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Mikita Mikado is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PandaDoc a provider of all-in-one software to create, deliver and e-sign quotes, proposals, contracts and other sales collateral. The idea began with Mikado in 2011, when one night, he spent six hours designing a business proposal. Frustrated, he turned to Sergey Barysiuk for a solution and together the two established PandaDoc. Today, the company empowers sellers to easily interact and build meaningful relationships with customers. Mikado is known to leverage his success to help those around him learn, grow and succeed. And it’s this tenacity that has helped transform PandaDoc into a global leader in document automation software. Most recently, Mikado spearheaded the Project Picasso Initiative, a 60-day free RevOps Training program created to counter the COVID-19 unemployment rate. For this initiative, he brought together a group of RevOps professionals and taught 33 students everything they needed to know to jump-start a career in Revenue operations. As an entrepreneur, executive and former engineer, Mikado lives, breathes, and advocates for running self-sustaining companies in technology. Before PandaDoc, he was the CEO and Co-Founder of Quote Roller, as well as the CEO of Coding Staff.
I’ve never worked for a leader that talks the talk AND walks the walk. Mikita is one of the most passionate leaders I’ve met and truly cares about his product and his employees. He keep the greater good in mind and has a wonderful moral compass (PandaDoc is paperless = good for environment, launched free e-sign platform to help small business get through COVID). He consistently is checking in on the mental/physical health of his employees. He gave us a stipend to set up our home office after COVID hit, and gave the whole company an additional day off (Separate of our PTO) when he felt we all needed a break from working so hard during a pandemic and socially/politically trying time for our country. These are just two of countless actions that Mikita takes to ensure he builds a great culture for us to work in. On top of that he makes really sound financial decisions that leave every employee feeling well compensated and financially stable through the ups and downs of the economy, all while successfully growing the company financially.
1. Accessibility => It’s not often you have a business leader who is accessible to all employees. You can reach Mikita any time through messaging, his office hours, or during company events. 2. Philosophy => Mikita has built a team that can grow exponentially autonomously. It takes a very keen eye to find the right people for the right positions, and it takes a true leader to create the right positions for the right people 3. Awareness => PandaDoc has been designed to be nimble enough to make pivots any time the market changes. Our incumbent competitors lose business to PandaDoc because of how much more accommodating we can be for new customers.
Wow, what can’t I say about Mikita? I’ve been lucky enough to see Mikita throughout many stages at PandaDoc and the change he’s been able to make in order for us to continue to grow is amazing. He’s really taken step back in the best way possible. He used to get too bogged down with the day to day but when he put the decision making abilities and trust in the people he hired you could see him flourish along with the company. I also love how humble he is. He takes pride in where he came from, how long it has taken him to get there and puts that into everything he does. I cannot recommend Mikita for this award enough.
Driven, dedicated, and humble, his passion and commitment to lifelong learning translate into every aspect of his life. The boy that once sold berries on the streets of Belarus now leverages his success to help those around him learn, grow, and succeed. The most recent example is his May 2020 Project Picasso Initiative. A 60 day Free RevOps Training generated to counter the Covid-19 unemployment rate. For this initiative, Mikita brought together a group of RevOps professionals and taught 33 students everything they needed to know to jump-start a career in Revenue operations.
Mikita, in my true opinion, possesses ALL the great qualities of a great leader. He is open-minded, fair, forward-thinking, passionate, honest, and truly cares about the health, well-being and future of all of his employees. This is evidenced in all the ways he has always gone above and beyond for us, but has especially been proven now during the Covid 19 epidemic. He has put his pandas first in each and every instance. I have never worked anywhere that puts their employees first the way PandaDoc does and that is in huge part to his directives and leadership.
When he speaks, anything seems possible. Driven, inspirational, down to earth and humble. Mikita is THE person at PandaDoc that makes me proud to work at PandaDoc. The most recent example is his May 2020 Project Picasso Initiative. A 60 day Free RevOps Training generated to counter the Covid-19 unemployment rate. For this initiative, Mikita brought together a group of RevOps professionals and taught 33 students everything they needed to know to jump-start a career in Revenue operations.
Mikita is a wonderful motivator and communicator. He’s committed to showing up for his teams, and creates meaningful connections for his mentees to his expansive network. He taught me about the ins and outs of Revenue Operations in the recent Project Picasso Initiative, a 60 day Free RevOps Training generated to counter the Covid-19 unemployment rate. I learned a ton in this program and appreciate the energy and enthusiasm he brought to my professional development journey.
Empathy, Compassion, humble, and committed to helping others. When Covid-19 had a negative impact on employment #s he wanted to help those effected and created a free 60 day Revenue Operations training course. over 30 students were able to attend and benefit from the initiative. Mikita recruited many RevOps leaders to donate their time and resources to assist in the initiative. Some of which were previous employees.
Mikita is the only person I know who build himself and a company at the same time with a first-time entrepreneur experience and zero business education. He relocated by work-and-travel to work for Hawaiian surfing station and in just 2 years became the CEO of electronic signatures company that successfully compete with DocuSign. We are using PandaDoc in Wallarm for a while to automate processes and sign documents online.
An inspirational and motivational leader, Mikita’s passion and enthusiasm is wildly infectious and one cannot help but feel his genuine desire to help improve the lives of those around him. I recently had the pleasure of attending Mikita’s Project Picasso RevOps training program and was immediately struck by his humility and kind demeanor.
Motivating, Thought Provoking, Caring, Forward Thinking, Understanding, Willingness to Help Other Grow….these are just a few words that begin to describe Mikita. He is a perfect example of how a leader should be. His drive, positive energy and creativeness help make PandaDoc the amazing organization that it is.
Key Strengths: hard working, communication skills, open vision, equality I love the Core Value’s Mikita has created at PandaDoc: Learn – something new everyday Impact – make an impact Fun – have fun Empathy – stay empathic this isn’t just a company culture code of mine, but a way of life I live :]
Open communication and transparency, really cares about his team, effective leader who inspires others in and out of the office. You can tell Mikita really cares about what he stands for and what PandaDoc stands for as a whole. He is an inspiring leader and it bleeds down throughout the entire company.
Mikita is driven and dedicated but he also has compassion. I truly feel that he cares for his employees and does think about them with every decision he makes for the organization. He is personable and easy to talk to as well. He is always willing to take the time to discuss anything with you.
Employees motivation, soft intellectual power, great entrepreneurship skills. I was one of the students of his initiative – a training those who want to become a revenue operations specialists. And I received a lot of knowledge and great experience working in under his leadership.
Mikita consistently demonstrates a genuine sense of care and responsibility for the company and its employees. His clear communication, authenticity and leadership style fosters an environment where employees are challenged and motivated to learn, grow and do their very best.
Mikita has such an open mind. While he has strong beliefs, he holds them lightly so that he isn’t blinded to bigger and better opportunities. His open-mindedness creates an environment of trust and learning, which is a competitive advantage for our company.
Mikita is someone who is pulled in a thousand different directions at once but when he is working with you, all of his attention is on you. At office/company parties, he will talk to everyone and engage as though you are his business partner.
Mikita is a truly awesome leader. Driven, dedicated, and humble, his passion and commitment to lifelong learning translate into every aspect of his life. His desire to see his Pandas grow and evolve outweigh any corporate revenue measure.
He is a visionary with patience. Mikita can see where he wants to take us all and he’s got the temperament and skillset to unify us all around that vision. We are all inspired by Mikita.
Strongly believes In people he works with – Positive attitude – Understands the importance of feedback – Has clear vision and Knows how to communicate it to everyone on the team
Mikita’s passion as a leader is inspiring. He passes his own dedication to personal and professional growth to his team in all elements of what he does.
Empathetic -approachable -Transparent -Knows how to hire leaders who are the best In their field -Creates a great culture -Financial acumen
Servant Leadership, taking the time to help others in need, a true sense of support no matter what the position in the company. Altruistic.
Working for him and learning from him, he consistently treats everyone as equals and cares for them even after they leave PandaDoc.