Khrystyna Bardacheva

Experience

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  JTALKS

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Manual QA Engineer

  A member of a testing team at a web-based non-commercial project as a manual tester. My responsibilities included: creating and executing test cases and checklists, regression testing and reporting bugs in Jira.

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  ELEKS

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2015

  QA Engineer

  Localization Quality Assurance

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  SoftServe

  Oct 2015 - now

  ● Managed project development from initiation to closure within budget, schedule, and resource limits.● Led proposal preparation during pre-sales.● Collaborated with senior leadership and stakeholders to define project goals, success criteria, and alignment with strategic objectives.● Conducted risk assessments and developed mitigation plans to address project challenges and dependencies proactively.● Facilitated the implementation of Agile methodologies, promoting continuous improvement and team collaboration.● Presented project updates, performance metrics, and risk analyses to executive stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment.● Led cross-functional teams and supported professional growth.● Conducted root cause analyses on recurring quality issues and implemented corrective actions, resulting in a 25% decrease in post-release defects.● Initiated and managed changes to improve quality of delivered product, implementing KPIs that improved team efficiency by 30%.● Established and maintained performance metrics to monitor project health and proactively identify risks and bottlenecks.● Worked effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities and took proactive steps to ensure teams meet or exceed customer expectations.● Participated in practice requirements analysis by contributing to the creation of backlog work items (features, user stories), and the development of knowledge sharing artifacts.● Quality Control – Ensured compliance with quality standards and participation in quality audits. Show less ● Designed and implemented a QA roadmap that reduced defect rates by 30% within the first six months.● Transitioned manual testing processes to automation, increasing test coverage by 40% and decreasing regression testing time by 50%.● Collaborated with development and product teams to improve release cycles.● Conducted comprehensive quality audits across projects, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.● Managed a team of 10+ QA engineers, mentoring them to achieve higher efficiency and foster a quality-focused mindset.● Established a metrics-driven reporting system to track QA performance, enabling more informed decision-making by stakeholders. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Quality Assurance Manager / QA Expert

    Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

  • QA Lead

    Nov 2018 - Jun 2022

  • QC Engineer

    Oct 2015 - Oct 2018