Irina Zbuzhinskaya

Irina Zbuzhinskaya has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles and companies. Irina currently serves as the Associate Director of Technology Infrastructure at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) since April 2022. Prior to this, they worked at PCORI as a Senior Project and Operations Manager for their Salesforce platform from September 2014 to June 2022.

Before joining PCORI, Irina worked at FCS as a Senior Business Analyst from September 2012 to June 2014. In this role, they were responsible for analyzing software requirements, participating in all stages of the software development life cycle, preparing test plans, creating test data, designing test cases, and performing black box testing. Irina also generated test automation scripts using Selenium EI.

Irina's earlier experience includes working as a Senior Business Analyst at Promsvyazbank from May 2008 to September 2012.

Overall, Irina has demonstrated expertise in technology infrastructure, project management, operations management, business analysis, software development life cycle, test planning, test automation, and black box testing throughout their career.

Irina Zbuzhinskaya completed their education at Moscow State University, where they obtained a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Economics and Financial Management from 2008 to 2010. Prior to that, they attended the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering from 2001 to 2007, earning a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electronics and Automation with a concentration in automated control systems and information processing.

In addition to their formal education, Irina also obtained several certifications. These include "CYBERSECURITY FOR MANAGERS: A PLAYBOOK" from MIT Sloan Executive Education in December 2022, "Persuasive Communication" from The Johns Hopkins University in August 2021, "Moving from an Operational Manager to a Strategic Leader" from the American Management Association in October 2020, "Jira Server Administration" from Atlassian in November 2019, "Leadership in Action" from The Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School in November 2019, "Project Management Professional (PMP)" from Georgetown University in June 2019, and "Intacct Development Integration" from Marcum Technology in April 2019.

Additionally, Irina holds certifications in "ITIL® Foundation certificate in IT Service Management" from ACQUIROS, Inc., "Salesforce Certified Administrator" from Salesforce, "Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant" from Salesforce, and "Scrum For Teams" from 3Back LLC. The obtained dates for these certifications are not provided.