Experience

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  Microsoft

  • Technical Product Manager

    • Aug 2018 - Present

    ♦ Launched and improved the private preview of an AI-powered Microsoft app to empower student learning experiences♦ Led E2E software development cycle, from design to launch, related to key usage metrics for the internal team use to evaluate product launch, feature usage, and adoption rates to help PMs and designers make data driven decisions♦ Create research protocols, run user interviews, and analyze results to translate customer experiences in to product requirements♦ Lead and execute lean product development and design sprints through user-centered design process♦ Develop prototypes that lead to implemented design solutions

  • Technical Product Manager (LEAP Apprenticeship)

    • Mar 2018 - Jul 2018

    As part of the LEAP Apprenticeship program (http://www.industryexplorers.com/) and the Azure Active Directory FastTrack TPM team, I'm working on a new data search tool prototype that enables my team to reduce human-hours spent on these tasks by 95%. ♦ Own and design a new data search tool prototype which allows users to quickly search through available customer data based on a "need". ♦ Outline and design features, design wireframes, and develop new data driven approaches. ♦ Design and lead user research and usability studies with 15 people participating.

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  LinkedIn

  • Sunnyvale, CA

  • iOS Engineer

    • Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
    • Sunnyvale, CA

    I work on the LinkedIn flagship iOS app as part of the in-app Notifications team.♦ Lead, implement, and ship new user-facing iOS features to improve member experience for millions of LinkedIn's users across the globe.♦ Work with LinkedIn development cycle tools for experimentation, ramping, tracking, and monitoring. ♦ Independently identify stakeholders and drive collaboration between design, product management, and engineering to deliver best-in-class member experiences.♦ Add unit, integration, and scenario tests, thoroughly test new features for internationalization and accessibility, and refactor existing code to improve the quality of the codebase. ♦ Proactively advocate for users, suggest product enhancements, and participate in user interviews and user research studies. Technologies: Swift, iOS, XCode, InterfaceBuilder, KIF (automated UI testing framework).

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  iOSoho, the largest iOS Engineering Meetup in NYC

  • Greater New York City Area

  • iOSoho Meetup Lead / Women in iOS Meetup Founder

    • Apr 2016 - Mar 2017
    • Greater New York City Area

    I’m the organizer of the largest iOS meetup in NYC, iOSoho, and I started the Women in iOS meetup, the only NYC meetup focused on highlighting the work female iOS developers do in the industry.The format is two 20-minute technical talks by expert speakers on things they're working on, with a 10 minute Q&A for each. 150 - 200 developers attend our events each month. We've had amazing talks from Facebook, Google, Spotify, Foursquare, Meetup, Etsy, and more. You should join if you’re actively involved in the development of mobile technology and you want to learn, meet, and share with others in the space. We'd love to have you as part of our 1,000+ community!

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  Vimeo

  • Greater New York City Area

  • iOS Developer Intern

    • Jun 2016 - Oct 2016
    • Greater New York City Area

    ♦ Lead and implement internationalization/localization of the Vimeo iOS app for international markets. ♦ Collaborate with a cross-functional team of developers, product managers, designers, QA, and project managers. ♦ Use JIRA, Git/GitHub, Jenkins, Hockey to resolve tickets for bug fixes and user-facing application improvements. ♦ Work independently and in a team in an Agile oriented environment to deliver assigned tasks in allocated time.♦ Work with team members to develop mobile best practices, coding standards, and processes.

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  Neverlate App

  • Greater New York City Area

  • iOS Developer

    • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
    • Greater New York City Area

    ★★ ★ NY Tech Meetup Neverlate App Demo: https://vimeo.com/155126592#t=1h21m51s ★★ ★ ★★ ★ WWDC Scholarship 2016: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/scholarships/ ★★ ★ ♦ Presented the app at the NY Tech Meetup in front of 860 people in February 2016. The app was presented first time in front of 200 people at the Google office in NYC, as well as at the Women Who Code meetup. ♦ Managed a team of three developers to build and design Neverlate, a self-improvement app for people who are often late. Put money at stake and pick a friend to be your accountability buddy. If you’re late, you gotta pay!♦ Led data architecture and UX design, built an algorithm to check user's on time/late arrival status, and integrated Venmo API for in-app payment transactions.

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  Access Code Fellowship, Coalition for Queens (C4Q)

  • Greater New York City Area

  • iOS Developer

    • Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
    • Greater New York City Area

    ♦ Was selected out of 620 applicants to become an iOS Fellow at the Access Code, an intensive, project based iOS Mobile App Development program in New York City. ♦ Built iOS skills by creating 10 - 15 iOS applications (see Projects) and participating in hackathons. ♦ Worked closely with small teams of developers, product designers, and mentors.♦ Engaged in pair programming sessions, product management training, and code review exercises with leading iOS engineers from Artsy, Google, Yahoo, and Betaworks.♦ Learned Git/Github, bash, JSON, object oriented programming, and worked with third party APIs such as Venmo, Facebook and Foursquare.

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  United Nations

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Conference Translator/ Interpreter

    • Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    ♦ English < > Russian interpreter/ translator for participants and staff at presentations, meetings and conferences during the Fourteenth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations HQ in New York City. ♦ English < > Russian translator for the DOCIP documentation and information center that represents the Indigenous delegations participating in the United Nations conferences.

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  CIANA (Center for the Integration and Advancement of New Americans)

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Public Relations and Marketing Manager

    • 2012 - 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    ♦ Worked with clients (CIANA, Mysttik Masaala, CDW, Goal Productions, and other) as an independent contractor and helped develop communication strategy, initiated social media campaigns, created content, and managed public relations and media outreach. ♦ Served as media liaison and arranged interviews to increase media publicity. As a result of my work, Mysttik Masaala was featured in CBS New York, The Serious Eats, The Real Cheap Eats, We heart Astoria, Midtown Lunch, New York Street Food and other publications. CIANA's story was featured in the June issue of the most popular Astoria publication, Boro Mag. ♦ Organized fundraising events that involved coordinating the collaborative team of more than 15 volunteers and staff members at CIANA. Managed online (Eventbrite, PayPal) and offline fundraising.♦ Managed social media marketing and outreach (Hootsuite, Facebook Pages, Twitter and Instagram) and email marketing campaigns (MailChimp).

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  Buryatia Summer School

  • Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation

  • Founder

    • 2009 - 2013
    • Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation

    The Volunteer School in Buryatia (http://buryatiaschool.org/) is an independent educational project that welcomes volunteers from all over the world to teach at the rural schools in Russian Siberia. Buryatia Summer School promotes educational values, sharing of knowledge and skills, and cultural exchange. It gives a unique opportunity to live simple life in an incredibly beautiful scenery, eat natural food, ride a horse as a mean of transport, and learn about Buryat and Russian cultures.♦ Founded a summer school for 60 students in the rural areas of Siberia and developed the school’s academic programs. ♦ Generated international awareness for the school and recruited volunteers from the US, Russia, Austria, Germany, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, and Switzerland. ♦ Led languages classes, supervised other teachers, and managed the program’s website.The project scaled from two schools in 2009 to twelve school network in 2013. The Volunteer School has stopped accepting volunteers momentarily due to legal changes of the region's status: due to proximity to its border with Mongolia (25 km), the area was declared border-controlled zone, and the outsiders are no longer allowed to enter the area without a permission from authorities.

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  GEOMATIKA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Head of Russian Department

    • May 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    ♦ Taught intensive Russian language course to college students at Geomatika College International and TMC College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ♦ Gave lectures to groups of up to 90 students and led small group instruction. ♦ Utilized social media and technology to engage students both inside and outside the classroom.

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  Around The World

  • Germany, Russia, Mongolia, China, Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos

  • Traveler

    • Jul 2010 - Dec 2010
    • Germany, Russia, Mongolia, China, Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos

    "I've been living in the same place, country and city all my life. What can I really do outside of my comfort zone? Can I find a job in another country and work in a different language? Can I survive in an unfamiliar environment, or will I go back home in a month?" - I thought to myself leaving Moscow with a one-way ticket. I felt impatient to see and explore the world, so I left the next day after the graduation ceremony from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. I traveled to Berlin for a social projects management workshop, then to Buryatia (a region in Russian Siberia) where I founded a summer school for middle and high school students from several villages. I taught at a rural school in a village with a population of 500 people. I continued my travels to Mongolia, China, Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos... I wandered through these countries I've never been before, by myself at the age of 22, spending money that I earned and saved specifically for this trip while I was a student. I then managed to find a job teaching Russian at a college in Malaysia. Two people (incl. me) were teaching Russian in all of Kuala Lumpur. I think I was very lucky to get a position in that 0.000001% of the job market!The experience of encountering so many different people and cultures immensely helped my personal and professional development teaching me to be flexible, creative and open-minded. I'm proud of successfully adapting to people and lifestyles of places so different from each other such as Russia, Malaysia and the United States. My ancestors were nomads, and it is their spirit of courage, wander and curiosity that drives me to continue my learning and everyday explorations of people, cultures and technologies.

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  Look At Media

  • Moscow, Russian Federation

  • Writer

    • 2005 - 2010
    • Moscow, Russian Federation

    Wrote articles about culture, technology, local entrepreneurship, and urban development for Look At Me, Reuters, Media Bulletin, Gloria, OOPS!, RB.RU (Russian Business), and other media publications in Russia, all while being a full-time student at the Journalism department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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  Thomson Reuters

  • Moscow, Russian Federation

  • Intern at Reuters Russian News Service

    • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007
    • Moscow, Russian Federation

    Translated economic, business and political news from English to Russian for the Reuters Russian News Service