Alexander Basanov is a seasoned product and technology leader with 14 years building and scaling marketplace and classified platforms, currently serving as Chief Product Officer at Larixon Classifieds in Lisbon. He progressed from hands-on roles—PHP development and online marketing—to founding a renovation marketplace and leading Larixon as CTO for eight years, blending technical depth with go-to-market strategy. His background advising startups at IIDF underscores a knack for turning early-stage ideas into product-led businesses. Comfortable operating across marketing, development and product, he favors pragmatic solutions that prioritize user acquisition and retention. Based on his trajectory, he brings an operator-founder mindset: fluent in both code-level tradeoffs and executive decision-making. Fluent in Russian and now working from Oeiras, he combines Eastern European engineering roots with European startup experience.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist Computer Since in Economy, Specialist Computer Since in Economy at Ural State University named after A.M.Gorky
Contributions:4 PRs, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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Alexander Basanov - Chief Product Officer at Larixon Classifieds