Sergey Syrvachev
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Toptal member since May 20, 2022
Sergey is the director of product engineering at HyperStrong, a grid-scale BESS integrator based in Vancouver, Canada. He has professional experience since 2010 and has worked in battery energy storage systems since 2020, focusing on utility-scale BESS architecture, system integration, product development, certification, and project delivery. He holds a Master's in Aerospace Engineering from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and is the founder of BESS.courses, a free BESS education site.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Data Science
- Engineering
- Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy
- Machine Learning
- Product Design
- Product Management
- Product Roadmaps
- Project Management
Work Experience
Director of Product Engineering
Hyperstrong
- Developed and delivered technical training programs for engineers, application teams, sales professionals, and customers, converting complex battery, PCS, grid-integration, and safety topics into practical learning materials.
- Directed cross-functional collaboration among engineering, product management, sales, suppliers, and customers to resolve technical risks and move energy-storage products from market requirements through deployment.
- Built and launched three specialized BESS platforms—BESS.Courses, BESS.Engineer, and BESS.Pilot—covering professional education, technical knowledge, engineering calculations, system sizing, and project-development tools.
Director, Technical Solutions
Risen
- Managed the technical development and application engineering of a 3 GW+ utility-scale battery energy storage portfolio across multiple projects and customers.
- Created and implemented a company-wide BESS configurator that standardized equipment selection, system architecture, sizing assumptions, and proposal development. Reduced preliminary BESS sizing time from approximately eight hours to 15 minutes.
- Established standardized technical workflows, calculation methods, and proposal templates that improved consistency across customer-facing solutions. Led the translation of customer commercial requirements into practical designs.
Product Manager | Engineering Manager
Narada Power Source Co
- Analyzed the product market for UPS lithium batteries and performed market research to deliver company pricing for the supply chain and distinguish market segments and their requirements for different regions.
- Collaborated with the senior executives to build a product roadmap and determine milestones. Oversaw two product groups.
- Proposed required product modifications featuring a design based on market feedback and improved the product design based on market feedback and a competitive environment.
- Led and implemented data science practices and predictive models to improve the safety of the equipment. Built software that improved the performance of startup engineers and equipment safety.
Head of Product Department
Tehnoliga
- Collaborated with the internal stakeholders to define strategic initiatives, prioritize features, develop new products, and create product strategy roadmaps, ensuring efficient feature rollouts and timely enhancement deliverables.
- Oversaw a $3 million budget for product development projects and tracked expenses, timelines, schedules, and specifications documentation. Communicated with the key stakeholders on milestones, ensuring project delivery within budget and deadline.
- Forecasted sales numbers, profit demand, industry trends, and product profitability to determine optimal pricing strategy. Guided product road-mapping exercises to define the business’s 2015-2019 roadmap and product strategy.
- Utilized the Agile methodology by leading sprint planning, kick-off meetings, backlog grooming sessions, daily stand-ups, and delivering to tight timeframes through effective prioritization decisions and strategic goals.
- Managed the inventory, including warehouse turnaround and order forecasts.
- Performed market research and collaborated with the stakeholders and customers to identify pain points and solutions to overcome them. Identified three areas of interest that resulted in new product development.
- Supervised a 6-person team through full lifecycle implementation of a new product to determine the best solution given market trends and desires, achieving a next phase project with expected revenue of $10+ million.
- Oversaw the entry strategy, market-to-go strategy, and partner engagement in five product niches, reaching an overall sales volume of $20+ million. One of the products had a sales territory market share of >50%.
- Sourced, screened, and selected vendors and technology partners for new product development.
- Performed product presentations to 100 participants, constructed training material, and taught courses to introduce and train organization members and external parties on the specific benefits of the technologies and products.
Senior Product Manager
Tehnoliga
- Managed the product roadmap, market-to-go plan, and price strategy for data center infrastructure equipment, industrial rechargeable batteries, and renewable energy equipment. Defined the business’s 2013-2014 roadmap and product strategy.
- Contributed as an industry expert to local professional journals. Wrote articles about renewable energy generation, data centers, and sustainability of renewables generation.
- Performed product presentations, constructed training material, and taught courses to introduce and train organization members and external parties on the specific benefits of the technologies and products.
- Identified the customer personas, needs, competitors, and gaps in the product portfolio. Conducted user interviews and market research.
- Sourced, screened, and selected vendors and technology partners for new product development.
- Performed data analysis using Excel, Tableau, and Google Analytics.
Product Manager
Tehnoliga
- Managed the product roadmap, market-to-go plan, and price strategy for one product—uninterruptable power supplies.
- Contributed as an industry expert to local professional journals. Wrote articles about renewable energy generation, data centers, and sustainability of renewables generation.
- Performed product presentations, constructed training material, and taught courses to introduce and train organization members and external parties on the specific benefits of the technologies and products.
- Identified the customer personas, needs, competitors, and gaps in the product portfolio. Conducted user interviews and market research.
Project Engineer
CROC
- Created designs and blueprints along with a team of other engineers and drafters using AutoCAD software.
- Participated in five data center construction projects covering the systems such as HVAC, security, and data center infrastructure equipment.
- Designed an HVAC system for the largest data center in Russian Federation at that moment.
- Oversaw the project implementations and corrected errors and omissions during the construction phase.
Project History
Supplier Portal
Managed a team that designed, created, and successfully launched a fully integrated external facing client web portal to control marketing activity with partners.
Our team was assigned to create a regional website for the top 5 manufacturers of ESS, according to the Bloomberg estimation.
I considered local specifics, the market position of the company, and brand recognition during the process of creation. One of the critical aspects was to create a web portal that allows our company to track the marketing activities of the partners and integrate it with the CRM system using API.
I led a team of five consisting of developers, designers, and copywriters through this web portal’s design, architecture, and implementation. They designed the product from scratch, including UI/UX, API architecture, and CRM integration.
This product resulted in quicker turnaround times for marketing communications with partners and significantly reduced the number of marketing requests to our marketing team, improving their efficiency.
ZeroVision Chicago
Improved safety on roads in Chicago using ML prediction model with existing database from the City of Chicago.
Using the data from the city of Chicago with over 300 features and 100,000 records, I engineered features, wrangled data, and created a supervised ML model that predicted injuries during car crashes. All major ML models were used.
As an essential part of this project, I also used interpretable models to determine critical factors that increased and decreased the probability of injuries during car crashes. In the last part of this project, I used unsupervised learning to determine geographical clusters or intersections where a car crashed with injuries happened and highlighted them for further investigation according to the ZeroVision doctrine.
This project improved the safety of the city of Chicago and highlighted dangerous intersections.
Product Roadmap and Go-to-Market Strategy
Led the development of product roadmap and go-to-market strategy for several industrial products, including UPS, industrial rechargeable batteries, ESS, and data center equipment.
I led the cross-functional team and prepared roadmaps and go-to-market strategies for different groups of industrial products. First, we interviewed potential customers to find the demand and pain points and performed market research, SWOT, house of quality analysis, and other marketing activities to detect and prioritize tasks. We screened potential partners and OEM manufacturers to assess product quality and management standards used in factories, negotiated contract terms with vendors and customers, analyzed pricing, and drafted price strategies in the supply chain. Finally, we prepared a pitch desk and presented information to C-level management. Upon gathering customers’ feedback and making the product launch validations, we conducted training for internal and external parties to improve the product understanding and benefits.
Education
Bootcamp in Data Science
Flatiron School - New York, NY, US
Master of Engineering in Rocket Science and Engineering
Bauman Moscow State Technical University - Moscow, Russia
Certifications
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
International Association for Six Sigma Certification
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
DCCA
Schneider Electric
PMP
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Tools
AutoCAD, GitHub, Slack, Tableau, Jira, Word 2016
Paradigms
Agile Product Management, Agile Project Management, Agile, Scrum, Six Sigma, Kanban
Industry Expertise
Logistics, Renewable Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Lean Six Sigma
Platforms
Jupyter Notebook, ProductPlan
Other
Product Management, B2B, Cross-functional Collaboration, Product Analytics, Requirements, Consulting, Project Tracking, Project Reporting, Budgeting, Project Management, Data Centers, Data Center Infrastructure, Machine Learning, Image Recognition, Predictive Modeling, Engineering, Complex Problem Solving, Product Design, Data Analysis, Market Research, Product Strategy, Product Owner, Marketing, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, Product Roadmaps, New Products & Services, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Product Vision, Product Discovery, Business to Consumer (B2C), Startups, Digital Marketing, Technical Product Management, Product Launch, Business to Business (B2B), Supply Chain Optimization, Digital Marketing Strategy, Branding, B2B Partnerships, EMEA, Business Analysis, Technical Business Analysis, Business Cases, Optimization, Product Ownership, User Research, Project Coordination, Project Timelines, Fintech, Compliance, Legal, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Ideation, Estimations, Product Consultant, Inventory Management, Inventory Management Systems, User Journeys, Analytical Thinking, Technical Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, System Integration, Third-party Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Finance, Data Science, Design, Support Vector Machines (SVM), Databases, Data Analytics, Python, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Markets, Waterfall Methodology, Quality Control (QC), Project Scoping, Planning, Industrial Engineering, Projects, DataViz, Market Entry, Market Fit, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Excel 365, Go-to-market Plans, Roadmaps, Project Finance, Implementation Project Management, Profit & Loss (P&L), Risk Management, New Product Development, New Product Business Cases, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), New Product Rollout, New Products, Manufacturing Project Management, Product Delivery, Product Development, Market Research & Analysis, Design Systems, Electrical Engineering, HVAC, Computer Skills, Computer Science, Sensor Data, Python 3, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Matplotlib, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Data, Price Analysis, Price Negotiations, Mobile Apps, Wireframing, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Product Marketing, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Lean, Process Improvement, Workflow, Manufacturing, Software, Scope, Frameworks, Interpersonal Skills, Quality Assurance (QA), Mockups, Catalogs, eCommerce, Business Systems Analysis, Sprint Planning, Monetization Models, Subscriptions, Regulations, Energy Storage, Green Energy, Renewables, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
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