# Arthur Romanov — Career Profile Kit ## Positioning decision Arthur should be marketed as the senior person who turns unclear business problems into executable systems, product plans, user experiences, and delivery programs. He should not be marketed as a software developer or as a candidate for coding interviews. Primary positioning: > Business Systems Architect and Product Strategist who aligns operations, UX, AI/automation opportunities, requirements, and delivery teams. Best-fit paid work: - business systems and solution architecture - product discovery and product strategy - business analysis, requirements, and process design - AI strategy and practical automation roadmaps - UX strategy, prototypes, and service design - complex implementation and cross-functional project leadership - fractional product, systems, or transformation leadership Avoid leading with: - software developer, full-stack developer, or front-end developer - coding languages and frameworks - vague “I do everything” claims - cheap, one-day builds ## Upwork ### Recommended title **Business Systems Architect | AI Strategy, Product & Automation** ### Alternate titles - **Expert-Vetted Solutions Architect | Business Systems & Product** - **Product & Business Systems Strategist | UX, AI & Automation** - **Senior Business Analyst | Product Strategy & Solution Architecture** ### Overview Complex operation? Messy workflow? A stalled product or AI initiative that needs a credible path forward? I help founders and operating teams turn ambiguous business problems into clear system plans, requirements, user experiences, roadmaps, and accountable delivery. Over 22 years, my work has included public-sector fiscal systems supporting $15M–$100M budgets, enterprise property-tax implementation with HPE and Thomson Reuters, immigration-platform work with INSZoom/Mitratech, and programs involving organizations such as Merck, GE, PODS, IBM, EY, TriNet, and Cerner. I can help with: - business systems architecture and operating-model design - product discovery, business analysis, requirements, and user stories - AI strategy and automation opportunity mapping - SaaS and platform planning, data flows, integrations, and governance - UX strategy, prototypes, and stakeholder alignment - vendor or delivery-team selection, project leadership, and launch planning I am not selling coding hours. I am the senior person who understands the operation, asks the hard questions, defines the system, aligns the business with design and engineering, and keeps delivery moving from idea to launch. Best fit: founder-led products, internal business systems, legacy modernization, AI/automation initiatives, and complex workflows that cross departments or vendors. Send me the problem, the current workflow, and what success should look like. I will help you find the shortest credible path forward. ### Skills to prioritize 1. Solution Architecture 2. Business Analysis 3. Product Strategy 4. Project Management 5. Business Process Management 6. Requirements Analysis 7. UX Strategy 8. Process Improvement 9. Artificial Intelligence Consulting 10. Automation 11. Systems Integration 12. Digital Transformation 13. Stakeholder Management 14. Product Roadmapping 15. Prototyping Remove or de-emphasize Front-End Development and Agile Software Development. They attract the wrong interviews. ### Replace the low-cost catalog offer Retire: “Want to see your idea app or website live and functional within 24 hours?” Launch these instead: 1. **90-Minute Business Systems & AI Opportunity Diagnostic** - Outcome: prioritized problems, automation opportunities, risks, and next actions. - Suggested starting price: $350–$500. 2. **Product Blueprint: From Business Idea to Build-Ready Plan** - Outcome: discovery summary, target users, workflows, MVP scope, requirements, architecture direction, roadmap, and budget assumptions. - Suggested starting price: $1,500–$3,500. 3. **Workflow & Requirements Rescue for a Stalled Software Project** - Outcome: current-state audit, gap analysis, clarified requirements, decision log, recovery plan, and vendor/team action list. - Suggested starting price: $2,500–$6,000. ## LinkedIn ### Headline **Business Systems Architect | Product Strategy, Business Analysis, UX & AI Automation | Expert-Vetted Independent Consultant | 22 Years Turning Complex Operations Into Working Systems** ### About I work where business operations, product strategy, user experience, and technology meet. For 22 years, I have helped organizations make sense of complex workflows, define what a system must do, align stakeholders, and lead cross-functional teams from discovery through launch. My work spans public-sector fiscal systems, enterprise implementations, SaaS products, internal operations platforms, automation, and founder-led ventures. I am strongest when the problem is important but still unclear: too many stakeholders, conflicting requirements, a stalled delivery team, an aging system, or an AI initiative without a practical operating plan. I translate that ambiguity into: - operating models and process maps - product strategy and MVP scope - business and functional requirements - solution architecture and integration direction - UX concepts and prototypes - delivery roadmaps, governance, and decision frameworks My background includes New York City fiscal systems supporting $15M–$100M budgets, enterprise property-tax implementation with HPE and Thomson Reuters, immigration-platform work with INSZoom/Mitratech, and engagements associated with Merck, GE, PODS, IBM, EY, TriNet, Cerner, and other organizations. I am available for independent consulting, fractional product or systems leadership, business analysis, transformation programs, and complex implementation leadership. ### Services Page description I help founders and operating teams turn complex workflows and product ideas into clear system plans, requirements, user experiences, and executable roadmaps. Engagements range from focused diagnostics to product blueprints, workflow redesign, AI/automation strategy, solution architecture, and delivery recovery. ## Indeed and Monster ### Resume headline **Business Systems Architect | Senior Business Analyst | Product & Transformation Leader** ### Professional summary Business systems architect and product strategist with 22 years of experience translating complex operational needs into requirements, process improvements, product roadmaps, UX direction, solution designs, and implementation programs. Proven history across public-sector fiscal systems, enterprise platforms, SaaS products, automation initiatives, and multi-vendor delivery. Strong in stakeholder discovery, requirements analysis, workflow design, solution architecture, product ownership, and cross-functional project leadership. Expert-Vetted independent consultant with $70K+ earned, 24 Upwork engagements, and 1,387 hours delivered. ### Target job titles - Business Systems Architect - Senior Business Analyst - Principal Business Analyst - Product Strategy Consultant - Product Operations Lead - Digital Transformation Consultant - Solutions Consultant - Implementation Program Manager - Technical Project Manager (non-coding) - Fractional Head of Product - AI Transformation Consultant Exclude Software Engineer, Full-Stack Developer, Front-End Developer, and coding-heavy Technical Architect roles. ## Fiverr ### Profile tagline **I turn complex business ideas and workflows into build-ready system plans.** ### Profile description I am a Business Systems Architect and Product Strategist with 22 years of experience helping founders and organizations define complex products, improve workflows, write clear requirements, plan integrations, and lead delivery. My work begins before coding: understanding the operation, finding the real bottleneck, aligning stakeholders, defining the right system, and creating a plan that designers, engineers, vendors, and decision-makers can execute. I can help with product blueprints, business analysis, workflow redesign, AI and automation strategy, UX direction, solution architecture, project recovery, and cross-functional delivery leadership. ### First three gigs 1. **I will audit your workflow and identify practical AI automation opportunities** 2. **I will turn your software idea into a build-ready product blueprint** 3. **I will rescue and re-plan your stalled software or systems project** Do not launch a generic “I will build your app in 24 hours” gig. It attracts price shoppers and creates delivery risk. ## Portfolio case studies ### FutureSignal.io — Market Intelligence Product Strategy **Role:** Founder, Product Strategist, Solution Architect, UX Director FutureSignal is a market-intelligence product concept designed around honest, observable signal rather than black-box prediction. I defined the product vision, user experience, operating logic, information architecture, live Pulse interface, and product roadmap. The concept combines multiple classical predictors, visible calibration, probability views, and refusal-first logic so users can understand not just a signal, but the confidence and conditions behind it. **My contribution:** product strategy, business requirements, system concept, UX direction, information architecture, brand narrative, roadmap, quality review, and launch direction. **Suggested images:** `futuresignal-hero.png`, then `futuresignal-pulse.png`. ### virtual.limited — Interactive Virtual Headquarters **Role:** Creator, Experience Strategist, Solution Architect, Creative Director virtual.limited reimagines a professional website as a navigable place. Visitors can move from a geographic map into a virtual headquarters with rooms for ideas, design, mission control, project work, and executive conversations. I conceived the experience, mapped the visitor journey, directed the spatial interaction model, and connected brand, navigation, content, and product storytelling into one coherent environment. **My contribution:** experience concept, service design, information architecture, interaction direction, UX review, brand integration, and launch strategy. **Suggested images:** `virtual-limited-map.png`, then `virtual-limited-building.png`. ### LiqLab.ai — AI Product Operating System **Role:** Founder, Product Architect, UX & Brand Director LiqLab is an AI-assisted product operating environment for moving from an idea to coordinated product execution. I shaped the product vision, modular system model, agent roles, studio workflow, brand language, and launch experience. The studio presents a coordinated fleet—architect, designer, builder, critic, and shipper—inside a structured workspace rather than an ungoverned chat interface. **My contribution:** product vision, business and functional requirements, operating model, solution architecture, UX direction, design system direction, roadmap, and launch oversight. **Suggested images:** `liqlab-hero.png`, then `liqlab-studio.png`. ### LIQ.studio — Product Foundry & Portfolio Experience **Role:** Founder, Product Strategist, Creative Director LIQ.studio is a product-foundry and portfolio experience built around the idea that products, brands, and systems should flow as one. I created the positioning, portfolio structure, visual language, project-casting model, and interactive narrative used to present ventures such as FutureSignal. The result is both a studio identity and a reusable way to frame products through their concept, role, system, and launch story. **My contribution:** studio strategy, portfolio architecture, product storytelling, creative direction, UX direction, brand system, and launch planning. **Suggested images:** `liq-studio-hero.png`, then `liq-studio-futuresignal-casting.png`. ### MiamiTV.pro — AI Security & Automation Service Platform **Role:** Founder, Service Architect, Product Strategist, Brand & Experience Director MiamiTV.pro turns a fragmented set of premium installation services into one coherent South Florida customer experience. The platform brings together AI security, smart-home automation, home theater, marine systems, hospitality technology, solar, and commercial installations, with an AI-assisted quoting path and service journeys tailored to homes, vessels, hotels, and businesses. **My contribution:** business-model design, service architecture, market positioning, customer journey, quoting concept, UX and brand direction, operating workflows, partner strategy, and launch planning. **Suggested images:** `miamitv-ai-security.png`, then `miamitv-home-theater.png`. These are supporting service visuals; add a live interface capture when the browser capture path is stable. ### BuiltStrong.pro — Roofing Service Platform & Operating-System Concept **Role:** Product Strategist, Venture Designer, Service Systems Architect, Experience Director BuiltStrong is a multi-city roofing brand and digital operating-system concept designed to turn a traditionally fragmented home-service journey into one connected experience. The Chicago presentation combines localized positioning, a 60-second estimate workflow, satellite measurement concept, live appointment scheduling, storm-response services, homeowner job tracking, field documentation, and paired crew and customer mobile experiences. The root brand architecture is designed to support additional markets, beginning with Chicago and a planned Miami expansion. **My contribution:** venture and service-model design, multi-market brand architecture, customer and field-service journey mapping, product requirements, quote and booking workflow design, customer-portal and mobile-app concepts, information architecture, UX and creative direction, operating-model design, commercialization strategy, and delivery oversight through LIQ Lab. **Portfolio proof to emphasize:** BuiltStrong demonstrates how you translate an offline service business into a complete digital operating model—not merely a marketing website. The strongest evidence is the connected progression from lead generation and rapid estimation through scheduling, field execution, customer visibility, documentation, payment, and warranty activation. **Suggested images:** lead with `builtstrong-quote.png`, then `builtstrong-mobile-os.png`; use `builtstrong-chicago-hero.png` for brand and market positioning and `builtstrong-network.png` when explaining the multi-city expansion model. **Portfolio note:** present this as a product, service-system, and prototype engagement created through LIQ Lab for the roofing venture. The current Chicago experience explicitly labels statistics and reviews as placeholders, uses demo calendar data, and displays a placeholder license number. Do not claim verified operating history, customers, revenue, licensing, review volume, or production deployment until the client supplies supporting evidence. ### FleetOS — Maritime Charter Operations Platform **Live presentation:** `charterup.io` (the current public FleetOS deployment). Treat CharterUp.io and FleetOS.io as the same product, not separate portfolio projects. **Role:** Founder, Product Strategist, Business Systems Architect, UX Director FleetOS is an all-in-one maritime operations concept for charter companies. I structured the product around the full operating lifecycle: fleet status, booking, CRM, crew scheduling, maintenance, finance and invoicing, and a customer-facing marketplace. The goal is to replace disconnected spreadsheets and point tools with one system that follows every vessel, guest, crew member, service event, and transaction. **My contribution:** product vision, operating-model design, module architecture, business requirements, workflow design, marketplace strategy, UX direction, product roadmap, and launch planning. **Suggested images:** lead with `fleetos-live-hero.png`, then `fleetos-booking.png`; use `fleetos-platform.webp` for a broader module view and `fleetos-marketplace.png` only when discussing the two-sided marketplace strategy. **Portfolio note:** present the product and case study under the FleetOS name. Use `charterup.io` as the working live URL while `fleetos.io` has an SSL protocol failure, but do not create a second CharterUp project entry or split the product history across two brands. CharterUP is also the name of an established U.S. group-transportation marketplace at `charterup.com`; obtain proper brand/trademark clearance before treating CharterUp as an outward-facing product name. FleetOS is the clearer portfolio identity. ### MovingPro.io — Moving Company Operating System **Role:** Founder, Product Strategist, Solutions Architect, Operations Designer MovingPro is a vertical operating system for moving companies, designed around the way a real moving business sells and delivers work. It connects instant quotes, bookings, deposits, dispatch, crew and truck assignment, payroll, customer communications, branded self-service, and management reporting in one operating model. **My contribution:** industry workflow discovery, product strategy, business and functional requirements, operating-model design, information architecture, UX direction, system documentation strategy, roadmap, and cross-functional delivery leadership. **Portfolio proof to emphasize:** the live site exposes actual system documentation, quote detail and cost breakdown, branded access, and an instant quote workflow—not only marketing mockups. ### SurveyOS.io — Marine Inspection & Defensible Reporting Platform **Role:** Founder, Product Strategist, Business Systems Architect, UX Director SurveyOS is a field-grade operating system for marine surveyors, mechanics, inspectors, and the partners who depend on their work. One tablet-first inspection becomes multiple standards-based outputs, including mechanic assessments, pre-purchase surveys, and insurance-readiness reports. The product separates observation, inference, and recommendation while preserving photos, standards references, audit history, and tamper-evident evidence. **My contribution:** product vision, domain and workflow modeling, requirements, report architecture, evidence and audit model, partner experience, UX direction, pricing and go-to-market planning, and launch oversight. **Suggested images:** `surveyos-cover.webp`, then `surveyos-partner.webp`. ### LITNUP.io — Verifiable AI-Trader Staking Protocol **Role:** Founder, Product & Protocol Strategist, Governance Designer, Brand Director LITNUP is a protocol concept for staking on measurable AI-trader performance rather than unsupported claims. I framed the product around verifiable operator results, attestations, staking and slashing logic, fee-driven token economics, transparent treasury and burn reporting, testnet evidence, security documentation, and a KPI-gated roadmap. **My contribution:** product thesis, economic and governance model, system and trust architecture, stakeholder journeys, transparency framework, brand direction, documentation structure, roadmap, and launch strategy. **Portfolio note:** present LITNUP as product, protocol, governance, and trust-system design. Do not imply audited production readiness until third-party audits, legal structure, and mainnet milestones are complete. ### VoiceChart.io — Privacy-First Dental Voice Charting **Role:** Founder, Product Strategist, Clinical Workflow Designer, Privacy & Experience Director VoiceChart is a browser-based voice charting system designed around the realities of a dental operatory. It converts natural spoken notes into structured entries by tooth and clinical section, supports Universal, FDI, and Palmer numbering, and uses a second transcription pass to flag possible discrepancies before they enter the chart. Its privacy-first workflow can process speech on the device, keep recordings and notes local, and let practices opt into integrations rather than making cloud processing mandatory. **My contribution:** product vision, dental workflow and information architecture, product requirements, privacy model, structured-charting concept, voice interaction design, UX and brand direction, integration strategy, early-access positioning, roadmap, and launch oversight. **Portfolio proof to emphasize:** this is a working product interface, not only a landing-page concept. The live application includes patient and provider context, a complete tooth chart, structured note areas, dictation controls, image capture, diagnostics, patient sessions, settings, and an operatory mode. **Suggested images:** `voicechart-hero.png`, then `voicechart-app.png`. **Portfolio note:** describe VoiceChart as privacy-first and on-device capable. Do not claim HIPAA certification, guaranteed clinical accuracy, or compatibility with a specific practice-management system unless the required validation, agreements, and production integration are documented. ### odontOS.io — Custom Dental Practice Operating Workspace **Role:** Founder, Practice Systems Strategist, Product & Operations Architect, UX Director odontOS is a customizable operating layer designed around how an individual dental practice actually works. Rather than replacing Open Dental, the concept keeps it as the clinical system of record and adds role-specific workspaces, workflow automation, integrations, connected-device experiences, reporting, and optional modules around it. Practices can shape screens by provider and role while connecting scheduling, recall, payments, communications, imaging, VoiceChart, forms, multi-location reporting, and other operational workflows. **My contribution:** product and commercial vision, dental-practice workflow discovery, operating-model design, product requirements, module and information architecture, integration blueprint, privacy and safety requirements, UX and brand direction, partner-practice strategy, roadmap, and delivery oversight. **Portfolio proof to emphasize:** the dashboard shows a coherent front-desk operating workspace with daily appointments, production, patients currently in the chair, recalls, unscheduled treatment, a week planner, quick dictation, VoiceChart, Romexis and i-Dixel access, patient/provider context, role-based navigation, and guided-demo controls. The broader public presentation also shows a field-by-field UI builder, practice themes, per-provider profiles, automation and integration modules, hardware workflows, and a read-only dental-network mapping and diagnostic module. Present these as systems and product leadership outcomes; do not imply that you personally wrote the underlying code. **Suggested images:** lead with `odontos-dashboard.png`, then `odontos-customization.png`; use `odontos-workspace.png` as an additional product overview and `odontos-network.png` when pitching operations, integration, or technical-product strategy work. The dashboard should replace `odontos-hero.png` as the portfolio cover, while the customization screen proves the product is a configurable operating layer rather than a fixed dashboard theme. **Portfolio note:** describe odontOS as independent, API-first, Open Dental-compatible product design. Do not imply endorsement by Open Dental, guaranteed time savings, HIPAA certification, or deployment against live patient data unless those claims are supported by current contracts, validation, and production documentation. ## Additional channels, in priority order 1. **LinkedIn Services** — highest leverage because it uses the existing network, supports a dedicated service page, and lets prospective clients contact providers without being connected. 2. **Contra** — strong visual portfolio fit for the four new case studies; free profile, project discovery, contracts, and commission-free payments. 3. **Catalant** — strongest match for enterprise business systems, Digital & AI, transformation, operations, and strategy consulting; expect a selective verification process rather than immediate volume. 4. **Business Talent Group** — high-end independent consulting and project/program work; worthwhile because of enterprise and project-manager demand, but slower and more selective. 5. **Fiverr** — use only with outcome-based consulting packages at credible prices; do not compete in commodity development categories. ## Immediate revenue order 1. Fix Upwork title, overview, skills, and catalog offer. 2. Publish the strongest portfolio case studies with the new screenshots. 3. Complete the Upwork consultation offer and send targeted proposals daily. 4. Update LinkedIn headline/About and create a Services Page. 5. Ask five past clients for short recommendations tied to business outcomes. 6. Launch three narrowly scoped Fiverr gigs. 7. Repurpose the same four case studies on Contra. 8. Apply to Catalant and Business Talent Group in parallel, treating them as medium-term channels.