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Principal PM  ·  AI Platform  ·  Chicago

Hello. I'm
Igor®

My favorite question in any room is what problem are we actually solving? I've been asking it for twenty years. I'm still right.

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Twenty years of asking
the same question.
Never getting tired
of the answer.
// AI Platform · 0→1 · UL Solutions
Product iQ
Agentic AI knowledge platform built from scratch with 8 developers, 6 engineers, a UX team, and 2 architects. For compliance professionals who couldn't afford wrong answers. Traceable reasoning, not just output.

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90% user growth
400% paid revenue
3 years running
// Joint Venture · CME Group
FXMarket Space
Took a Reuters joint venture FX trading platform from concept to live global trading — regulatory approvals, technology integration, and customer onboarding across multiple markets. Zero existing infrastructure.
$331M trading volume
Month one
Global launch
// Global Program · HERE Technologies
Map Data Platform
Led 15 global teams across 10 sites — German dev team, geospatial collection teams, project managers. Mapped 8 previously unmapped countries and 2.5M sq km of new coverage. On time.
$8M budget
18 months
8 countries
// Side Project · Builder
Job Bully
Built it because I needed it. Chrome extension that analyzes job postings and generates tailored cover letters using Claude. Node.js backend, Supabase auth, Stripe subscriptions, real users.

Built with Claude ↗
Node.js backend
Supabase auth
Stripe billing

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Bourbon barrels
// Craft
Bourbon
Distilling
Copper still
// Process
The
Still
1977 Corvette L82
// 1977
The
Corvette
Writing.
Seven articles. One argument.
01
Your RAG Isn't Broken. Your Data Is.
RAG failures are data governance problems. That makes them a product problem, not a model problem.
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02
Why Your AI Product Has a Trust Problem
Trust is legibility, not accuracy. Most teams are solving the wrong half of this.
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03
The Most Valuable Feature You're Not Building
The feedback loop is how AI products compound over time. Almost no one owns it.
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04
Stop Building AI Features. Start Solving AI Problems.
Most AI features aren't solving problems. They're performing the idea of solving problems. There's a difference.
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05
I Posted #OpenToWork on LinkedIn. Within Minutes, Everyone Wanted to Help Me.
A field guide to the modern LinkedIn recruiting ecosystem. Frank is in it.
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06
I Applied Online. Months Later I Got Rejected. I Did What Any Professional Would Do — I Wrote a Post-Mortem.
A formal incident review of a rejection letter from a recruiter I have never spoken to.
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07
Olivia Has Never Let Me Down
Eight weeks. Eight emails. Still under consideration. An appreciation.
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// Comedy
Stand-Up
I perform at open mics in Chicago. Writing for an audience that has thirty seconds to decide you're worth listening to is excellent product training.
02
// Making
Design & Fabrication
I design and 3D print automotive accessories. AI has changed how I approach the design process. The iteration is the point.
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// Origin
Where I'm From
I came to the United States from the Soviet Union. Products that give people agency and access aren't abstract to me.
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// Method
The One Question
Same question, every time, for twenty years: what problem are we actually solving? Still the first thing out of my mouth.
// Fractional CPO
Two days
a week.
Real
outcomes.

I take one or two fractional engagements at a time. You get a Principal PM with 20 years of experience and the judgment to know what to build before your team commits to building the wrong thing.

I work best with companies that have a real AI product problem and no one senior enough to own it yet.

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Say
Hello.

Hiring a PM. Exploring fractional work. Want to argue about AI products.
I'm interested in conversations where the problem is real.

okay, I'd actually click one of these

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