Dasha Akhten, CSM, CSPO

Dasha Akhten, CSM, CSPO has a wide range of work experience, beginning in 2008 as an Intern at St. John Knits. In 2009, they worked as an Operations Assistant at Tiffany & Co. and in 2010, as an Operations Assistant and HR at Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles. In the same year, they also worked as a Social Marketing Expert at ThisNext. From 2011 to 2015, Dasha worked as a Freelance Digital Strategist and from 2013 to 2015, as a Freelance Bookkeeper for wt kelley construction. In 2019, they worked as a Project Manager at Kings Ata Celebrity Martial Arts and from 2020 to present, they have been working as a Test Engineer and Tech Support at Studio Designer and as a Junior Software Engineer at Thinkful, where they are learning web development and software engineering.

Dasha Akhten holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Consumer Sciences and Marketing from California State University, Northridge, which they obtained between 2003 and 2008. Dasha also holds a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from the Scrum Alliance, which they obtained in June 2022, as well as a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification from the Scrum Alliance, which they obtained in May 2022. Dasha is currently enrolled in Thinkful.