Product · Operations · Perugia / Remote · Available for full-time roles + consulting
I'm Paul Popov. I run product and operations, and I build the software and systems behind them: full-stack applications from spec to deployment, designed properly.
If it needs to exist and work, I'll figure it out.
I've worked across genuinely different worlds — simultaneous interpreting, real estate, e-commerce, Web3, an engineering startup — and the thread running through all of it is the same: I make things work.
That range taught me to learn fast and pick up new tools with ease. I build software independently, taking full-stack applications from spec to deployment — the same approach I took with Webflow, Shopify, Airtable: learn it properly, then own it.
I care about getting things right without unnecessary complexity.
Outside of work: trail running, slow coffee, and growing alpine strawberries.
Languages
Certifications
Education
A design study on self-verifying contracts. The Evidence Package carries its own proof: contract text, hash, and both parties' Ed25519 signatures in a ZIP you own, verifiable anywhere with no server. Working in-browser demo of signing and offline verification. Being pressure-tested with the TEAconf community.
A professional teleprompter in a single ~200KB HTML file. Runs entirely in the browser: no install, no accounts, your script never leaves the device. Scrolling that follows how the eye actually reads, multi-speaker mode across Latin, Greek and Cyrillic, broadcast-standard cues. Open source on GitHub.
Real-time tally verification for PR-STV elections, with per-role dashboards for everyone in the count. Postgres-backed with role-based access. Live at voteresults.vercel.app, pilot planned for 2027.
End-to-end production of the Triple Entry Accounting Foundation Course for TEAconf. Turned the draft into dialogue scripts, recorded and edited the videos, and built the system that issues certificates automatically, with zero manual admin per learner.
What I built & run
2024 — Present
Product & Operations Consultant
Supported product development and CE certification for an early-stage engineering startup building high-precision volumetric pumps. Produced the pitch deck and strategic documentation, handled CE self-certification documentation, and contributed to fundraising by sourcing and onboarding an investment consultant.
Built and maintain the company website. Leading outreach to potential investors and partners.
2024 — Present
Product & Operations Lead
Built and manage teaconf.org — a Webflow site with a large multi-collection CMS covering events, speakers, academic papers, talks, and course content. Airtable systems for financial and organisational tracking, including the budgeting system that tracks expenses for the Malta event.
Led marketing through the TEAtalks podcast (recorded, edited, published with international Web3 speakers), visual assets, and social presence on X and LinkedIn. Leading community outreach and partnership development.
Currently leading production of the TEA Foundation certification course: developing the draft into dialogue scripts and a PDF deliverable, recording and editing all materials, building course infrastructure with Fillout quizzes and Certifier.io certificates, and managing all publishing.
2019 — Present
Independent
Product & Marketing Strategy Consultant
Supported startups and SMEs across finance, engineering, and emerging tech with product development, coordination, and go-to-market strategy. Pitch decks, research synthesis, graphic assets, UX feedback.
Provided UX and onboarding feedback for HoverTrusts, a DeFi platform.
E-commerce and web builds:
Apr — Dec 2023
Selected Projects Ltd.
Brand Strategist / Co-founder
Led market research, vision workshops, and brand development for early-stage startups. Supported fundraising for an Innovate UK-funded transport innovation project.
2023
Brunello Cucinelli
Solomeo Talent Academy
Luxury training programme at Brunello Cucinelli in Solomeo — product training, styling, retail, visual merchandising, buying, and CRM.
2012 — 2018
EUBC / AIBA · IAAF
Simultaneous Interpreter, English ↔ Russian
Live simultaneous interpreting for international boxing courses for trainers, referees, and judges (EUBC/AIBA, Assisi, 2015–2018), and at the IAAF World Challenge Rieti Meeting (2012).
Product & UX
Digital Platforms
Development
Cloud & Security
Web3 & Blockchain
Creative & Content
Available for full-time product/operations roles, plus consulting engagements. Based in Perugia, working remotely — happy to travel.
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