THE CAREER EXPERIENCE VOL. 01 / 2026
MY CAREER DECK 00

+ A CAREER BUILT IN PLAY

RON
FINKILSTEIN.

Product Leader

iGaming • Social Casino • Poker
• Web3 • Monetization

Building the systems behind the games.
Shaping the experiences that keep the world playing.

Your career story is playable. Hold an arrow to explore.

CAREER MODE / CHAPTER 01

Every game
has a beginning.

2005. The first step into an industry
that would become a career.

THE ORIGIN
2005 → ?
FIRST CHECKPOINT888 / 2005

ENTER THE GAMING INDUSTRY

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R.RON FINKILSTEIN / CLASSIC PROFILE

PRODUCT. PEOPLE. PLAY.

RON
FINKILSTEIN.

Product Leader

iGaming • Social Casino • Poker • Web3 • Crypto • Monetization

20+ years building, scaling and monetizing gaming products.

Based in Ungheni, Moldova ↗ Available for Remote Roles · Travel as Required

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ronfinkilstein@gmail.com ↗LinkedIn ↗
Ron Finkilstein
THE PERSON BEHIND THE PRODUCTSR.

THE PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

Building products.
Growing perspective.

From system design to executive product leadership.

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OwnPlay

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VP Product — Hands-on Product Leadership

Concept to product to build to launch in a Web3, sweepstakes and city-building gaming environment.

  • Hands-on end-to-end product ownership: product vision, roadmap, PRDs, specifications and game design.
  • Owned monetization, game economy, analytics, player behavior and Web3 mechanics.
PlaytikaproductWSOP

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VP Monetization & Customer Success

Led monetization and customer success for WSOP.

  • Managed approximately 50 employees.
  • Supported a business generating more than $400K in daily revenue.
PlaytikaUnited Studio
Vegas Downtown Slots & Words
Poker Heat

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VP & GM

Oversaw two gaming products across product, R&D, analytics, operations, CRM and customer success.

  • Managed approximately 30 professionals.
PlaytikaproductCaesars Casino

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VP Product

Owned product vision, strategy and roadmap for Caesars Casino.

  • Contributed to daily revenue growth from approximately $120K to $420K during tenure.
  • Managed approximately 40 professionals, including three directors.
Playtika

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Director of Product & Systems Analysis

Progressed into product and systems analysis leadership.

Playtika

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Product & Systems Analysis Group Leader

Employee #10. Joined Playtika when the company was just 6 months old.

  • Designed foundational CRM, Back Office, Bonus Management, Segmentation and Payment platforms.
  • Contributed during the company’s transformation from approximately 10 employees into a global gaming organization with 3,000+ employees.
Vestika

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Senior System Analyst & Product Manager

Vestika was an internet financial startup exploring new ways for people to manage their money and invest in the stock market.

  • Responsible for the logical design of the Vestika prototype.
888

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Expert System Analyst & Product Manager

Designed 888’s new clearing/payment system supporting deposits, cash-outs, money transfers, refunds and chargebacks, including PCI-related payment infrastructure work.

Danel Advanced Software Solutions

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System Analyst & Product Manager

A CONNECTED SET OF SKILLS

Product thinking.
Gaming instinct.

  • iGaming
  • Social Casino
  • Poker
  • Web3
  • Crypto
  • Monetization
  • Product leadership
  • Product strategy
  • Game economy
  • Analytics
  • Customer Success
  • CRM
  • Payments

SAME PERSON. A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

There’s a story
behind every level.

RON FINKILSTEIN / PRODUCT LEADER