Summary
Yuri Alkin is a founder and product leader with 16 years of experience building and scaling digital products across publishing, media, and advertising. He combines enterprise-grade program management expertise from Microsoft and Amazon with startup product leadership roles at Zippia and Ask Media Group, consistently driving revenue growth, diversification, and improved customer retention. As owner of Storius Media he advises private equity and portfolio companies on product, growth, and content monetization while publishing a magazine on storytelling and experimenting with generative AI for digital media. Currently building VibeCentral.ai, he’s focused on community-powered tooling and knowledge-sharing for AI-assisted creative work—seeking practitioners to surface real-world workflows and lessons. Known for turning operational rigor into profitable product lines, he also brings a rare mix of large-scale engineering program leadership and hands-on publishing product instincts.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer