Marianna Simonian - Manager, Russia & CIS, Seed group

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Work Background

Higher School of EconomicsHead of the program «HR for startups»

Feb. 2023Taking a lead of the track 'HR for startups' for 2nd and 3rd grade of students in a course 'Start a startup from scratch'. Facilitating master classes on different aspects of HR for tech company both small and big. Conducting meetings with experts around the world to share their expertise with students.

Seed GroupStrategic Manager

Oct. 2022Seed Group, a company of the The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, is a diversified group of companies operating in industries including technology, healthcare, tourism & hospitality, and real estate and acts as a springboard for new as well as established businesses and start-ups willing to expand their footprint in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. The aim is to elevate the Dubai Industrial Strategy 2030 to make Dubai a global platform for knowledge-based, sustainable and innovation-focused businesses. عرض أقل

VARD.techFounder & CEO

Sep. 2022Collaborative analytics platform with the aim to make analytics as easy as possible both for personal use and team evaluation, prototype https://vard.tech/

МТСPeople Analytics

Oct. 2021 - Feb. 2023MTS is one of the largest telecom companies in Russia and CIS with over 50.000 employees - Developed a data-driven recruitment analytics model, surpassing prior attempts by two colleagues with greater technical skills, resulting in 20% improvement in efficiency of hiring; - Initiated effective salary benchmarking exercise based on ML models with the help of IT across +20 regions yielding an average 8% reduction in labor costs; - Optimized automated solutions for HR projects, including recruitment, exit interviews & ESG research, leading to a 25% increase in project efficiency. عرض أقل

Higher School of EconomicsAcademic Tutor

Sep. 2021 - Jan. 2023Higher School of Economics is ranked as the best university in Russia by Forbes - Facilitated seminars for a two-year course ‘Start a startup from scratch’, engaging overall 60 students twice weekly; - Coached participants on the principles of startup creating, business planning and financing, helping them develop 16 successful startup initiatives.

Yva.aiPeople Analytics

Jan. 2019 - Sep. 2020YVA.ai is an HR analytics startup - Arranged data-driven visualizations to identify organizational trends, focused on a model of 89% reduction in employee turnover; - Constructed comprehensive reports for worldwide clients outlining findings from the burnout study, with detailed actionable steps that led to a 80% reduction in employee turnover; - Collaborated with data and ML teams to create new features for a high-scaling startup, including nonhierarchical leadership model, real-time 360 survey, communication patterns of employees. عرض أقل

AnsneiBusiness Partner

Jun. 2016 - Dec. 2018Ansnei - personal security startup - Attended WebSummit in Lisbon, connecting with over 100 potential investors to identify new funding sources, resulting in a 25% increase of investor leads; - Developed product from ground up, managing 5 remote engineers to reach 50 global clients within 6 months; - Established B2B sales of the product in Copenhagen embassies, resulting in a 30% success rate.

CosmopolitanCosmo Agent

Jan. 2014 - Feb. 2015One of the most ambitious girls in Russia by Cosmopolitan Russia, leader of 'Girl power' movement.

FAVOTFounder

Jan. 2012FAVOT is a startup media - Launched a media from scratch with 15+ editors, and reached a 15.000 monthly views for a 6 months; - Developed & coordinated a work of 500+ distributed authors in Russia & CIS, with the result of creating a full-circle content within 3-4 months.