration backgrounds to enrich Europe`s tech economy.
  • SpeakInPrivate
    Founder
    SpeakInPrivate
    Apr 2025 - Current (1 year 7 months)
    - Founder of privacy first messenger
    - We don't ask for your phone number or email address
    - We don't store anything on our servers
    - We allow to have multiple profiles (family, friends, dating, selling on Ebay)
  • Google
    Principal Product Manager
    Google
    Aug 2022 - Aug 2025 (3 years 1 month)
    Responsible for strategy development and execution of Account Security of Youtube Detection & Mitigation
  • Wayfair
    Lead Product Manager
    Wayfair
    Nov 2021 - Jun 2022 (8 months)
  • everphone
    Head of Product
    everphone
    Sep 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 4 months)
    • B2B2C Subscription based Device-as-a-Service
    • Building product team & culture
    • Bringing C to B2B
    • Dreaming about transforming the industry
  • Zalando SE
    Senior Product Manager - Fulfilment Core
    Zalando SE
    Jan 2019 - Aug 2020 (1 year 8 months)
    • Owned the Delivery Options product that generated ±€80M revenue in 2019
    • Worked with cross functional teams including developers, UI/UX, biz devs and etc
    • Delivered products and features from ideation to market release and further
    • Run product market fit analysis for delivery products in several european markets
    • Defined product purposed fit, set North Star KPIs, continuously developing mid term strategy
    • Initiated and drove from output to outcome transformation of the team
    • Run cross team projects (60-70 people)
    Coached Junior PMs
  • V
    Co-Founder
    VoucherIM
    Jul 2020 - Aug 2022 (2 years 2 months)
    https://voucher.im/
    - Reward as a service
    - Setup a team lunch with 1-click. Remote or not
    - No reimbursement or admin hassle
  • Selfemployed
    Freelance Agile Coach/ Product Manager
    Selfemployed
    Oct 2018 - Jul 2025 (6 years 10 months)
    Help people & startups setting up right culture and be Agile
  • OUTFITTERY
    Senior Product Manager
    OUTFITTERY
    Nov 2017 - Sep 2018 (11 months)
    • Product Manager responsible for Operations product including stock management, logistics and finance with payment
    • Re-implemented Scrum within my team
    • Streamlined cross team planning process by introducing Kanban approach on company level
    • Integrated with 3rd party vendors, improving operational efficiency and reducing financial risks
    • Developed short and midterm Roadmap
    • Coached Junior PM
    • Drove new initiatives within my domain using data-driven approach
    • Participated in developers and product managers recruitment process for and proposed “bug” fixes
  • H
    Product Consultant (part time)
    HelTech IT Business Consultancy
    Oct 2014 - Nov 2016 (2 years 2 months)
    • Provided full software development life cycle (SDLC) – analysis, design and planning; implementation; testing and maintenance – of staff scheduling application for Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
    • Delivered business and IT consultancy for Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
    • Information and Communication Technologies Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan startup grant winner
    • Delivered a car search aggregator that was featured in 6 local newspapers.
  • B
    IT Project/ Product Manager
    Bakucom and Eurodesign CSC
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (3 years)
    • Managed full SDLC of a 15+ apps (internal and public customer facing)
    • Recruited, coached and trained four team-members
    • Managed in-house development team as well as three remote vendors from Ukraine, Russia and Slovenia.
    • Delivered bakucitycircuit.com and baku2017.com
    • Acted as Business Developer and launched new revenue stream
    • Developed buy or build decision making process
    • Managed relationship with vendors and suppliers
  • B
    IT Project/ Product Manager
    Bakucom and Eurodesign CSC
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (3 years)
    • Managed full SDLC of a 15+ apps (internal and public customer facing)
    • Recruited, coached and trained four team-members
    • Managed in-house development team as well as three remote vendors from Ukraine, Russia and Slovenia.
    • Delivered bakucitycircuit.com and baku2017.com
    • Acted as Business Developer and launched new revenue stream
    • Developed buy or build decision making process
    • Managed relationship with vendors and suppliers
  • Bp
    Activity Planing Systems Owner / Product Manager
    Bp
    Jun 2012 - Dec 2013 (1 year 7 months)
    • Managed implementation of changes to the planning and scheduling tools
    • Delivered special BP Activity Planning projects
    • Ensured availability and reliability of the Maxavera, Maximo and Primavera systems and their interfaces
    • Defined and ensured of Maximo to Primavera interface business requirements
    • Ensured provision of quality training and coaching services for AP Toolset users and manage third-party suppliers involved in systems training
    • Maintained relationship among IT&S team and all vendors
  • Bp
    IT&S Engineer
    Bp
    Mar 2005 - Jun 2010 (5 years 4 months)
    • 500+ Customers support with overall customer satisfaction > 96%.
    • Managed 3-5 IT support engineers
    • Coordinated move of 2000+ customers between offices.
    • Performed as a Project Manager for IT&S Front Office.
    • Provided Business Information Consultancy for internal customers.
    • Exceeding expectation recognition at BP (2007, 2008, 2009)
    • Prioritized tasks for BP Passport Migration Team (10-20 people).
    • Migrated 5000+ customers from Win2K to WinXp with overall customer satisfaction >95%.
    • Best outsource IT engineer in BP Azerbaijan (2005).
    • Performed IT Helpdesk engineer duties in different branches of BP Azerbaijan with customer satisfaction 95%-98%.
    • For excellent technica
  • L
    Research Assistant
    Laboratory of Neural Networks of Institute of Informational Technologies of National Science Academy
    Mar 2004 - Feb 2005 (1 year)
    • Performed all IT Service desk duties
    • Developed online book registration and tracking portal on MySQL + PHP for institute's library.
  • S
    Software developer
    Jun 2003 - Mar 2004 (10 months)
    • Utilized extensive software development skills to develop accounting software for clients.
    • Optimized existing algorithms up to 250% of the original speed to increase processing efficiency.
    • Successfully met with clients to discuss projects and gather requirements.
    • Brainstormed the technical and workflow solutions with clients and developers.
    • Performed comprehensive analysis and design for program changes to gain and to transfer knowledge of those changes.
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  • ESMT Berlin
    Master of Business Administration (MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
    ESMT Berlin
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 (1 year)
    ESMT Berlin | The business school founded by business. ESMT Berlin
  • University of Iowa
    Masters, Computer Science
    University of Iowa
    Jan 2010 - Dec 2012 (3 years)
    University of Iowa Graduate School Fellowship
  • Baku State University
    Bachelor, Computer Science
    Baku State University
    Jan 2001 - Dec 2005 (5 years)
    Finished with distinction
  • freeCodeCamp
    Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering
    freeCodeCamp
Projects (professional or personal) verified_user 0% verified
  • W
    Website for F1 Baku Grand Prix
    Sep 2015 - Dec 2015 (4 months)
    Managed delivery of F1 Baku Grand Prix website.
    Project included: Business analysis, Project management and testing within very tight schedule and shared resources.
  • W
    Warehouse Management System for Eurodesign
    Aug 2015 - Dec 2015 (5 months)
    Managed business analysis, supplier search, selection and price negotiation. Also managed delivery of both hardware and software phases of the project.
  • I
    IT hardware delivery for NOC offices
    May 2015 - Jun 2015 (2 months)
    Together with the team managed delivery, setup, installation and configuration of 1000+ IT items for National Olympic Committees @ Baku 2015 Athlete Village within a 7 working days.
  • t
    texmini.az
    Nov 2014 - Jan 2015 (3 months)
    Together with Vuqar we've delivered online car search aggregator.
    Have been noted by 6 online newspapers within first week with $0 on promotions
  • V
    Volunteers Management System
    Feb 2014 - Current (12 years 9 months)
    Managed delivery of Volunteers & Staff management system for Baku2015.
    Approximate number of volunteers: 25,000 | Staff: 2,000 | Contractors: 2,000
    System included: Volunteers registration, verification, pre-selection, interview, assignment and tracking processes.
  • A
    Azikus
    Mar 2013 - Dec 2013 (10 months)
    A feedback solution for any business.
  • F
    FlickIt
    Nov 2011 - Current (15 years)
    Connecting Kinnect with Netflix and local media storage.
  • F
    FBSynQR
    May 2011 - Current (15 years 6 months)
    Synchronizing Facebook calendar with iPhone/iPad calendars.
Awards verified_user 0% verified
  • Allianz
    Allianz Scholarship
    Allianz
    Jan 2017
  • N
    Delivery of the best website in Sport category
    Nettyaz
    May 2016
    Delivery of the best website in sport category - website for F1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE - Bakucitycircuit.com
  • G
    Graduate School Fellowship
    Graduate School at University of Iowa
    Aug 2010
  • Department of State
    Fulbright Scholarship
    Department of State
    May 2010
  • Baku State University
    Bachelor in Computer Science
    Baku State University
    Jun 2005
    Graduating University with distinction (GPA 4.9 out 5)