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# Levente Orbán **Lead Product Manager | Strategic Partnerships | Cloud & Enterprise Tech** 📧 leventeorb@gmail.com · 🔗 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/orbanlevi/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/polaroi8d/) 📍 Hungary --- ## Profile Product leader with 8+ years of experience spanning product management, software engineering, and co-founding an enterprise SaaS company. Proven track record of managing products end-to-end — from discovery and partner alignment through delivery and commercial launch — in complex, cross-functional environments. Known for bridging technical and business stakeholders: able to translate customer and partner needs into clear product strategy, and equally comfortable diving into engineering detail when required. Experienced working with international clients and teams across cloud-native, DevOps, and enterprise software domains. --- ## Experience ### Lead Product Manager — Scolia Technologies **January 2026 – Present** --- ### Co-founder & Product Lead — [dyrector.io](https://dyrectorio.com) **December 2020 – December 2025** Open-source container deployment platform for enterprises. Led all product and partnership functions at a venture-backed startup, working with enterprise clients and cloud ecosystem partners (Azure, AWS, GCP, CNCF ecosystem). - Defined and executed global product strategy; owned the roadmap from concept to GA releases - Built and managed relationships with technology partners, enterprise customers, and open-source community stakeholders - Led cross-functional teams across engineering, design, and customer success — aligning internal and external partner expectations - Drove fundraising, commercial conversations, and vendor negotiations - Represented the company at industry events (KCD Budapest, Cloud Native meetups) *Skills: Product Strategy, Partner Management, Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP), Kubernetes, Open Source, Enterprise Sales, Fundraising* --- ### Product Manager — [Sunilium](https://sunilium.com) **June 2019 – December 2021** Managed full product lifecycle for multiple B2B software products, including Helios — an enterprise application management framework sold to multiple clients and in daily production use. - Defined product vision, requirements, and go-to-market strategy across several concurrent products - Worked directly with external stakeholders, customers, and design/engineering teams - Translated market research and customer feedback into actionable roadmap priorities *Skills: Product Management, UX/UI, Figma, Strategic Planning, B2B Software, Customer Research* --- ### Software Engineer — [Bishop & Co.](https://bishop-co.com/) **June 2017 – December 2020** Backend developer on enterprise medical software (Medipredict). Built and maintained core features, optimized CI/CD, and contributed to cloud infrastructure on AWS. *Skills: Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Docker, Node.js, TypeScript, CI/CD* --- ## Key Competencies - **Global product management** — full lifecycle from discovery to launch - **Strategic partnerships** — technology vendors, enterprise clients, ecosystem partners - **Cross-functional leadership** — aligning engineering, design, sales, and external stakeholders - **Cloud & enterprise tech** — Azure (AZ-204, AZ-400 certified), AWS, GCP, Kubernetes - **Technical fluency** — hands-on background in backend development; can engage directly with engineering teams --- ## Certifications - **AZ-204** – Azure Developer Associate (Microsoft) - **AZ-400** – DevOps Engineer Expert (Microsoft) --- ## Selected Achievement 🏆 **Hackathon Finalist (3rd/15 teams)** — EuroAsian Startup Hackathon, Tbilisi (2019) Built Mentlify, an education mentorship platform, competing among 15 international teams. Sponsored by Visegrad Fund for outstanding digital leaders.