Reaching A New Level
of client relationship.
From a just another outsourcing team
to a trusted strategic tech advisor
About Me
● 10+ years in IT Industry
● Experience in Project Management,
Product Management, Business
Development, Operations
Management
● Hobbies: Skiing, Windsurfing,
Travelling
Images: © Simon’s Cat
Getting to know your client
- Learn about the company
- What kind of services are your clients
looking for?
- Learn about stakeholders
- Meet in person
- Get Domain Knowledge
Close Collaboration during development
- Filling in for your client
- Taking one step further. Doing what’s
not expected.
- Being Transparent: make it easy to
track costs
- Don’t be afraid to offer improvements
and accept mistakes
Developing Trust
- Doing vs Saying
- Showing Value
- Saving time
- “Do The Right Thing and Wait to Get Fired”
(take initiative)
- UnderPromise and Over Deliver
Marketing & Sales
- Participating in your Clients Sales
Meetings (if applicable)
- Improving Sales Materials & Marketing
materials (video promos, presentation
designs, etc)
- Helping set up demo platforms
- Long Term Product Roadmap
- Knowing the Sales & Marketing Plans
Provide More Services than expected
- Legal Review: contracts,
SLAs, etc
- Educating client’s personnel
- GDPR
- Reviewing client’s messages
- Help with presentations
- Arrange interviews, etc
Maximizing Client’s ROI
- Prioritization of the features that
would be mostly valuable for the
product at the right point of time
- For B2B startup company - providing
ideas for contracts with the clients
Finances
- Learning about company internal
milestones and KPIs
- If it’s a startup - try to learn more
about financing rounds
- Right prioritization
Mutual Events
- Win Win Offers (Video Testimonial)
- PR Activities (mutual concerts,
Tech Events, social networks etc)
- Sharing Contacts of partner
companies
- Intros to investors
Q&A
Thank you!

Ann Boiko ITEM 2018

  • 1.
    Reaching A NewLevel of client relationship. From a just another outsourcing team to a trusted strategic tech advisor
  • 2.
    About Me ● 10+years in IT Industry ● Experience in Project Management, Product Management, Business Development, Operations Management ● Hobbies: Skiing, Windsurfing, Travelling Images: © Simon’s Cat
  • 3.
    Getting to knowyour client - Learn about the company - What kind of services are your clients looking for? - Learn about stakeholders - Meet in person - Get Domain Knowledge
  • 4.
    Close Collaboration duringdevelopment - Filling in for your client - Taking one step further. Doing what’s not expected. - Being Transparent: make it easy to track costs - Don’t be afraid to offer improvements and accept mistakes
  • 5.
    Developing Trust - Doingvs Saying - Showing Value - Saving time - “Do The Right Thing and Wait to Get Fired” (take initiative) - UnderPromise and Over Deliver
  • 6.
    Marketing & Sales -Participating in your Clients Sales Meetings (if applicable) - Improving Sales Materials & Marketing materials (video promos, presentation designs, etc) - Helping set up demo platforms - Long Term Product Roadmap - Knowing the Sales & Marketing Plans
  • 7.
    Provide More Servicesthan expected - Legal Review: contracts, SLAs, etc - Educating client’s personnel - GDPR - Reviewing client’s messages - Help with presentations - Arrange interviews, etc
  • 8.
    Maximizing Client’s ROI -Prioritization of the features that would be mostly valuable for the product at the right point of time - For B2B startup company - providing ideas for contracts with the clients
  • 9.
    Finances - Learning aboutcompany internal milestones and KPIs - If it’s a startup - try to learn more about financing rounds - Right prioritization
  • 10.
    Mutual Events - WinWin Offers (Video Testimonial) - PR Activities (mutual concerts, Tech Events, social networks etc) - Sharing Contacts of partner companies - Intros to investors
  • 11.