Summary
Omar Antila is a Staff Product Manager with a decade of experience turning complex technical problems into high-growth product outcomes, currently based in Philadelphia. At FreeWill he led the Smart Giving Suite and Crypto for Charity, driving ~2x ARR and enabling $13M+ in crypto donations while improving conversion by 39% and cutting time-to-value 57%. He blends experimentation-driven UX, product-led onboarding, and operational efficiency to boost NDR and internal throughput, and has launched IoT/ML SaaS products that saved customers hundreds of thousands per machine. A former founder and long-time operator who scaled a QA business ~800%, Omar uniquely pairs early-stage investing discipline with hands-on product delivery across fintech, healthtech, and nonprofit tech. He’s building toward biotech domain fluency via a Harvard Extension certificate, signaling a deliberate move to bridge product, hardware, and life-science opportunities.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology Management (in progress) Biotechnology, Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology Management (in progress) Biotechnology at Harvard Extension School
Bachelor of Science (in progress) Health Science, Bachelor of Science (in progress) Health Science at Western Governors University
Associate of Science - AS Biology, Associate of Science - AS Biology at University of Helsinki
English, Finnish