Den Rudenko, CEO

Den Rudenko

CEO • 13 years of experience • Ukraine

Currently atYalantis

Den is an expert in direct management of delivery operations and business development with over 13 years of experience. Under his leadership, Yalantis experienced phenomenal growth, quadrupling its business while maintaining a solid 40% sales acceptance rate. Den helps companies prepare for a scale, build teams, plan delivery budgets, and get visibility across all operations.
  • Delivery & Operations
  • Business Development
  • Talent Operations
  • Pre-Sale
Referred by 15+ people: a row of portraits of the people who recommend Den

Advised 15+ companies

  • Sloboda Studio
  • LITSLINK
  • Uptech
  • Temy
  • IT Craft

Achievements

  • 13+ years of experience in the IT sphere.
  • Promoted to CEO from PM, Delivery Director, and COO at Yalantis.
  • Increased and sustained opportunity sales acceptance to 40%.
  • Effectively established and managed business processes when the company grew from 100 to 500 employees.
  • Helped the company achieve and maintain a breakeven margin for the last few years.

How Den Can Help

Involvement Plans

3 - 6 - 12 months involvement
  • Basic

    On-Demand Calls

    For companies that require a one-time feedback or benchmark

    • 1-2 hours Q&A calls about any topic
    • No docs and artifacts review before/after meetings
    • No deep dive into the existing processes
    • No joint chat and async work
  • Standard

    Up to 6 hrs / mo

    For companies that plan to improve their existing process and require guidance rather than execution

    • Regular calls with the delivery team and other responsible people:
      - Delivery team sync-ups
      - Quick on-demand calls
      - Q&A session / Mentoring session / Workshops
      - Alignment calls with other departments
      - Strategy meetings with the CEO: feedback sessions, brainstorming
    • Preparing and sharing templates and docs, reviewing materials, statuses, homework, etc.
    • Joint chat and async work
  • Advanced

    Up to 10 hrs / mo

    For companies that plan to build processes from scratch and require execution

    • Everything in "Standard Plan" plus:
    • Firefighting in problem cases
    • Monitoring the process and revision of the results
    • Hypothesis testing
    • Assistance with scaling
    • Dashboard and reporting setup
    • Launching new strategies
    • Budget planning and control
    • Analysis and improvement of the processes across the company
    • Help with hiring or skill analysis of the team not involved in the delivery process
    • Advice on people management and talent operations

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Project Involvement List

Optional activities

Example of Advising with Den

Business Development + Delivery & Operations Strategy
  1. 1

    Investigation / Audit Deep Dive and Preparation for the Launch

    • Finding the problem and finding ways of addressing it
    • Initial advice, discussing potentials for growth
    • Discussing and planning next steps
  2. 2

    Business Development Stage

    • Creating visibility of key processes
    • Conducting P&L Gap Analysis
    • Setting up delivery KPI and dashboard
    • Planning delivery budget
    • Business Process Decomposition
    • Org structure analysis and optimization
    • Planning quarter revenue planning
    • Addressing specific problems
  3. 3

    Delivery Operations Stage

    • Improving delivery quality and finding sources of additional revenue
    • Finding “draining holes” in company’s expenses
    • Improving talent operations
  4. 4

    Monitoring and Improvement

    • Implementing further improvements:
      -Tracking roadmap progress
      -Improving pre-sale
      -Supporting implementations of changes

What Companies Say About Den

“We're so glad we hired Iryna. She helped us improve our sales efforts with clear and practical advice. Our results have improved a lot since she started working with us. Definitely recommend her, she is a true professional.”
Yevhenii AnanchenkoHead of Management at Kozak Group
Company type
Serviсe
Size
21 - 50
Project
Outbound Setup
“Iryna really knows her stuff when it comes to sales! She helped us figure out how to reach more customers, and it's made a big difference for our business. She's super friendly and great to work with.”
Katia ChubkaHead of Sales at Calder
Company type
Serviсe
Size
51-100
Project
Outbound Setup
“Iryna did an amazing job helping us set up our outbound sales. She made everything easy to understand and gave us a plan that really worked. Thanks to her, we've seen a big increase in our sales. Highly recommend!”
Bohdan BuzanHead of Sales at Getmentioned
Company type
Serviсe
Size
51-10
Project
Outbound Setup

Case Studies

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Den's Background and Activities

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Yalantis

    Jan 2024 - Present

  • Chief Operating Officer

    Yalantis

    Oct 2020 - Jan 2024

    - Effectively managed a team of over 500 employees
    - Designing and implementing business operations
    - Oversaw executive leadership, directors of Delivery and Non-Delivery business units, and the work of executives
    - Developed intensive, ambitious business strategies, short-term goals, and long-term objectives.
    - Spearheaded overhaul of various underperforming departments to reduce stagnation and increase growth and productivity.
    - Fostered change in company culture to be more open, transparent, and accountable.
    - Evaluated and managed the company performance and P&L balance
    - Participated in the company’s expansion procedures
    - Evaluated performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics
    - Contributed to mutually successful partner and vendor relationships with clients.
  • Delivery Director

    Yalantis

    Apr 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Senior Project Manager

    SoftServe

    Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Project Manager

    Anadea Inc

    Apr 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Project manager

    NEW-NORM

    May 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Software Engineer

    NEW-NORM

    Feb 2012 - Apr 2015

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15+ People Recommend Den

  • Mykhailo Vyshynskyi

    Chief Delivery Officer at Yalantis

  • Andrew Sheludenkov

    CEO at Temy

  • Vlad Sokol

    CEO at Academy Smart

  • Alexander Sharko

    Former CEO at Bicovery

  • Dmytro Kovalenko

    Founder at Uptech & Rozmova

  • Yevhen Fedorenko

    Vice President of Client Success at SoftServe

  • Alexandr Kholodov

    President at Yalantis

  • Anna Bovda

    CEO at Sloboda Studio

  • Olha Klok

    Customer Success Director at ELEKS

  • Pavel Obod

    Founder at Sloboda Studio

  • Evgeniy Altynpara

    CEO & Founder at Cleveroad

  • Oleks Mykolaienko

    Founding Partner & CEO at Tallium

  • Kostyantyn Volkov

    CEO & Co-Founder at IT Craft

  • Kos Chekanov

    CEO & Founder at Artkai

  • Anton Trubnikov

    CEO at LitsLink

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