Aituar Kenges

Aituar Kenges

R&D Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Manager @ Kaspi.kz | E-commerce

  • Education

    • Nazarbayev University

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      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: ACM Student Chapter, AIESEC, Psychology Club - Admitted on a full scholarship- Worked as a Research Assistant at the Research and Innovation System lab - Enrolled to the Astana Business Campus startup incubation program Related coursework: Software Project Management (SDLC by PMBOK), System Analysis and Design (modeling techniques, requirements gathering), Computer Networks, Database Systems, Operating Systems

    • Kazakh-British Technical University

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      Master of Science - MS Computer Software Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Basketball - Admitted on a full scholarship pursuing Master of Science (scientific and pedagogical degree) majoring in Computer Technology and Software, Software Engineering track- Published 2 articles in international scientific journals and participated in a conference with the thesis work on data-driven recommendation system for small and medium businesses- Worked as a Teaching Assistant at the Intro to Business Management courseRelated coursework: Web Technologies, Deep Learning… Show more - Admitted on a full scholarship pursuing Master of Science (scientific and pedagogical degree) majoring in Computer Technology and Software, Software Engineering track- Published 2 articles in international scientific journals and participated in a conference with the thesis work on data-driven recommendation system for small and medium businesses- Worked as a Teaching Assistant at the Intro to Business Management courseRelated coursework: Web Technologies, Deep Learning, Software Architecture, Mobile Programming, Cyber Security Show less

  • Experience

    • Nazarbayev University

      Mar 2019 - Apr 2020
      R&D Manager

      I worked for Museums and Galleries App, Shoofti, supported by Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System:• Generated the business model and the roadmap of the system• Initiated and maintained Kanban board for the development team• Engaged with customer acquisition for the project to develop a Memorandum of Agreement andestablish partnership ties with 3 leading art galleries of Nur-Sultan and tracked metrics (CAC, CCR).

    • Sprint Squads - Top 1% of software engineers and data scientists of Central Asia

      Nov 2020 - Mar 2022
      • Product Manager

        Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
      • Quality Assurance Engineer

        Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
    • Kaspi.kz

      Mar 2022 - now
      Product Manager

      The largest Payments, Marketplace and Fintech Ecosystem in Kazakhstan- Marketplace, DIY unit - Delivery: courier app for last-mile

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Kolesa Upgrade - Product Management Course

      Kolesa Group
      Apr 2021
    • IELTS Academic 8.0

      British Council
      Jun 2022
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Aituar Kenges
      3rd place winners at HomeCreditHack HomeCreditBank Oct 2021 I participated at the HomeCreditHack, where our team developed a prototype of a mobile application and a mobile commodity lending system with bank partners
    • Awarded to Aituar Kenges
      1st place winners at Creative Spark Case Competition British Council & Nazarbayev University Apr 2019 I participated in a Creative Spark Case Competition by British Council in a team of 3, as a Business Analyst and a Product Manager. We designed and proposed a solution for email overload problem at Nazarbayev University emailing system. We won £1500. More at bit.ly/case_competition