Julian Burt Olano
Bangkok, Thailand
Julian Burt Olano
Product/Project Management | Startup Generalist
Category : Consulting and advisory
I’m Julian Olano, a product and strategy generalist with 3+ years of experience driving growth and operational excellence for fintech, SaaS, and platform startups across Southeast Asia and the US. I specialize in turning early-stage ideas into scalable, user-centered products through agile delivery, cross-functional collaboration, and data-informed decision-making.
I’ve led end-to-end product launches, improved partner onboarding flows, and localized platform experiences to boost adoption across diverse markets. My work blends strategic foresight, operational structure, and creative execution, helping founders and teams accelerate from 0→1 and beyond.
I’ve led end-to-end product launches, improved partner onboarding flows, and localized platform experiences to boost adoption across diverse markets. My work blends strategic foresight, operational structure, and creative execution, helping founders and teams accelerate from 0→1 and beyond.
Working hours
- Monday:08h00 To 18h00
- Tuesday:08h00 To 18h00
- Wednesday:08h00 To 18h00
- Thursday:08h00 To 18h00
- Friday:08h00 To 18h00
- Saturday:Not available
- Sunday:00h00 To 00h00
- Served as on-site product lead for a mobility startup, steering product strategy and execution across 2 key user segments (rental shop partners & tourists).
- Conducted 50+ user and partner interviews to validate pain points, shaping MVP feature prioritization and onboarding flows.
- Improved rental partner activation rate by streamlining onboarding communication and process localization, increasing shop participation by 25%.
- Bridged cross-cultural communication between Thai stakeholders and remote tech team through simplified English and contextual translation.
- Conducted 50+ user and partner interviews to validate pain points, shaping MVP feature prioritization and onboarding flows.
- Improved rental partner activation rate by streamlining onboarding communication and process localization, increasing shop participation by 25%.
- Bridged cross-cultural communication between Thai stakeholders and remote tech team through simplified English and contextual translation.
- Conducted strategic foresight using PESTEL and scenario planning to guide eco-tourism development with sustainability and stakeholder integration at its core.
- Co-created a regenerative tourism strategy combining sustainable infrastructure, community engagement, and high-end experiences for long term environmental value.
- Developed strategic recommendations for partnerships, capacity building, and green infrastructure aligned with Thailand’s Bio-Circular-Green Economy framework.
- Co-created a regenerative tourism strategy combining sustainable infrastructure, community engagement, and high-end experiences for long term environmental value.
- Developed strategic recommendations for partnerships, capacity building, and green infrastructure aligned with Thailand’s Bio-Circular-Green Economy framework.
- Served as the primary contact for businesses, managing partnership deals, contracts, and event logistics for smooth execution.
- Organized monthly startup networking events in collaboration with co working spaces and businesses, drawing an average of 150+ attendees per event.
- Organized monthly startup networking events in collaboration with co working spaces and businesses, drawing an average of 150+ attendees per event.
- Closed 20+ business expansion deals offering a SaaS recruitment software to existing clientele through upselling and custom integration initiatives
- Defined and prioritized backlog items to launch the SFC+ Rewards App (0→1), achieving 75,000 sign-ups and 60% 30-day retention in the first month.
- Built a rewards engine integrated with financial partners, ensuring compliance and scalability.
- Led sprint delivery with a pod of 6 engineers and 2 designers, consistently shipping weekly releases.
- Established success metrics (retention, NPS) and used analytics (Mixpanel) to drive adoption improvements.
- Conducted UAT/QA and debugged using Postman, ensuring high-quality releases.
- Built a rewards engine integrated with financial partners, ensuring compliance and scalability.
- Led sprint delivery with a pod of 6 engineers and 2 designers, consistently shipping weekly releases.
- Established success metrics (retention, NPS) and used analytics (Mixpanel) to drive adoption improvements.
- Conducted UAT/QA and debugged using Postman, ensuring high-quality releases.
- Owned and prioritized the product backlog for a remittance platform (C2C, C2B, B2C, API) generating $24M GTV in 2024 with 46% YOY growth.
- Translated business needs into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, enabling engineering teams to deliver features on time and with quality.
- Facilitated sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, ensuring smooth delivery across distributed teams.
- Coordinated roadmap execution with engineering, design, and customer success, balancing competing priorities.
- Implemented A/B testing and customer feedback loops that increased adoption and improved NPS by 40%.
- Translated business needs into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, enabling engineering teams to deliver features on time and with quality.
- Facilitated sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, ensuring smooth delivery across distributed teams.
- Coordinated roadmap execution with engineering, design, and customer success, balancing competing priorities.
- Implemented A/B testing and customer feedback loops that increased adoption and improved NPS by 40%.
- Owned backlog management and feature prioritization for digital banking and financial services.
- Facilitated the UI/UX revamp of the digital account opening flow by enhancing eKYC processes via AI digital identity verification, reducing customer drop-off rates (27% YOY) and completion time (> 5 mins.)
-Automated the account closure of UnionBank Online profiles and filing of customer records in local database management systems.
- Facilitated the UI/UX revamp of the digital account opening flow by enhancing eKYC processes via AI digital identity verification, reducing customer drop-off rates (27% YOY) and completion time (> 5 mins.)
-Automated the account closure of UnionBank Online profiles and filing of customer records in local database management systems.
- Covered community engagement and memberships, social discussions, top channel rank, and influencer marketing for the BHO Philippine market.
- Established a Filipino online community of crypto enthusiasts on Facebook Group and Telegram with 8,000+ members within 3 months.
- Established a Filipino online community of crypto enthusiasts on Facebook Group and Telegram with 8,000+ members within 3 months.
- Conducted over 250+ B2B cold outreach campaigns, lead generation, and identified new business opportunities in Airship Logistics Solutions.
Cumulative GPA: 3.92/4.0
Courses Completed: New Product Development, Strategic Foresight, Global Market Research, Business Innovation Management, Creativity and Ideation Techniques, Creative Leadership, Knowledge Management, Innovation Research, Innovation Project Feasibility
Courses Completed: New Product Development, Strategic Foresight, Global Market Research, Business Innovation Management, Creativity and Ideation Techniques, Creative Leadership, Knowledge Management, Innovation Research, Innovation Project Feasibility
GPA: 3.6/4.0
Cum Laude Graduate
Best in Thesis
Cum Laude Graduate
Best in Thesis
- Product Management Professional (PMP) 01/08/2023
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