Esteban Kozak

Seasoned professional with nearly 10 years of product management experience in the Internet industry.

• Expertise in Search, Social Networks, E-commerce, and Web 2.0 applications
• Broad experience leading global teams and projects across multiple disciplines
• Strong passion for customer focused and metrics driven applications
• Proven track record in designing, managing and launching sophisticated back end implementations
• Strong communication, collaboration and organizational skills. Fluent in Spanish.

Esteban Kozak’s Specialties:

Product Management, Web 2.0, Search, Machine Learning, Personalization, Social Graph, Social Networks, Tagging, E-commerce.

Esteban Kozak’s Experience

Principal Product Manager

LinkedIn

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

Lead product strategy, research, user interface design, functional requirements, development, testing, deployment and data analysis in the following areas:

• Search
• Cloud (Social Graph)
• Analytics

So far:

• Redesigned entire search experience and increased search engagement by 225% YoY
• Led back end migration of key data driven products to Hadoop and increased success metrics by 6x in a single quarter
• Launched over 20 products including: faceted search, advanced relevance algorithms, saved searches, search type ahead, international search, query interpretation and personalized recommendations
Senior Product Manager

eBay Inc.

(Public Company; eBay; Internet industry)

January 2006 — January 2008 (2 years 1 month)

• Led cross-functional team focused on search intelligence.
• Integrated machine learning technology in global search platform.
• Designed, established product requirements and directed global launch for the following features:
- Best Match Sort
- Category Sort
- Popularity Sort (China Site)
- Keyword Navigation Messaging
- GEO Based Messaging
• Responsible for $4.28 million in incremental revenue in Q4 2006
Product Manager

SearchFox (Acquired by Yahoo!)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

January 2004 — December 2005 (2 years )

• Launched tagging system and personalized RSS reader
• Designed and established overall products features
• Grew customer base to thousands leveraging blogs' coverage and limited online marketing budget
• Developed successful customer support and public relations strategy including the company’s official blog
• Presented products at trade shows and industry events
• Created financial forecasts and revenue models
• Key role in fundraising and strategic planning
Product Manager

SP Business Resources - Palo Alto Research Center

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Computer Software industry)

January 2003 — December 2003 (1 year )

• Identified market opportunities for PARC’s advanced research
• Established product requirements for enterprise applications in the legal and customer support areas
• Managed pilot, implementation and sale of knowledge sharing application to Xerox
• Developed financial forecasts, revenue models and market analysis
Director of Operations and Controller

Sera Learning

(Consumer Services industry)

June 1999 — December 2002 (3 years 7 months)

• Managed business operations including human resources, legal, finance, production and information technology for team of 17
• Established budgets and commission plans for sales team
• Performed annual accounting audits and tax returns
• Supervised bookkeeper and shipping manager

Esteban Kozak’s Education

San Francisco State University

BS , Business , 1996 — 1999

Graduated from joint program between Universidad de Belgrano (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and San Francisco State University.

Activities and Societies:

Board Member of the International Education Exchange Council
Universidad de Belgrano

BS , Business Administration , 1996 — 1999
Colegio Sagrada Familia

High School Diploma , Perito Mercantil , 1992 — 1995
Instituto Domingo Faustino Sarmiento