Dmitry Kalinchenko

Dmitry Kalinchenko

Innovation | Strategy | Storytelling

Boulder, Colorado, United States

I'm a product and market strategist who turns complex data into actionable insight—now focused on building and scaling generative‑AI solutions for the next wave of innovation.

About Me

I work at the intersection of strategy, research, and product—helping teams make sense of complexity and turn it into clear, actionable opportunities.

My background includes building innovation frameworks, conducting customer discovery, shaping early‑stage product direction, and translating insights into decision‑ready narratives. I've operated across B2B, enterprise, and emerging‑tech contexts—often in ambiguous environments where there's no playbook and a lot on the line.

Core skills: product strategy, qualitative & quantitative research, storytelling, opportunity framing, customer insights, systems thinking, and early‑stage concept development.

Off the clock: I live in Boulder, Colorado, where my high‑energy toddler, Micah, and our equally turbo‑charged Vizsla, Layla, keep my step count embarrassingly high. Weekends are usually a mash‑up of bike rides, ski outings, trail runs, and scouting the next must‑try craft brewery with my wife Agatha.

Musings

Beyond the Hype Article

Beyond the Hype: A 4-Step Playbook to Calculate the Real ROI of Generative AI in a Tech Org

A practical framework for tech leaders to move beyond buzzwords and rigorously calculate the true business value of generative AI investments.

Projects

ThinkFlow - AI-Powered Decision Matrix

ThinkFlow is a browser-based decision analysis tool that helps you make better choices using weighted criteria and AI-powered insights. All data stays private in your browser—no backend, no accounts, just intelligent decision-making.

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Key Features:

  • AI-Powered: Get smart suggestions for criteria, alternatives, and evaluations from advanced language models
  • Privacy First: All data stays in your browser—no server, no tracking, no accounts needed
  • Visual Analysis: Beautiful charts and insights including rankings, criteria comparison, and detailed scores
  • Easy Sharing: Share decisions via URL without any backend or data storage
  • Decision Templates: Pre-built templates for job offers, housing, tech purchases, vendor selection, and education programs
  • Multiple Export Options: Export to JSON, CSV, or Markdown format

Technical Architecture:

Built with modern web technologies for performance and privacy:

  1. Completely Client-Side: No backend required—all processing happens in your browser using vanilla JavaScript
  2. AI Integration: Leverages AI APIs for intelligent suggestions while keeping your data local
  3. Progressive Web App: Works offline and can be installed as a native-feeling application
  4. GitHub Pages Hosting: Fast, reliable, and cost-effective static hosting
  5. URL-Based Sharing: Share decisions via encoded URLs without server-side storage

ThinkFlow demonstrates how AI can augment decision-making without compromising privacy. By keeping all data in the browser, it eliminates security concerns while providing powerful analysis capabilities for complex choices.

ThinkFlow Screenshot 1 ThinkFlow Screenshot 2
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Professional Experience

Senior Manager, Market Research & Strategy
Verizon Connect

Feb 2025 – Present

Own the voice‑of‑customer and competitive‑intel programs that feed directly into the telematics product roadmap, translating market signals into feature‑set priorities for fleet‑management SaaS at $B‑scale.

Senior Manager, Strategic Insights
Verizon

Feb 2023 – Feb 2025

Led a skunk‑works insights team that distilled thousands of data points into go‑to‑market bets for network‑enabled software, arming product leads and sales with business cases that unlocked new ARR lines of business.

Innovation Manager, New Business Incubation
Verizon

Nov 2021 – Feb 2023

Ran hypothesis‑driven discovery sprints for 5G automation plays—validating problem‑solution fit, shaping MVP scope, and defining the product theses behind Verizon's next‑gen software ventures.

Lead Product Owner
Lumen Technologies

Apr 2020 – Nov 2021

Owned the analytics backlog that powers exec KPI dashboards; introduced a value‑decomposition framework that slashed intake lead‑time and kept Agile ceremonies from spiral‑death.

Senior Associate
Strategyn

May 2019 – Nov 2019

Ran Outcome‑Driven Innovation sprints that surfaced unmet needs (pet food to surgical robotics) and translated them into product roadmaps

Consultant
The Inovo Group

Mar 2016 – Apr 2019

Built Excel‑based TAM models and future‑state scenarios that informed clients' new‑product portfolios; packaged findings into decision‑ready narratives for C‑suite gate reviews.

Business Analyst
The Inovo Group

Mar 2014 – Mar 2016

Translated frontier‑tech research into draft product concepts, prioritizing opportunities via ROI and feasibility filters.

Product Specialist
HookLogic

Jun 2013 – Dec 2013

Turned retailer feedback into feature specs for the closed‑loop ad‑tech platform; partnered with engineers to tighten iteration cycles and lift ad‑conversion metrics.

Consultant / Analyst
Enovio LLC

2010 – 2013

Designed cost‑cutting and process efficiency solutions for several companies in construction, utility and higher ed sectors

M.S. Information Science
University of Michigan School of Information

2012

Specialized in turning unstructured data into actionable insights through modern information systems.

B.A. Economics & Sociology
University of Michigan

2010

Graduated with dual majors, laying the foundation in economic analysis and human‑centric research.

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