Hi, I'm Okoro Benjamin. I'm a product manager and startup founder who has built and led 5+ startups over the past 7 years.
I work across the full product lifecycle - product architecture, AI systems, UX, and go-to-market. A five-year sales background sharpens the part most PMs underinvest in: selling a vision to engineers, investors, and users. Below: Leksia, an AI study platform for university students, and Zendocs, an AI immigration app with 3,800+ users.
5+STARTUPS FOUNDED / LED
7YEARS BUILDING PRODUCTS
5,300+MAU ACROSS MY APPS BUILT
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SELECTED WORK
Leksia
Founder, Product Manager & AI Architect · app.leksia.com · Late 2025 – Present
Leksia turns every lecture a student sits through into a complete, ready-made study cycle - automatically, with no extra effort required from them.
200+Users in month one
2026Launched
Identity & vision
Students shouldn't have to choose between paying attention in class and capturing everything they'll need later. Leksia is quiet and academic - a study companion in the background of a student's term, aiming to become the default layer between attending a lecture and being ready for the exam on it.
The problem
Students forget most lecture content within days. The usual fix - manual notes, then flashcards or quizzes - is slow enough that most skip it until exam season, when it's too late.
The solution
Students record their lecture inside Leksia. The AI turns it into notes, a quiz, and flashcards - no writing or organizing required. Leksia also runs a pre-lecture briefing and a post-lecture reinforcement pass, so retention compounds across the term instead of resetting every session.
End-user experience
Before class, a quick summary of the last session. During the lecture, hit record and stay present. After class, notes, quiz, and flashcards are already generated and waiting. Record - everything downstream happens on its own.
My role
Founded Leksia solo and designed the AI architecture end to end - from lecture audio to structured notes, quizzes, and flashcards, including how the pre- and post-lecture workflows sequence around a student's schedule. Owned product direction and launch.
Zendocs
Co-founder, Product Architecture & UI/UX · 2025
An AI-powered immigration app that helps users navigate immigration paperwork without hiring a consultant for every step.
3,800+Active users
2025Launched
The problem
Immigration processes are document-heavy, high-stakes, and confusing without professional help - which is expensive and slow, leaving applicants unsure their paperwork is correct until it's too late.
The solution
Zendocs uses AI to guide users through their immigration documentation, reducing reliance on expensive one-off consultations.
My role
Designed the product architecture, frontend, and full UI/UX with my cofounder - then helped drive the go-to-market push that grew usage after launch.
MORE VENTURES
InterblocNO-CODE PLATFORM
Founding PM · 2024
A platform for users to build apps without code - comparable to Lovable. I originated the idea and led a three-person team, owning product direction and design across the build.
Shipped MVP platform with a lean 3-person team
WorksilaHR TECH
Founder · 2020
An all-in-one HR tech platform for hiring and managing employees - payments, HR, and workforce management in one product. Managed and led the development team from concept through build.
First startup founded - set the foundation for the four that followed
BACKGROUND
"Five years in sales taught me to sell ideas as a leader - to engineers, investors, and users. It's the skill most product managers skip, and it's the one that gets products actually built and adopted."
Chief Strategy Officer, C-Level Advisor
Veltrana Global
Aug 2025 – Present
Senior Business Development Manager
Make Agency
Oct 2024 – Oct 2025
Business Development Manager
CLS Global
Nov 2022 – Oct 2024
Farm Manager
Datamint Crypto Mining, Russia
Feb 2023 – May 2025
Product Strategy UI/UX Design AI Product Architecture Roadmapping Cross-functional Leadership 0-to-1 Product Development Go-to-Market Strategy Stakeholder Management User Research Fundraising Support Sales & Negotiation Community Building
Voronezh State University · Master of Pharmacy · 4.7 CGPA · Aug 2017 – Aug 2023