Elena Samal

Experience

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  OJSC “Generation P consulting”

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2008

  Office Manager
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  National centre for marketing and price study

  Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Translator

  The National Centre for Marketing renders marketing, advertising, educational and consulting services in public procurement and foreign economic activity.-Translation of the documentation following the visa application process

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  Commonwealth of Independent States Executive Committee

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2017

  Counsellor

  The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. The Executive Committee is its permanent body that supports collaboration between different official organs of the member countries. The Department I was working in was responsible for collaboration with other international organizations and maintenance of inter-MFA consultations.- Organized, conducted, and facilitated meetings with representatives of various international organizations- Prepared materials for international conferences for the leadership of the CIS- Participated in the organization of the Conference of Women Leaders in the CIS region- Maintained inter-MFA consultations Show less

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  Commonwealth of Independent States

  Mar 2017 - Oct 2020

  Adviser

  The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. The Executive Committee is its permanent body that supports collaboration between different official organs of the member countries. The department I was working in was responsible for the organization and holding of the highest level meetings, such as summits of presidents, of prime-ministers and ministers of foreign affairs. My role was to organize summits of ministers of foreign affairs.- Organized, conducted, and facilitated summits of the ministers of foreign affairs- Supported constant communication between ministries of foreign affairs- Participated in the organization of the summits of the heads of the CIS countries Show less

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  ISsoft

  Nov 2020 - Feb 2023

  Project: mobile app for an industry leader for building cardio and strength equipment for home use. The app has an intention to make the experience with the products more entertaining and efficient. - Organized, conducted and facilitated meetings with customers for requirements review - Supported constant communication with Product Owners and stakeholders- Facilitated refinement meetings and sprint planning for Coherent team- Facilitated retrospective meetings- Participated in the process of prioritization of the features- Presented the stories during refinement meetings and sprint planning with the customer and the internal team- Documented requirements in user stories format with acceptance criteria - Worked to remove impediments that could prevent the team from reaching the sprint goal- Tracked the status of the features of the highest priorities, so they are delivered on time- Collaborated with UX/UI team during discovery phase of the feature- Supported the communication across various teams- Supported QA team in describing the expected results in case of lack of documentation - Worked on an onboarding plan for Business Analysts Show less Web application developed for the internal purposes of the company to automate the employee's development processes in the company. The application contains a set of business processes aimed at improving the performance of the company employees.- Organized, conducted and facilitated meetings with customers for requirements review- Worked on discovery phase of the new features together with the UX/UI engineer- Documented requirements in user stories format with acceptance criteria - Kept project documentation in Confluence up-to-date - Facilitated refinement meetings and sprint planning meetings - Worked to remove impediments that could prevent the team from reaching the sprint goal - Posted news about the new features of the application on the internal news portal- Worked with requests coming up from the support team Show less

  • Business Analyst

    Feb 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Business Analyst

    Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
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  Coherent Solutions Poland

  Mar 2023 - now

  Project: a web application that provides diagnostic medical testing to help doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, researchers & patients make clear & confident decisions.- Requirements Management- Constant collaboration with the stakeholders and end-users- Team support- Organization and facilitation of meetings- Release planning Project: a web application, which allows corporate users to order food and choose menu options from the available menu, change user’s kitchen, create reports, etc. The app also has API for integration with other company applications.- Requirements Management- Team support- Collaboration with UX/UI team on developing new features- Collaboration with the stakeholders Project: mobile apps for a global leader in strategic enterprise solutions for the restaurant, cruise, foodservice and hospitality industries.- Supported requirements Management- Scrum Process Facilitation- Release Management: planning, scheduling, controlling- Project Processes Maintenance- Customer Support

  • Project Manager

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Business Analyst

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Business Analyst

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Business Analyst/ Proxy Product Manager/ Scrum Master

    Mar 2023 - Jul 2023