Summary
Alla Kolobaeva is a seasoned IT project and portfolio manager with 14 years in software delivery, currently overseeing portfolios at ICL Group and leading a 40+ engineer team supporting retail solutions. She combines deep hands-on QA and automation experience—rising from junior tester to test manager and UX researcher—with product ownership mentality to drive end-to-end lifecycles on time and on budget. Her background spans retail POS and back-office systems, API integration testing, load testing with JMeter, and .NET automation, giving her a rare blend of technical credibility and delivery leadership. A proactive problem-solver and coach, she has built test processes, skills matrices, and development plans that scaled team capability. She also taught QA at university level and holds an MTech in Computer Graphics from ITMO, reflecting both practical and academic grounding. Colleagues note her creativity and analytical approach to turning complex requirements into reliable, user-focused solutions.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Graphics, Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Graphics at ITMO University
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Kazan State University
English, German, Russian