About me

PM by trade.Traveller by habit.

Hi, I'm Michael. Five countries so far, and apps about the things I love.

Greetings fromLinköpingSweden · Summer 2024
Greetings fromDaejeonSouth Korea · 2021 – 2022
Greetings fromPragueCzech Republic · 2019
5

countries I've studied or worked in

1st

Class Honours, BA International Business

15

courses and certifications

4

apps designed and built on the side

A bit more

Curiousby default.

I work out what's worth building, then prove it worked: at Adobe with A/B tests, on my own with four apps.

Each starts with something I care about: travel, K-pop, too many photos, and catching the bus.

  • Currently based inUnited Kingdom
  • Studied inthe UK, South Korea and Sweden
  • Worked inPrague, London and San Francisco
  • Off the clockTravel, K-pop shows, photos, fencing
  • My sites speakEnglish, Czech and Korean

How I work

Ship it, measure it.Then decide.

Every change is a question with an answer I can measure. At Adobe, A/B tests; on my own sites, a testing tool I built that reports each version's lift and how sure it is.

A/B test · Example figures

The download button above the fold

B wins
  • A Control3.1%
  • B Above3.7%
Lift
+18.2%
Confidence
96%
Split
50 / 50

Milestones

Things I'mproud of.

2024 – 2025MSc

User Experience Design

A master's at the University of Portsmouth, to go deeper into research, design and product.

2024 – now4

Apps on the side

Peregrino, PocaPal, UoP Bus and Keepsake, each with its own site in English, Czech and Korean.

See the apps
20241st

First Class Honours

BA International Business, University of Portsmouth.

Summer 2024Sweden

Linköping University

A summer programme in leadership and organisational behaviour.

2022 – 20252½ years

Adobe Express Ambassador

Social content with the Adobe Express team, alongside and after my placement.

2021 – 20221 year

Studying in South Korea

Business Administration and Management at SolBridge, Daejeon, and campaign work for DISTEP, a government research company.

During my BAOn TV

Japanese television

On air during an exchange with Japan, one of several in France, Japan and Sweden.

2019 – 202515

Courses and certifications

From Scrum and agile project management to marketing analytics.

Questions

Quickanswers.

Who is Michael Kimberly Svrcek?

Hi, that's me. I'm a product manager based in the United Kingdom. I spent a year at Adobe in London running A/B tests and personalisation on adobe.com, then did a master's in User Experience Design at the University of Portsmouth. These days I'm building four apps of my own.

What kind of product work do you do?

I work out what to build and prove it worked: research to find the real problem, experiments to test the answer, and the numbers to decide. At Adobe that was 11 A/B tests across adobe.com, worth $308k a year in new recurring revenue.

What are you working on now?

Four apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac, each designed and built end to end: Peregrino, a travel journal; PocaPal, for K-pop collections; UoP Bus, Portsmouth's university buses, live; and Keepsake, a photo library that's coming soon.

Where have you studied?

At the University of Portsmouth, a First in International Business and a master's in User Experience Design; a year at SolBridge in Daejeon, South Korea; and a summer programme at Linköping University in Sweden.

What are you like to work with?

Curious, calm, and a bit stubborn about evidence. I'd rather hear what people actually do before deciding anything, and I'd rather test two ideas than argue about one.

How do I get in touch?

Email hello@mksvrcek.com or find me on LinkedIn.

Contact

Working on something?Let's talk.

Roles, problems or just hello. I read everything.

I'll reply from hello@mksvrcek.com

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