Katya Petrochenkov Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Leading IPA's Organization & Teams research area and analyst team. We use a data-based approach to help our clients fully leverage their human capital to promote capital project system effectiveness.

Reading, United Kingdom

Promoted to Senior Consultant based on track record of leading successful, non-standard client engagements, and recognition of project organization and team subject matter expertise.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Engaged with IPA clients at the individual, team, and system level to drive capital project improvement, including:-A current state diagnosis for a UK-based operating company with recommendations around process, governance, organisation, and performance management aimed at driving improved capital project system performance.-The redesign of a global company’s regional project organisation division, including the optimal leadership structure to improve engagement of the regional workforce, foster stronger global cohesion across the project organisation, and align regional goals with global project improvement efforts. -The creation and implementation of a new operating model for a European company embarking on a strategic capital portfolio change.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Led several Organizational Effectiveness studies evaluating the people, structure, and processes of various capital project organizations. Diagnosed strengths and weaknesses of organizations' project systems through interviews and analysis and provided recommendations to facilitate change and improve capital project performance.Led a joint-industry research study examining project management, oversight, and organizational best practices for Non-Operated Venture (NOV) partners of major oil and gas capital projects, resulting in a data-based framework for NOV due-diligence and value-adding practices.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Acted as Interim Research Team Leader of Organizations & Teams research group, facilitating achievement of group business objectives for 2014, generating a multi-year research plan, and launching several product improvement initiatives.First in company to implement a new product focused on assessing project team effectiveness and resource needs with several clients. Worked internally to create and facilitate product improvements based on early implementation.

Ashburn, Va

Trained internal analysts and consultants in the areas of statistical methodology and software, and organizational and team-related analysis, tools, and products, often through one-to-one support sessions with company analysts world-wide.Updated and re-specified statistical models to benchmark project organisation staffing levels for IPA’s Site Organizational Effectiveness product, resulting in more accurate and discreet staffing predictions.

Managed the progress and fidelity of educational efficacy studies for Pearson Education reading and math curriculums by closely monitoring and assisting hundreds of research participants across the United States and providing Pearson with up-to-the-minute project information.

Claremont, Ca

Evaluated First Five LA’s Healthy Births programme to determine program efficacy through case study and qualitative data analysis, document reviews, and close client collaboration.Developed a survey to collect and analyse quantitative data for LA County’s Prevention Initiative programme and collaborated with qualitative researchers to study and compare goals and impacts of the programme in different service areas.

Claremont, Ca

Helped provide students with a basic understanding of evaluation theory and connections between theory and practice. Responsibilities included grading papers, developing lecture and class activities, leading class discussions, answering questions, and providing feedback to students.

Pasadena, Ca

Created final reports by performing quantitative and qualitative analysis, entering and coding data and transcriptions, and developing results templates for submission to clients.Performed literature searches and reviews to supply up-to-date, specific information to clients.Collaborated in qualitative data collection through focus groups and interviews with research participants as needed for various projects.

Claremont, Ca

Maintained contact with and interviewed alumni and students about professional and academic activities and accomplishments.Collaborated in planning, writing, editing and formatting of semi-annual newsletter.Informed students, faculty and alumni about ongoing campus events, conferences and relevant activities.

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Participated in, provided, and presented research for departmental seminars.Taught English conversation, English business writing, and English cultural studies to non-native speakers of English at the university level. Proofread internal documents and external documents prior to publication.

Washington, D.C.

Provided daily regional news briefings and other research as needed. Updated and maintained multiple databases with economic indicators and business contacts. Formatted all departmental documents prior to publication.Handled travel arrangements, correspondence and detailed meeting itineraries for department.

M.A., Psychology

Degree focus: Organisational Behaviour and Programme Evaluation

B.A., Psychology, Russian