Paolo Ragone Chechile

Company Reference: 
eBay Classifieds
First Name: 
Paolo
Last Name: 
Ragone Chechile
Position/Title: 
Head of Product & Innovation
Hometown: 
Caracas, Venezuela
Why did you decide to work at [companyname]?: 
Coming from my own web solutions company I wanted to work in a place that would have a small team so I could learn a lot from the different parts of the business (as I was used to). LoQUo was at that point at its beginnings as an entrepreneurial company, so I figured I was in the right moment to learn how to take a company through the tough process of becoming a more organized place. It has been a great journey so far.
Why do you like working at [companyname]?: 
First of all, because the team I work with every day is great, and then because the whole Classifieds business unit is a great place where people, learning and (of course) targets are the highest priorities.
What cool projects have you worked on at [companyname]?: 
Many, the most recent and also most exciting one, has been building eBay Anuncios, a new home grown platform for classifieds. This new platform was built from scratch in a little less than two months by my development team and myself... it was a lot of sleepless nights for the three of us, but in the end we were able to deliver a feature rich product with good stuff under the hood. One of the best projects of my whole career.
What are your goals at [companyname] - what are you working to achieve?: 
Primarily, bring innovation to the platform and team, in many ways: improved UEX, new functionality, new PD processes, new architectures, etc.
What is your favorite benefit about working at [companyname]?: 
I get the best of both worlds: On the one side I get all the benefits of working on a small team where you have visibility to the whole business, and on the other side, you get the benefits of working for a big company where you have a lot of things to leverage and share.
What has been the most amazing experience you've had at [companyname] thus far?: 
Many, but actually the most amazing one was asking the community to help save a life and see how they reacted immediately to make a person's life a lot better. That day I realized what a community truly means: It has nothing to do with having a discussion board or community flagging, but it's all about the people in it and how they interact. You just try to make their stay nice on your site.
What has been the biggest surprise about working at [companyname]?: 
The team. It's a great group of people, totally focused and devoted to succeed at doing their job in the best way. This definitely exceeded my expectations of what a good working environment could be.
If you were to identify a common trait between you and your colleagues, what would it be?: 
The most common is just "Geek talk" (lol). We like to make jokes a lot.
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