Kate Lazarenko

Experience

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  SSA Ltd

  Sept 2010 - Oct 2011

  Web designer

  Providing page layouts for web projects. Making mockups for different CMS to be easy to implement and simple in use for end users. Working with customers to understand their requirements and expectations of product. Making estimates with development teams.Supporting and developing existing projects GUI. Providing optimized resources for Android and iOS apps. Making promo materials for exhibitions and presentations.

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  Quickoffice

  Dec 2011 - Oct 2012

  UI\UX Designer

  My responsibilities included such things as supporting product GUI on iOS platform. Developing new pixel perfect mockups, interaction models, providing graphics and documentation for implementation.Collaborating with product and development teams to make user-oriented interface.Porting Quickoffice app to web application, from wireframes to page layouts, including whole functionality of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.Providing promo-materials for presentations: printing materials, slide illustrations etc. Show less

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  Inbitec

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  UI/UX Designer

  I’ve worked on a huge product for managing human force. All development was in-house, what allowed us to communicate with development, QA, business and integration teams. We were building product for companies like Virgin, HomeDepot and Dish to make their workflow effective and efficient. We’ve built user flows for workers with mobile devices in field; operators, who controlled them, on web; management, who controlled performance; business people, who managed the industry restrictions. In the end, that allowed us to come up with new guidelines and start implementing them. Show less

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  Freelance

  Dec 2013 - Sept 2014

  UI/UX Designer

  I've worked on several web projects from the very beginning: sketches, mockups, HTML/CSS and Wordpress integration. During the implementation of these projects I've also learned new technologies and approaches. That allows me to make better prepared mockups and use abilities of HTML5 to make a good-looking, responsive end product, to ensure customer satisfaction. Additionally to this part I've created logos, mockups and user journeys for websites and mobile apps.

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  Adyen

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2018

  I was working as a Project Manager within Point-of-Sale team - separate division in the company, focused on Point-of-Sale payments as a product for businesses. I was responsible for several projects around enabling new features on different range of point-of-sale terminals. It’s a great experience to work with multiple stakeholders and maintain continuous feedback lines. I was able to take projects from an idea to real working piece of software in production environment by using agile work approach with multiple teams. Constant iteration and incremental changes with frequent deploys made the process smooth and clear for all involved parties.Some projects involved not only planning and managing within the development team, but also making sure documentation is prepared, merchants are aligned and clear on coming changes, support is aware of changes, account management and sales know what’s new and get the best selling angle. Show less I was working on two major projects within Adyen. First one was a Web-based about data visualisation and content management. We were building precise user journeys, starting from paper, polishing it to pixel perfect mockups and handing over to development team. Research that was done by UX team showed the most important improvement points based on user roles and typical journeys. My responsibilities involved things like keeping constancy trough the interface, improving overall UX, preparing layouts and holding feedback sessions, slicing project for development, talking to merchants in order to understand their needs and make payment experience clear and pleasant.Second project I was working on required understanding of specifics of Point-Of-Sale development. Its focus was around enabling possibilities for other businesses and in the same time making end-user experience of day-to-day payments with payment terminals pleasant and seamless. In order to get there I have built full payment flow for different terminal types and integrations, performed user interviews with merchants, collaborated with development, accustomed myself with payment schemes regulations and legal info. Main personal goal for me was to make our own product clear, consistent, scalable and competitive on the market. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2016 - Jan 2018

  • User Experience Designer

    Oct 2014 - Jun 2016
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  Salmon

  Feb 2018 - May 2018

  Project Manager

  During my short journey in Salmon I was managing projects budgets, client communication, allocated team and setting up project documentation and processes. It was a great experience of solving non-trivial tasks of setting up shared releases, deep-dive into technical processes and architecture. I have met great people, but shortly was offered a new exiting journey that I could not miss.

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  TNT

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  Scrum Master
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  FedEx

  Oct 2018 - now

  While working as an RTE I have built up knowledge about FedEx landscape, stakeholders and products. As a PO, together with a team of backend developers we have built and rolled out globally a new routing solution for .com. Product allows to route any user/share of traffic with a precision to a particular shipping experience. Next to leading the team and working on a day-to-day tasks like refinements, backlog prioritisation and chasing dependencies, I have arranged a platform for the product, made sure it has proper connectivity, compliance and security, built up communication with regional stakeholders on new requests and issues, helped define and crate support model for the product, invested time in documentation and monitoring tools, assured there are multiple recovery options in case of critical events and many more. Next to my PO role, I have also helped new shipping product for .com to go through certification, accessibility assessments, technical improvements. Show less I was an RTE for a release train working on 2 digital products for fedex.com. ART had 7 teams in 3 timezones. Teams were located in US, IN and NL. I was responsible for arranging and leading all required ceremonies to assure teams, leadership and stakeholders are aligned. Next to that I helped build and implement new test strategy to improve and speed up value delivery, did a value stream mapping to identify bottle necks in current development process, worked with stakeholders and dependent teams to plan and roll out 2 products in 198 countries, worked on various architectural improvements helping teams get more productive, implemented process improvements that allowed to shorten time spent in updates and still provide visibility on the progress. Show less

  • Technical PM

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Product Owner

    Feb 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Release Train Engineer

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2021