Polina Berest

Project Manager in RnD

Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

About

I'm extremely responsible, eager to learn and improve my performance; strong in communication, decision-making and leadership, good both at teamwork and being a "single working unit". As a technical project manager, I have experience leading cross-functional teams, optimizing processes, managing budgets, and project risks, and delivering multiple projects simultaneously on time and within scope. As a software developer, I have experience in C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, WPF, Windows Forms, Entity Framework, SQL (T-SQL), NUnit, XUnit; Angular, CSS, HTML (+Bootstrap), JavaScript, TypeScript, MongoDB; Python, CNN training, data annotation (Roboflow, models YOLOv5, YOLOv8); Java (for mobile development in Android Studio); C++; Go; Git (GitHub, GitLab), Jira, Tempo, Confluence.

Experience

  • Project Manager at NDA
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Miltech

  • Project Manager at Ajax Systems
    Mar 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Assistant coordinator of educational programs & events at Kharkiv IT Cluster
    Oct 2023 - Mar 2024 · 6 mos

    As a Project Coordinator, I managed educational projects and organized events aimed at IT students and career switchers. I oversaw multiple Telegram channels focused on IT education, established and maintained partnerships with IT companies and universities in the Kharkiv region, actively participated in volunteer activities

  • Software Developer at Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics
    Sep 2023 - Dec 2023 · 4 mos

    Development of a system, that consists of a back‑end part (ASP.NET Core Web Api), a web‑client (Angular), a mobile application (Java, Android) and a simulation of an IoT device (C# console app). The system provides service of food supply, delivery, order for office managers (managing fridges and their content in their office), food suppliers (managing supplies and supply contracts with offices) and office workers (order placement, order pick up). GitHub links upon request.

  • Project Manager at Sigma Software Group
    Sep 2023 - Dec 2023 · 4 mos

    Team work on "Volunteer Report" project, that consisted of a web-site for potential "donors", who can monitor the individual volunteer activity and choose a reliable volunteer to donate to, and a mobile app for volunteers, where they can add information about their organizations and make reports about their activities.