Summary
Richard Samela is a seasoned product leader and founder with more than a decade of experience delivering growth-oriented software across AI, IoT, and digital media. As founder of Vetta, Inc. and a senior freelance product management consultant, he steers GTM strategy, roadmaps, and cross-functional execution for startups and enterprises. He authored a comprehensive technical product requirements document for an emerging AI MarTech startup that enabled accurate cost modeling and helped attract $500k in funding, and built a ChatGPT-powered Interview Coach that aided over 200 candidates with 127 securing new roles. He has repeatedly transformed product organizations, delivering a 700% improvement in on-time delivery over two years and shortening concept-phase work from eight weeks to two. A cross-functional leader, he has integrated NLP, ML, and AI to drive revenue, including managing a $60M digital media and mobile app portfolio at UBM Life Sciences. With a BA in Psychology from Florida International University, he combines people-centric leadership with hands-on product execution to turn complex problems into practical solutions.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Informatics, Master's degree, Information Technology, Informatics at Faculty of infomatics and information technologies
Bachelor's degree, Research of different approaches to store data in Android powered device, Bachelor's degree, Research of different approaches to store data in Android powered device at Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies at Slovak Technical University
English