Sumaiya Noor

Award-winning Product & Strategy Leader | Product Management & Growth-PLG | AI driven B2B & B2C Products | 40Under40 | ex-IBM | Startup Advisor | Fulbright Scholar | Advisory Board Member, Judge, Coach & Keynote Speaker

In the end, we all become stories. Mine is about building products, AI solutions and ecosystems across the globe.

Outcome-driven AI, Technology & Product leader with 14+ years of experience leading product, data science, design and engineering teams. I love building transformative products and high-performing teams for solving customers' pain points. Specialized in AI based B2B, B2C & B2B2C SaaS products, User Experience & Engineering.

Adept in deriving optimal value from Applied AI, Data, Cloud applications, Web 3.0 and other emerging technologies. Technical, people and business experience with distinctive ability to utilize multi-functional expertise. Growth mindset with focus on execution utilizing analytical skills, agile and design thinking to deliver business results. 

Board Member, Startup Advisor, Author and graduate of IBM Leadership Development Program. Experienced in managing teams across 6 continents (being based in 4 continents) with Fortune100 companies and startups. C-suite leadership experience of collaborating with global cross-functional teams to drive innovation for high-growth organizations.

I attended Purdue University, USA on full scholarship (Fulbright - one of the most competitive scholarships in the world) for my MS/MBA. INSEAD certified Digital Strategy consultant, Certified AI Product Manager and a Software Engineer.

I speak frequently at multiple forums globally. Spoken at US State Department with delegates from 47 countries including US Congress members. Also gave a talk at Grace Hopper Conference, attended by more than 30K technologists world-wide.

In life, grit has enabled me to overcome adversity. Beyond work, avid supporter of women & human rights, education, and DEI.

EXPERTISE 
PRODUCT & TECH: Product Strategy and Development (0-1, 1-n) • Product-Led Growth (PLG) • Product Management • Product-Market fit • Product Roadmap • A/B Testing • SDLC • Experimentation • Applied AI & Digital Strategy • Agentic AI
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE/UX: Human-Centered Design • User Research 
BUSINESS & PEOPLE: Strategic Partnerships • Mergers & Acquisitions • Talent Strategy • Talent Acquisition • People Management • GTM Strategy 

VALUES & SKILLS
• Grit • Humility • Empathy & Kindness • Authenticity & Integrity • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Curiosity & Continuous Learning  

Looking for data-driven and customer-centric full stack Product & AI expert with global cross-functional leadership experience for taking your business to the next level or interested in hearing me speak, please reach out at sumaiyan@gmail.com.

Advisor - Product & Growth

I have been collaborating with multiple startups across the globe as an advisor mostly on Product and Growth for past few years. Some notable highlights of my work so far are:

• Enabled a startup to close $11.5Million of Round A funding.
• Helped an early stage startup in finding Product-Market fit for enhancing MVP and adding new features which finally resulted in 30% increase in conversion rate.
• Collaborated with founders to formulate a Product Strategy and Pricing Model for a 20% increase in retention rate over the period of 4 months. 
• Designed and helped the company to implement go-to-market strategy (PLG) for 45% MoM growth.
• Last and one of the most important ones is helping these startups to build highly effective teams responsible for delivering all these great results.

Please feel free to reach out if you want to take your startup to the next level.

Your life trajectory can change based on guidance from people who have already achieved what you want to achieve. 

I have been #Mentoring and #Advising individuals and #startups for years now. I have done that through various platforms over the years. Given, I receive quite a few asks for mentoring on regular basis through socials, I am now making it easier for all of you to schedule time with me through adplist.org.

You can now book a mentoring session with me using the link below or following the link in my LinkedIn header.

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Yanislava Hristova

Founder at Remote IT World

Hi 👋  I’m Yanny - Your Remote Talent Partner for AI, FinTech & Web3 Teams Globally. 

Over 15+ years, I’ve helped founders, CTOs and tech leaders scale engineering teams across Europe, LATAM and APAC - fast, reliably and with the precision you’d expect from someone who’s built remote orgs from 5 to 300 ppl across 24 different countries.  

Unlike traditional recruiters, I combine HR Business Partnering, Global Market Intelligence and deep Technical Recruitment expertise to give your growing startup something far more valuable than “more candidates.” 

I build effective and tailored remote-first hiring systems that scale. 🚀  

✨ 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞:✨ 

- Hire world-class remote engineers (not just “available” ones)
- Expand confidently into global talent markets most companies overlook 
- Build predictable, repeatable and efficient remote hiring processes 
- Remove bottlenecks slowing down engineering output
- Create remote-first talent acquisition systems that support long-term scaling
- Establish your employer brand when nobody has heard about your startup yet 

Whether you're hiring your first engineer or assembling a global tech organisation, I bring you the clarity, structure and strategic oversight most early-stage companies simply don’t have internally.

💚 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞

I’ve spent my entire career inside distributed, startup, decentralized environments.

I understand the pace. I understand the pressure. And I understand  how to build teams that don’t just work remotely - they perform remotely. 

💚 At Remote IT World, we don't operate like an agency. We partner like an aligned operator. 

I’m always open to conversations with founders, tech leaders and hiring teams who want to build global teams the smart way.

Book a call & Let's talk.

Founder and Community Manager

Remote IT World is a global citizen company. 

We empower and connect business and talent worldwide to work remotely. 

We can help you: 
- Design and implement fully remote work operations; 
- Build and foster remote company culture; 
- Hire, engage and retain top tech and blockchain talent worldwide. 

Our vibrant online community is growing daily.

If you want to hire globally,
but keep running into the same problems,
the issue isn’t remote work.

It’s the lack of a system.

Here’s how to fix it ⬇️

1️⃣ Hire for outcomes (not locations)

Define what success looks like after 90 days.
Stop filtering by city. Start filtering by results.

2️⃣ Align pay with the global market

Senior talent is global.
So are salary expectations.
If the budget is fixed, adjust the role.

3️⃣ Make your job post signal clarity

Clear mission. Exact tech stack.
Salary range. Process upfront.
Good candidates don’t guess.

4️⃣ Replace CV bias with structured screening

Short intro call. One realistic task.
Focus on thinking, not degrees.

5️⃣ Move faster than your competitors

Decide within 48 hours.
Communicate clearly.
Silence kills great hires.

6️⃣ Onboard like retention matters

30-60-90 day plan.
Access to tools and people.
Early feedback loops.

That’s how global talent actually works.

♻️ Repost to help another founder hire better.

Yanislava Hristova 🌎

AI, FinTech & Web3 Talent Partner | Helping Global Teams Hire Top-Tier Remote Engineers | Top 100 Voice in Remote Work | Industry Thought Leader & Speaker

Fair to people who weren’t born in the “right” city. 
Fair to companies that value skill over proximity.
Fair to talent that’s been overlooked for years.

Remote work isn’t the goal.
Fair access is.

Remote is just the mechanism that makes it possible.

When hiring is fair:
→ Talent gets seen
→ Companies hire better
→ Teams perform longer

That’s the future of hiring.

Not remote. 
Not hybrid.

♻️ Fair.

After 15+ years building and scaling remote teams,
one thing is clear:

Hiring problems are rarely people problems.
They’re system problems.

If you’re struggling to hire senior engineers remotely,
this framework will show you where the process usually breaks
and how to fix it - step by step.

P.S. Repost to help others in global hiring.

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