Irina Novikova
Yoga Instructor, Owner at SHAKTI Vinyasa Yoga / Sattva Yoga Studios
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolIrina Novikova is a former Microsoft program manager turned yoga entrepreneur who blends nine years of tech product experience with a decade-plus commitment to teaching yoga in the Seattle area. She founded SolarYou Lifestyle and teaches Baptiste-inspired power vinyasa, yin, and corporate classes, bringing the discipline of pranayama and meditation to help clients reshape daily habits. At Microsoft she led design and delivery for entity snapshot frameworks in Bing and contributed UX and specs for Windows Intune releases, demonstrating an ability to translate complex technical requirements into usable products. Her background in software product management, business analysis and web development spans startups and enterprise projects across Russia and the U.S., giving her strong cross-cultural collaboration skills. Unusually, she pairs rigorous systems thinking from engineering with embodied practice and teacher-mentorship training, using both to mentor students and run a client-focused yoga business. Based in Bellevue, WA, she leverages her technical literacy (React front-end experience) to support digital aspects of her studio and offerings.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Software Product Management, Software Product Management at University of WashingtonTeacher Assistance Program, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Teacher Assistance Program, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy at SHAKTI Vinyasa Yoga200 HR Yoga Teacher Training (Baptiste style Power Vinyasa), Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Yoga Alliance Certified, 200 HR Yoga Teacher Training (Baptiste style Power Vinyasa), Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Yoga Alliance Certified at Shakti Vinyasa Yoga75 HR Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Yoga Alliance Certified, 75 HR Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy, Yoga Alliance Certified at SATTVA Yoga StudiosDale Carnegie Training :: Skills to Success, Dale Carnegie Training :: Skills to Success at Central Missouri State UniversityMaster, Information Technologies / Computer Science, Master, Information Technologies / Computer Science at Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
Github Skills (26)
tinder10
react8
android8
ios8
react-native8
web-application7
cross-platform7
mobile6
nodejs6
factory4
rush3
google-places3
app-framework2
autocomplete2
mobile-development2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BertaFly/IL-FE-course-HW1
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:11 PRs, 19 pushes, 15 branches in 3 months
BertaFly/rage-against-the-api-42
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
A Rush project for school 42 (Unit Factory, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 3 months
rush42-schoolunitfactory
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