Albina Iskhakova

Albina Iskhakova has a solid background in technology and software engineering, with experience at various companies. Albina is currently working as the Senior Vice President of Technology at MRI-Simmons, a role they started in November 2022. Prior to this, they served as the VP of Platform Engineering at YellowBird from September to November 2022.

From 2019 to 2022, Albina worked at Transact Campus Inc as the Sr. Director of Software Engineering. In this role, they successfully transitioned resources of multiple products to offices in India and Ireland, managed and mentored directors and development teams, and advocated for continuous improvement within software development.

Before that, Albina worked at Kryterion from 2015 to 2019, starting as the Director of Software Development and later transitioning to the role of Development Manager. During their time at Kryterion, they achieved PCI and SOC 2 compliance, implemented Agile practices, and executed automation frameworks and quality control measures.

In 2014, Albina was a Sr. Technical E2E Project Manager at IntraEdge, where they drove integrated teams to deliver technology solutions and provided regular status updates to management. Prior to that, they held project management and Scrum Master roles at HIMEX from 2012 to 2014, leading teams, coordinating issue resolution, and managing code releases.

Albina's career started at Magellan Health Services in 2010, where they worked as an IT Business Analyst and QI Project Manager, managing quality improvement and business analysis projects.

Overall, Albina has extensive experience in technology leadership roles, driving innovation, implementing process improvements, and delivering successful projects.

Albina Iskhakova obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Marketing from Baruch College from 1999 to 2003. Albina also earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems (CIS) from Phoenix College between 2008 and 2010. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the following: Certified Situational Leader - SL II from The Ken Blanchard Companies (year not specified), Certified LeSS Practitioner from Effective Agile Development LLC in December 2015, Certified Scrum Product Owner from Scrum Alliance in 2014, and Certified ScrumMaster from Scrum Alliance in 2013.