• Progressed from Manager > Chief Analyst > Head of department > Deputy President• Managed the implementation and dissemination of International Large-Scale Assessments (PISA, PIAAC, TALIS, TIMSS, PIRLS, ICILS) in Kazakhstan• Prepared briefs, presentations and analytical papers on progress and perspective reforms in all levels of education to inform high level decision-making• Coordinated and co-authored three annual national reports on education system in Kazakhstan outlining achievements & challenges of and recommendations• Contributed to educational and research policy dialogue at the OECD’s Educational Policy Committee, PISA Governing Board, and TALIS Governing Board and IEA's General Assembly on behalf of Kazakhstan’s MoES

• Interviewed foreign and local faculty members and researcher• Designed a survey distributed among foreign faculty members• Assisted PI and Co-PI in implemented bibliometric and quantitative analysis