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Ace
Bonkowski

I am a product builder and marketer who drove 340M+ in commercial impact across AI SaaS, Pharma, and Consumer Tech, working with clients ranging from startups to Fortune Global 500 companies across Europe, South Asia, and the United States.

Previously at

Apple Apple o2 HEC Paris HEC Paris Fraunhofer Fraunhofer Eli Lilly and Company Yale School of Management Yale School of Management

Featured Projects

PRISM project

2026

AI Against Disinformation: An Integrated Chrome Extension

APIs Prototyping AI Applications Product Management UX/UI
Eli Lilly & Company project

May–Aug 2026  ·  Lilly Germany  ·  MBA Intern, Commercial

Rethinking GLP-1 Consumer Marketing and Partnerships

Commercial Strategy AI & Agentic Applications Business Development Executive Buy-In Partnership Strategy Sales Enablement UX/UI
Cortile project

2025–2026  ·  Cortile  ·  Head of Product & Go-To-Market Strategy

Building Agentic Governance & Compliance for SMBs

Product Management AI & Agentic Applications Go-To-Market Competitive Strategy B2B Pricing UX/UI
o2 & Serviceplan Group project

2024  ·  Serviceplan Group  ·  Product Marketing Manager

Reengineering Telecom Loyalty & Hardware Campaigns at Scale

Product Marketing Pricing Strategy A/B Testing Growth Strategy Consumer Insights Brand Strategy UX/UI

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May – Aug 2026

Commercial MBA
Intern, CMO Office

Eli Lilly & Company  ·  Bad Homburg, Germany

Largest pharma company by market cap ($1T), advancing treatments in cardiometabolic, oncology & immunology, incl. GLP-1 drugs.

Fostered B2B and B2B2C partnerships across various industries with many of Germany's largest brands to help more patients faster. Developed a performance scorecard to assess and prioritize 100+ market players, enabling faster, more data-backed, and more comparable partner selection. Pitched a new innovative disease awareness initiative to the CEO of Lilly Germany, gaining buy-in to build a new patient pathway to care for at the affiliate.

Aug 2025 – Apr 2026

Head of Product &
GTM Strategy

Cortile  ·  Detroit, MI, US

AI-driven SaaS startup focused on cybersecurity, AI governance, and compliance for high-growth B2B companies.

Led product and go-to-market strategy for privacy, cybersecurity & AI governance SaaS. Designed market entry and differentiation framework, benchmarked competitors, and distilled customer insights into positioning, messaging and feature priorities. Partnered with C-level leadership, engineers, designers & analysts to shape pricing models, product roadmap, and growth priorities.

Jun – Jul 2025

Product Marketing
Manager

Drove early growth and adoption initiatives by analyzing acquisition funnels and testing hypotheses across digital channels. Built top-down TAM/SAM models and designed a value-based pricing framework to guide monetization and feature prioritization.

Jan – Jul 2024

Product Marketing
Manager

Serviceplan Group  ·  Munich, Germany

Europe's largest partner-led advertising agency group, serving Fortune Global 500 clients across 30+ countries.

Advised Fortune Global 500 clients on brand and growth strategy. Translated customer insights into loyalty program design, launched multimillion-euro product campaigns, and delivered executive-ready business cases for pricing and repositioning. Coordinated cross-functional teams of clients, design, brand, and engineering to drive adoption and secure client buy-in.

Aug 2020 – Dec 2023

Product Management
Associate

Fraunhofer SIT  ·  Darmstadt, Germany

Europe's leading institute for applied cybersecurity research, part of Fraunhofer Society with €3B+ annual research budget.

Directed product strategy projects in Europe's leading cybersecurity research institute. Conducted analytics on product adoption to identify bottlenecks, spearheaded development of an automation tool that accelerated knowledge transfer, and partnered with engineers to design product enhancements that improved SaaS usability.

Education

Aug 2026 – May 2027

Master of Advanced
Management (MAM)

Yale School of Management  ·  New Haven, CT, US

Double Degree with HEC Paris

Aug 2025 – May 2027

Master of Business
Administration (MBA)

HEC Paris  ·  Paris, France  ·  GPA: 3.96/4.0

Double Degree with Yale SOM

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.),
Digital Media

DHBW Mannheim  ·  Mannheim, Germany  ·  Grade: 1.5/6.0 (GPA: 3.5/4.0)

Dual Study Program: Full-Time Work & Academics

Certifications

2026

Professional Scrum
Product Owner (PSPO II)

Scrum.org
2026

Professional Scrum
Master (PSM I)

Scrum.org

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Domains
AI & Technical
Tools & Methods
Languages
German (Native) English (C2) Spanish (B1) French (A2)

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