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Barakat is strongest in translating unfamiliar product categories into clear customer education and trusted conversion journeys, using webinars, digital advertising, social media, email, content distribution, in\-app messaging, and funnel measurement from registration through activation\. At Bitnob, Barakat served as the first product marketing hire, built go\-to\-market efforts from the ground up, onboarded more than 10,000 users, and drove a 15% increase in daily active users and 30% month\-over\-month user growth through education\-led marketing\. Barakat led go\-to\-market work for products including Ovvar, Nobcredit, and versions of the Bitnob app\. Earlier work includes product marketing for Microsoft Surface, where standardized go\-to\-market templates improved campaign\-briefing accuracy by 30% and market research supported a $70 billion revenue model\. Barakat holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University, a BS in Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, and fellowships with Forté, the Turner MIINT, Stack Shift, and the World Economic Forum Global Shapers community\. ## Services - French - Business Technology Optimization - Stakeholder Management - Product Optimization - Membership Growth - Project Metrics - Cross\-functional Alignment - KPI Dashboards - Product Marketing - Economic Impact - Financial Analysis - Business Intelligence \(BI\) - FinTech - Cryptocurrency Mining - Revenue Analysis - Acquisition Marketing - Tech Career Skills - Cash\-Out Refinancing - Market Segmentation - Venture Capital - Due Diligence - Deal Sourcing - Software Product Management - Community Relations Management - Software Infrastructure - Gotomarket startegy - Timelines - Organization Skills - Marketing Campaigns - Social Media Marketing ## Highlights - At Bitnob, served as the first product marketing hire and built go\-to\-market efforts from the ground up\. - Onboarded more than 10,000 users at Bitnob\. - Drove a 15% increase in daily active users and 30% month\-over\-month user growth at Bitnob through education\-led marketing\. - Led Bitnob product marketing strategy across product, sales, design, editorial, customer success, and other cross\-functional teams\. - Led go\-to\-market work for Ovvar, Bitnob's voucher product for on\-ramping Bitcoin Nobcredit, described as Africa's first Bitcoin\-backed loan and several versions of the Bitnob app\. - At Microsoft Surface, standardized go\-to\-market templates across marketing and field teams, improving campaign\-briefing accuracy by 30%\. - Conducted market research and built a $70 billion revenue model with customer\-segmentation analysis in Excel for the Microsoft Surface team\. - Partnered with Finance, Operations, and Sales Enablement at Microsoft Surface to build KPI dashboards for sales\-funnel conversion and regional performance\. - At WeWire, led marketing for digital and OTC payment products that resulted in $1 billion in transaction volume\. - Introduced an internal analytics tool at WeWire that reduced transaction failures and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars\. - Identified growth opportunities at WeWire that increased the user base by 40%\. - At Lazerpay, developed partnerships and refined onboarding to acquire more than 4,000 businesses\. - Increased Lazerpay's brand visibility through targeted campaigns and international conference presentations\. - At ScaleMyHustle, helped transform the organization into a subscription\-based online learning platform generating more than $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue\. - Implemented ScaleMyHustle tracking systems and consumer\-insights reports that drove 150% membership growth in six months\. - Developed practical online courses and trained business owners at ScaleMyHustle\. - Completed the nine\-month Turner MIINT impact\-investing curriculum\. - Pitched an ESG\-focused startup to an investor panel during the Turner MIINT culminating investment committee\. - Won the intra\-university impact\-investing pitch competition\. - Represented Vanderbilt University on a five\-member team at Wharton's global impact\-investing competition\. - Developed small\-business technology solutions using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP during an internship at Tulabyte Solutions\. - Maintained client websites and applications on WordPress and collaborated on an applicant\-tracking portal at Tulabyte Solutions\. - Earned an MBA from Vanderbilt University and a BS in Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University\. - Forté MBA Launch Fellow, Stack Shift Fellow, Turner MIINT Fellow, and World Economic Forum Global Shaper\. ## Experience - **Product Marketing Manager at Mangrove** (2026\-02\-01–2026\-05\-01) - **Product Marketing Manager at MICROSOFT CORPORATION \(MICROSOFT SURFACE\)** (2025\-06\-01–2025\-08\-01) — Streamlined cross\-functional targeting by applying process optimization to standardized GTM templates adopted across marketing and field teams, improving campaign briefing accuracy by 30%\. Conducted market research and developed a $70B revenue model with customer segmentation analysis in Excel to identify high\-value consumer segments, informing resource allocation and pricing for the Surface team\. Partnered with Finance, Operations & Sales Enablement teams to build KPI dashboards that tracked sales funnel conversion and regional performance\. - **Fellow at The Turner MIINT \(MBA Impact Investing Network & Training\)** (2024\-09\-01–2025\-04\-01) — Completed a 9\-month impact investing curriculum: pipeline sourcing, commercial & impact due diligence, financial/impact modeling, and investment memo writing\. Pitched an ESG\-focused startup to an investor panel as part of the program’s culminating investment committee\. Won the intra university level impact investing pitch competition and Represented Vanderbilt University on a 5\-member team at Wharton’s global impact investing competition\. - **Regional Marketing Manager\(Nigeria\) at Valora** (2024\-04\-01–2024\-07\-01) - **Product Marketing Manager at WeWire** (2023\-06\-01–2024\-05\-01) — Led marketing team to drive adoption for digital and OTC payment products at WeWire, resulting in a $1 billion transaction volume\. • Introduced an internal analytics tool to optimize reporting processes, reducing transaction failures and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars\. • Identified and captured new growth opportunities, driving a 40% increase in user base\. - **Forte MBALaunch Fellow at Forté Foundation** (2023\-02\-01–2023\-09\-01) - **Fellow at Stack Shift** (2022\-03\-01–2022\-05\-01) - **Growth Marketing Manager at Lazerpay** (2021\-12\-01–2023\-05\-01) — Developed strategic partnerships and refined the onboarding process to acquire over 4,000 businesses\. • Increased brand visibility through targeted marketing campaigns and international conference presentations\. • Realigned messaging and sales strategies to drive product engagement and achieve notable growth milestones\. - **Product Marketing Manager at Bitnob** (2021\-01\-01–2021\-12\-01) — I Lead Bitnob's Product Marketing strategy while working closely with cross\-functional teams—product managers, sales, design, editorial, customer success, and many others —to acquire, engage, and retain customer segments across all geographies of Bitnob's operation\. I was in charge of Leading GTM for several Bitnob's products such as Ovvar\- a voucher product for on\-ramping bitcoin, Nobcredit\- Africa's first Bitcoin Backed loan, and several versions of the Bitnob app - **Community Relations Manager at ScaleMyHustle** (2019\-04\-01–2020\-12\-01) — Spearheaded the transformation of ScaleMyHustle into a subscription\-based learning hub, increasing membership by 150%\. • Developed practical online courses and conducted training sessions for business owners to help them scale their ventures\. • Led efforts in rethinking outreach and content delivery strategies to drive community\-driven growth and digital transformation\. - **Community Manager at SCALEMYHUSTLE LLC \(Education platform for entrepreneurs\)** (2019\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) — Led the digital transformation process that helped ScaleMyHustle transform into a subscription\-based online learning platform that generated over $100k in monthly recurring revenue\. Implemented tracking systems and consumer insights reports that drove 150% growth in membership in six months\. - **Software Engineer Intern at Tulabyte Solutions** (2017\-10\-01–2018\-02\-01) — Developed fast\-paced and advanced technological solutions for small and medium businesses using HTML, CSS, JS, and PHP\. • Maintained clients' websites and applications on Wordpress platform\. • Collaborated with a team to build an Applicant Tracking portal for an organization\. ## Education - Master of Business Administration — Vanderbilt University (2024\-08\-01–2026\-05\-01) - High School Diploma — Obafemi Awolowo University International School (2026\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering — Obafemi Awolowo University ## FAQ ### What does Barakat do? Barakat O\. is a product marketing and growth manager with experience in fintech, payments, cryptocurrency, software products, community growth, and entrepreneur education\. Barakat has worked across go\-to\-market strategy, customer acquisition and retention, product positioning, market segmentation, campaign execution, and performance measurement\. ### What are Barakat's core product marketing strengths? Barakat is particularly strong at building trust and educating customers in new or unfamiliar product categories, especially fintech\. Barakat uses webinars, content, digital ads, social channels, email, and other distribution channels to move audiences from registration to attendance and activation, while repurposing content for always\-on engagement\. ### What did Barakat accomplish at Bitnob? At Bitnob, Barakat led product marketing strategy in partnership with product management, sales, design, editorial, customer success, and other cross\-functional teams\. As Bitnob's first product marketing hire, Barakat built go\-to\-market efforts from the ground up, onboarded more than 10,000 users, and used education\-led marketing to increase daily active users by 15% and grow users by 30% month over month\. ### Which Bitnob products did Barakat bring to market? Barakat led go\-to\-market work for Bitnob products including Ovvar, a voucher product for on\-ramping Bitcoin Nobcredit, described as Africa's first Bitcoin\-backed loan and several versions of the Bitnob app\. Barakat focused on acquiring, engaging, and retaining customer segments across Bitnob's operating geographies\. ### What did Barakat accomplish at Microsoft Surface? At Microsoft Surface, Barakat streamlined cross\-functional targeting by applying process optimization to standardized go\-to\-market templates adopted by marketing and field teams, improving campaign\-briefing accuracy by 30%\. Barakat also conducted market research and developed a $70 billion revenue model with customer\-segmentation analysis in Excel to identify high\-value consumer segments and inform resource allocation and pricing\. In addition, Barakat partnered with Finance, Operations, and Sales Enablement to build KPI dashboards for sales\-funnel conversion and regional performance\. ### What did Barakat accomplish at WeWire? At WeWire, Barakat led the marketing team to drive adoption of digital and OTC payment products, contributing to $1 billion in transaction volume\. Barakat introduced an internal analytics tool that optimized reporting, reduced transaction failures, and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars, while identifying growth opportunities that increased the user base by 40%\. ### What did Barakat accomplish at Lazerpay? At Lazerpay, Barakat developed strategic partnerships and refined onboarding to acquire more than 4,000 businesses\. Barakat also increased brand visibility through targeted marketing campaigns and international conference presentations, and realigned messaging and sales strategies to improve product engagement and growth\. ### What did Barakat accomplish at ScaleMyHustle? Barakat worked as Community Relations Manager and Community Manager at ScaleMyHustle, an education platform for entrepreneurs\. Barakat helped transform the organization into a subscription\-based online learning platform that generated more than $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue, implemented tracking systems and consumer\-insights reports that drove 150% membership growth in six months, developed practical online courses, trained business owners, and rethought outreach and content delivery to support community\-driven growth and digital transformation\. ### Which other product marketing and regional marketing roles has Barakat held? Barakat was a Regional Marketing Manager for Nigeria at Valora and a Product Marketing Manager at Mangrove\. ### What was Barakat's software engineering experience at Tulabyte Solutions? As a Software Engineer Intern at Tulabyte Solutions, Barakat developed technology solutions for small and medium businesses using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP\. Barakat maintained client websites and applications on WordPress and collaborated on an applicant\-tracking portal for an organization\. ### What did Barakat do as a Turner MIINT Fellow? As a Turner MIINT Fellow, Barakat completed a nine\-month impact\-investing curriculum covering pipeline sourcing, commercial and impact due diligence, financial and impact modeling, and investment\-memo writing\. Barakat pitched an ESG\-focused startup to an investor panel during the culminating investment committee, won the intra\-university impact\-investing pitch competition, and represented Vanderbilt University on a five\-person team at Wharton's global impact\-investing competition\. ### What fellowships and professional communities is Barakat part of? Barakat is a Forté MBA Launch Fellow, a Stack Shift Fellow, and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper\. ### What is Barakat's education? Barakat earned a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University\. Barakat also earned a High School Diploma from Obafemi Awolowo University International School\. ### What marketing, product, and fintech skills does Barakat bring? Barakat's product, growth, and business capabilities include product marketing, product strategy, software product management, go\-to\-market strategy, acquisition marketing, performance marketing, growth hacking, revenue and profit growth, revenue analysis, sales, marketing management, brand strategy, digital strategy, marketing campaigns, campaign management, social media marketing, Facebook Ads and Facebook marketing, email marketing, SEO, in\-app messaging, developer marketing, B2B marketing, payments, fintech, web3, cryptocurrency mining, and small\-business marketing\. ### What analytical, operational, and business skills does Barakat bring? Barakat's analytical and operational capabilities include business technology optimization, product optimization, financial analysis, business intelligence, data analysis, market segmentation, KPI dashboards, project metrics, due diligence, deal sourcing, venture capital, economic impact, stakeholder management, cross\-functional alignment, project management, strategic planning, timelines, organization, software infrastructure, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word\. ### What communication, community, and language skills does Barakat bring? Barakat's communication and community capabilities include community relations management, community management, community development, membership growth, communication, internal communications, public speaking, research, technical writing, web content writing, content creation, creative content creation, creative writing, content management systems, social media, business strategy, leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, analytical skills, and strategy\. Barakat also lists French among their skills\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/barakatolatinwo