L ana Timkovskaya P ersonal information

Quality Assurance Tester E-Mail: acn427@r.postjobfree.com

S kype: hehbka

P hone: +1-206-***-****

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lanatimkovskaya/en

L ocation: Seattle, WA

Authorized to work in the US (Green Card holder)

P rofile

QA Tester and Release Manager passionate about quality. Experience with all aspects of manual testing including test

case planning, prioritizing, execution, debugging and reporting.

Master's degree, global 7+ years of work experience in different fields, fluent in German, with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Law background. Possesses an inquiring mind, and the ability to get to the bottom of things, with an eye for details.

Ability to meet deadlines, handle changing priorities and focus on multiple projects at once.

Major Accomplishments

Established testing processes and the test department at Campanda.

Significantly improved quality of the product, which led to high customer satisfaction and earned the partner’s trust.

Reworked processes to accelerate delivery of features.

As project manager at Campanda, recruited and managed product team of 4 internal and external employees who created

content for Campanda in 3 languages (German, English and French).

Being one of the first employees of Campanda, wore many hats. From the beginning, took part in product development and

actively influenced it. As QA, had a broad understanding of the testing product, and was able to test it efficiently based on a

“customer-focused” vision.

At Campanda ran 2 positions simultaneously.

Have global study, internship and work experience (Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland).

Employment History

CAMPANDA (Platform for RV (recreational vehicle) rental worldwide) – Berlin, Germany

Quality Assurance Tester, Jan 2013 – Nov 2014

In this position performed duties of QA Tester and Release Manager.

Created and performed test campaigns, designed testing strategy, conducted smoke tests as well as regression tests.

Contributed to ticket workflows in JIRA, to processes communication between QA, project managers and developers. Was

the first point of contact for all incoming change requests. Planned, prioritized and documented all of the test-related tasks

using Scrum methodology practices.

Responsible for quality of releases, coordinated and managed all release activities. Continually worked towards making

improvements in the release process.

Provided regular communication among Campanda team regarding status and results of releases, improvements, fixed

bugs, and bugs that couldn’t be fixed.

Familiar with SQL, JavaScript, HTML.

CAMPANDA (Platform for RV rental worldwide) – Berlin, Germany

Project Manager, Dec 2012 – Nov 2014

One of the first employees of Campanda. Took part in development of this startup from the day one. Did market research

and competitor analysis. Supported sales, business and tech development teams. Made presentations and reports for

investors.

After the early startup stage, concentrated on product. Built and managed content generation team of 4 internal and

external employees who created content for Campanda in 3 languages (German, English and French).

Main contact person for the biggest RV rental companies and agencies Campanda partnered with. Established and guided

the implementation of the agencies’ individually customized pricing models and products.

BOOTCAMP VENTURES (Advisory Company for Technology Companies and Venture Capital Investments) – Tel Aviv,

Israel

Business Analyst, Jan 2012 – Mar 2012

Worked closely with Israeli hi-tech companies seeking foreign investment. Prepared, for investors, summaries of startup

company activities. Took ownership of conference booklet.

ISRAEL WAY-ORANIM PROJECT (Educational Tourism Provider) – Kfar Saba, Israel

Program Advisor, Oct 2011 – Dec 2011

Responsible for selection of appropriate travel and educational programs in Israel for young people from CIS.

Along with this work had internship at Maersk Line in Tel Aviv (the largest container ship operator and supply vessel

operator in the world).

STA LOGISTIC LTD. (International Cargo Transportations) – Minsk, Belarus

Sales Manager, Sep 2009 – Aug 2011

Responsible for new customer acquisition, as well as present customer retention. Intermediary between customers and

company's departments; integrated company business and strategic plans within sales; made deals with new and present

clients, advised them about the best options, informed of deal execution; maintained client data base; checked accounts

receivable.

Results: received high volume of referrals; exceeded sales and marketing plan quotas by 120%; coped with assigned task

even under deep crisis conditions on Belarusian market; since 2010 changed the speciality and worked only on the

Russian market (a more attractive market than Belarus).

STA LOGISTIC LTD. (International Cargo Transportations) – Minsk, Belarus

Economist, Jan 2009 – Aug 2009

Responsible for solving economic issues with Swiss auditors and correction of business documents.

STA LOGISTIC LTD. (International Cargo Transportations) – Minsk, Belarus

Assistant Director, Aug 2008 – Dec 2008

Responsible for assisting with the day-to-day and future-oriented operations. Prepared director’s participation in

conferences, exhibitions and seminars (searched for useful information, made reviews, analyses).

Education

EUROPEAN HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY – Vilnius, Lithuania

Master of Political Science, 2009 (Two-year program, 120 ECTS credits, graduated in top 10% of class)

Master’s degree thesis: Mechanisms and forms of Cooperation Among Leading European Political Parties in European

Parliament

UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG – Hamburg, Germany

Semester abroad (Copernicus Scholarship recipient), 2007

During the study had internships at:

the European Region Office, Technologie-Region K.E.R.N. (Rendsburg, Germany);

the European Commission Office Info-Point-Europa (Hamburg, Germany).

BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY – Minsk, Belarus

Bachelor of Law and Political Science, 2008 (Five-years program, graduated in the top 10% of class)

Thesis: European Union Regional Policy

Bachelor degree thesis: Structural policy of the European Union in respect of the Acceding States (by giving an example

of the fifth enlargement)

During the study had internships at:

the Department of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, administration of public associations (Belarus);

the Prosecutor's Office of Oktyabrsky district, Minsk (Belarus);

Oktyabrsky district court, Minsk (Belarus);

Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Bialystok (Poland).

Graduated high school with in-depth study of German – Minsk, Belarus, 2003.

Languages

Russian – Mother tongue, German – Proficient, English – Intermediate, Hebrew – Beginner, Polish – Beginner

References

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