Kateryna has more than 13 years of experience working in IT. She is an expert in test management, security testing, and introducing test processes into an organisation. Since 2017 Kateryna has been in head of QA department (42 people in Ukraine) in Itera, focusing on employees’ retention, people management and their competence development.Kateryna has successful experience of building security competence inside the distributed multi-cultural organization. Together with the team of security professionals, she has completed several security projects and became promoter of security and DevSecOps culture in the organization.Kateryna has successful experience of working on-site (Oslo, Norway; London, UK) in tight cooperation with customer. She participated in testing complex financial and insurance systems, completed 15+ projects with distributed delivery models. Has worked in different roles (Test Engineer, Test Manager, Test Advisor, Trainer, Security Testing Specialist, Performance Testing Junior Specialist, Project Coordinator).Kateryna is a speaker and co-founder of IT conferences (QA Fest, .NET Fest, JS Fest), actively contributes to the development of the test community in Ukraine. Focused, highly efficient, team player. Has the following domain experience: finance, banking, insurance.CEH Scheme Committee Member 2022-2025
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Product StrategistHbmRijeka, Hr -
Head Of Customer Experience Center Of ExcellenceIntellias Aug 2023 - Present -
PartnerHbm Apr 2021 - Present -
Head Of Product ManagementHbm Apr 2021 - Oct 2023- Act as a Product Owner/Manager for one of the company startups related to green energy- Plan product roadmap, releases, groom features with development team- Participate in Customer’s meetings and interviews -
Head Of Technology DepartmentPropell Minds Apr 2021 - Jan 2022Kyiv City, Ukraine- Do resource management and planning for the projects (for 50 people)- Perform people management, evaluation of their progress and results (developers, test engineers, devops specialists, designers)- Perform hiring and retention activities in Technology Department -
Co-FounderFest Group Aug 2014 - PresentKiev, UkraineFest Group is a Ukrainian company that does best IT conferences. Currently in our portfolio there are 5 events: QA Fest, .NET Fest, JS Fest, DevOps Fest, Embedded Fest. Fest Group is also a co-organizer of Devoxx Ukraine. More about our events and values are at web-site www.fest.group
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Head Of Qa DepartmentItera Oct 2017 - Sep 2021Kiev- Do resource management and planning for the projects- Perform people management, evaluation of their progress and results- Actively develop competence in QA department (mentoring new people, coaching juniors, created programs on professional development for employees on performance testing, security testing etc.) - Introduced new approach to competence evaluation in QA Department- Perform hiring and retention activities in QA Department, train newcomers- Participate in pre-sale process as Test Expert, estimate projects and efforts in testing- Takes role of Test Advisor for some of internal and external projects -
Qa CoordinatorItera - Make A Difference May 2015 - Sep 2017- Participating in pre-sale activities as technical specialist- Coordinating internal initiatives in testing and QA- Participating in proposals creation- Driving Feasibility studies for the projects- Consulting on test management and security testing- mentoring of junior specialists- performing test advisory for external projects -
Senior Qa EngineerItera Oct 2013 - Apr 2015Responsibilities:- Introduction and setup of QA and Test processes in the projects- Planning test activities and efforts- Defining overall test scope- Mentoring test team- Test Design and Testing- Reporting to the customer- Supervising customer acceptance testing -
Qa EngineerItera Nov 2010 - Oct 2013Responsibilities:- Participation in creating and implementing QA processes and procedures in the project- Requirements analysis; - Definition of Test Scope- Test design and Test Plan creation- Manual testing of web application in different browsers- Installation testing, usability testing, - Performance testing (JMeter)- Acceptance procedure intoduction- Defects tracking- Works estimating -
MemberOwasp Ukraine Jan 2014 - Oct 2017Member of Open Web Security Application Project Ukrainian chapter.
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Internet Marketing ManagerAnrom May 2010 - Oct 2010- Track and monitor site traffic and optimize campaigns based on the best-performing strategies.- Maintain organization presence on social networking sites.- Ensure appropriate SEO of all websites and provide white SEO optimization and assist to rank website higher on search engines. - Evaluate all industry trends and competitor activities and provide recommendations for improvement. - Provide monthly reporting on e-commerce sales, traffic and end-user fulfillment. -
Internet Marketing SpecialistAnrom Oct 2009 - May 2010- Development and supervising of PPC/CPM campaigns: preparation of accounts, keyword research, bid management, conversion optimization, etc.- Monitor campaign results, analyze key metrics, and optimize click-through and conversion rates.- Filing of reports based on Google Analytics.- Operational tasks on information search and structuring.- Monitoring competitors' activity. - Managing company web-site.
Kateryna Ovechenko Education Details
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Short Course (Online) -
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Software Engineering
Frequently Asked Questions about Kateryna Ovechenko
What company does Kateryna Ovechenko work for?
Kateryna Ovechenko works for Hbm
What is Kateryna Ovechenko's role at the current company?
Kateryna Ovechenko's current role is Product Strategist.
What schools did Kateryna Ovechenko attend?
Kateryna Ovechenko attended The London School Of Economics And Political Science (Lse), Lviv Business School Of Ucu (Lvbs), Nacional'nij Aviacijnij Universitet, Nacional'nij Aviacijnij Universitet.
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