Tymofii Pidlisnyi

Tymofii Pidlisnyi Creative Strategist ⬥ Product & Innovation Strategist | Los Angeles, CA 90004 |- |-| linkedin.com/in/tymofii-pidlisnyi |​ Professional summary ​ Creative generalist and full-stack executor with 10+ years driving innovation in product, business development, sales, and GTM across SaaS, e-commerce, CPG, and food-tech. Specializes in zero-to-one execution and scaling — blending creative thinking with operational clarity. Thrives in ambiguity with a strong bias for action and a knack for turning complexity into opportunity. Core Competencies​ Product Development & UX Systems Thinking Lean Experimentation User Research & Market Analysis Generative AI Applications AI Integration & Automation Strategic Roadmapping Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Zero-to-One Execution Go-to-Market Strategy Business Development Cross-Functional Leadership Employment history ​ Founder and CEO​ Evatar.ai​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ May 2024 - Present Los Angeles, CA Launched an AI-powered social media content automation startup and transformed it into “Eva,” a voice-to-content assistant built for creators and professionals ●​ Defined product vision and built a scalable platform with GenAI, voice synthesis, and automated publishing workflows across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and X ●​ Directed cross-functional execution (engineering, design, GTM); led an 8-person agile team through rapid prototyping cycles ●​ Owned product discovery, UX/UI, user research, and roadmap—driven by feedback loops, analytics, and sandbox testing ●​ Built partnerships and internal frameworks for AI video scripting, avatar training, and toolchain integrations (Perplexity, GPT-4, Argil, SORA, Veo 3, ElevenLabs) to power end-to-end content automation ●​ Acquired 121 users and 400K+ weekly impressions in 30 days with $0 paid spend General Manager ​ Elegatto​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Nov 2020 - Mar 2024 Los Angeles, CA Scaled e-commerce jewelry brand from launch to $3M ARR and international distribution. ●​ Tripled revenue in 24 months by building and executing full-funnel GTM across DTC and wholesale $300K Meta-funded partnership and drove $840K in sales via experimental ad and funnel design (2.8x ROAS) ●​ Built scalable outbound and retention systems, acquiring 160+ global B2B accounts ●​ Led cross-functional execution across UX/CX, paid, and lifecycle marketing — achieving 43% ROI on SMS, 28% on email ●​ Launched East Asian fulfillment hub, reducing shipping costs by 95% and supporting global expansion past 100K+ orders ●​ Secured Strategy & GTM Consultant​ NJF Worldwide​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Feb 2020 - Mar 2024 Remote Drove GTM strategy and scaled public sector adoption of regulated health products for a national medical distributor ●​ Secured ●​ Created $159M COVID testing contract with NY State through strategic outreach, stakeholder mapping and regulatory navigation bipartisan GTM frameworks aligning with zero-tolerance and harm-reduction policy models to support fentanyl screening rollout ●​ Drove regulatory innovation by identifying use-case gaps and advocating for pilot programs across 3 U.S. states ●​ Built sales ops systems from scratch, including CRM, outreach automation, and tailored narratives for government stakeholders Sales and Marketing Consultant​ AuthorityTech​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Jun 2021 - Jul 2022 ​ Remote Drove 20x revenue growth for PR agency serving VC-backed tech startups ●​ Grew ●​ Built revenue from $100K to $2M and expanded client base from 11 to 87 within one year and executed outbound, pre-sales, and CRM systems — including positioning strategy, automation, and playbooks ​ Co-Founder and CEO ​ ​ ofNature​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Dec 2020 - Mar 2022 Los Angeles, CA ​ Launched a sustainable CPG startup, pioneering cellulose acetate-based disposables — a format later adopted by McDonald’s. ●​ Raised $150K in pre-seed funding, built beta manufacturing in Ukraine, and secured first commercial contract ●​ Developed GTM strategy, led product development, IP and certification processes, and navigated an orderly wind-down during geopolitical crisis Head of Business Development​ HAY! Straws​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Sep 2018 - Nov 2020 San Francisco, CA ​ Drove market expansion for a sustainable CPG startup, establishing it as a category leader in hospitality. ●​ Secured and managed 2,000+ global B2B accounts, including Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, Sysco, and US Foods monthly revenue for five consecutive months, generating $4M+ in product sales ●​ Invented and commercialized a new product format—transforming raw reed into a scalable, manufacturable straw adopted globally ●​ Doubled VP of Sales (Promoted from Partnership Manager)​ ​ Allset Technologies​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Nov 2016 - Sep 2018 New York, NY ​ Reinvented sales, marketing, and GTM for a struggling food-tech startup—driving rapid traction, launching new revenue segments, and helping secure a $5M Series A, which led to my promotion to VP of Sales in 8 months. ●​ Transformed a 7-person sales team into a top-performing unit, increasing monthly partnerships by 600% (from 30 to 200) through redesigned funnels, smarter lead distribution, and creative conversion tactics ●​ Built a breakout outbound strategy using empathy-based messaging and psychological cues—unlocking 95% open rates and 75% close rates by speaking directly to restaurant teams’ daily realities ●​ Ignited cross-functional collaboration across sales, support, product, marketing, and SMM—designed a playbook that humanized new partners through personalized incentives and coordinated activation, reducing churn by 90% and unlocking multi-location chain partnerships ●​ Closed major national partnerships, including BJ’s Restaurants, launched a corporate sales segment and led the company’s geographic expansion into multiple U.S. cities, significantly increasing market presence and recurring revenue Education Bachelor of Arts in Feature Film Directing​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Karpenko-Karyi National University of Theatre, Cinema, and Television​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Sep 2006 - Aug 2010 Kyiv, Ukraine ​ Certifications Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2024 Tools & Platforms AI & Automation: ChatGPT, Perplexity, ElevenLabs, RunwayML, Synesthesia, Argil, Midjourney, D-ID, Heygen, Veed.io, Luma AI, OpusClip, Veo 3, Sora (OpenAI), N8N, Zapier Product & Design: Figma, Miro, Typeform, Webflow, Hotjar, Airtable, Notion Growth & Marketing: Klaviyo, Postscript, Customer.io, Meta Ads, Google Ads, TikTok Ads, Google Analytics, SEMrush Sales Ops & Outreach: HubSpot, Pipedrive, Apollo, Lemlist, Instantly, Mailchimp, Linkedin Navigator, LinkedinHelper E-commerce: Shopify, Amazon Seller Central, Faire, TikTok Shop, TikTok Seller Center, Etsy Operations & Collaboration: Airtable, Softr, Notion, Asana, ClickUp, Trello, Slack, G Suite, Microsoft Office, Zoom, Loom Data & Visualization: Google Sheets, Looker, Tableau, Mixpanel, SQL (basic), Python (basic)