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Maximum Education is an educational IT company that is in the TOP 5 in the educational technology market (EdTech) in the segment of children's education with more than 1,500 teachers.- Led IT projects using Scrum methodology with a strong focus on deadlines, quality and project scope;- Analyzed and controlled resource and budget utilization, key performance indicators, stakeholder satisfaction and the effectiveness of project management plans;- Managed project backlog, roadmap, and plans to achieve goals and deliverables.- Essured a high level of collaboration with stakeholders and clients, collected constructive feedback, and business requirements and transferred it into future improvements and projects;- Created and managed detailed project documentation complying with all company standards; Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives);- Coordinated a cross-functional Scum team of 16 people including Teamleads, Backend and Frontend developers, DevOps, Analysts, Designers, etc; Achievements:- Redesigned task implementing process, which allowed an increase in team performance by 15% per sprint; - Optimized the processing of incoming requests from customers and improved the «First Response» metric by 50%.

Potok is a technology recruitment platform that is one of the top 3 market leaders in HR Tech solutions in Russia. The platform, which is based on a modern cloud-based candidate tracking system (ATS), includes many innovative solutions aimed at simple, efficient and effective hiring of the best specialists.- Coordinated and led the software development and implementation of complex digital solutions for large and medium-sized businesses with a total amount cost of $1+ million, Proficiently planned, supervised and executed projects, ensured on-time delivery and return on investment; - Conducted and coordinated meetings to identify project requirements and provided regular updates on project progress to stakeholders and senior management;- Conducted analysis of project results, indicators, KPI’s and participated in the development of design solutions and process optimization proposals;- Participated in various team development activities to ensure improved team performance and process enhancements;- Actively facilitated communication between stakeholders, enhancing transparency and engagement in the project.- Prepared project status reports and dashboards by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends;- Analyzed project progress, forecasts, and results to identify budget losses. Redesigned project report collection resulting in 5-7% increased profitability.- Improved the process for transferring projects from sales to development and reduced the time to project launch by 2 times.

Polymatica has been developing analytical tools for working with large volumes of information using algorithms for intelligent data analysis and machine learning for over 10 years. Provide an integrated approach at all stages of analytics: descriptive, exploratory, predictive and prescriptive from data visualization to the creation of a chain of automatic decision-making based on artificial intelligence.- Managed projects for medium-sized businesses and government structures, ensured that projects met all requirements and deadlines using Agile and Waterfall methodologies; - Coordinated project change requests for executive approval and maintained audit records to improve project management processes;- Developed guidance materials for project managers and coordinators to enhance internal methodology and standards;- Built strong relationships with clients, key stakeholders and management, provided them with information about project status, key indicators and resolved issues;- Coordinated project teams of 20 people and ensured effective liaising between internal teams to exchange information, resource allocations and work synchronization effectively;- Effectively allocated resources and monitored team performance, controlled budget and monitored progress to allow an increase in project profit by 12%; - Developed a framework for developing dashboards and data reports, which provided a more stable development process and increased the profitability of such projects by 20%.

- Communicated with clients, stakeholders and users to define requirements, business objectives and process features;- Development and documentation of business processes, functionality and user interface, as well as maintenance in the current state;- Maintained up-to-date project documentation and status reports and made them available to all stakeholders;- Сonfigured and implemented CRM systems according to client requirements and integrated them with other services;- Conducted presentations, reports, training and QA sessions for clients and management;- Configured and implemented a CRM system for 200 users, increasing the efficiency and quality of work of project teams by 25%;