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Olga Kavalenka

@olgakavalenka

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Program management and C4I technical delivery leader improving secure mission outcomes.

Kazakhstan

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead program and technical delivery in secure, mission-critical environments—partnering with Agile teams on schedule/performance, risk management, readiness documentation, and executive-ready reporting.

I’m a program management and C4I technical-delivery professional with 12+ years supporting Department of State, Department of Defense, IRS, and mission-critical technology programs. I’ve led U.S. Army C4I technical-integration and test leadership for Integrated Sensor Architecture (ISA) and ATLAS, while delivering client service across five Agile teams and 20+ personnel.

Currently, I support secure enterprise IT operations in a U.S. Embassy environment in Astana, coordinating customer priorities, operational readiness, documentation, and technical delivery across classified and unclassified systems. Previously, I drove Agile program execution for Deloitte US, managing schedules, milestones, release readiness, and executive reporting for IRS programs—improving delivery efficiency by 20%—and I reduced defect rates by 15% as a Software Test Lead through stronger QA governance and process standardization.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Diplomatic Technology Specialist / IT

Current

U.S. Embassy Astana

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Supported secure enterprise IT operations for a U.S. Embassy environment, coordinating customer priorities, operational readiness, documentation, and technical delivery across classified and unclassified systems. Managed SOPs, records-management artifacts, operational tracking, readiness documentation, and customer support activities including PKI and access administration.

Enterprise IT Operations SOP Development Records Management Documentation Readiness PKI Cybersecurity Policy Network Checks Technical Documentation Customer Service Technical Delivery

Project Delivery Manager

Deloitte US (Government & Public Services)

Aug 2021 - Aug 2024 (3 years)

Led client-service delivery for five Agile feature teams supporting the IRS Taxpayer Experience Platform. Managed integrated schedules, milestones, risks/issues, release readiness, and produced reporting and executive briefings to program leadership and government customers.

Agile Delivery Scrum Dependency Management Executive Reporting Metrics Analysis Quality Reporting Defect Timeline Trend Analysis Excel Microsoft PowerPoint

Software Test Lead

QinetiQ US (DoD Programs)

Apr 2017 - Apr 2021 (4 years)

Led technical integration, software test, and test-and-evaluation activities for U.S. Army C4I programs including Integrated Sensor Architecture (ISA) and Advanced Targeting & Lethality Aided System (ATLAS). Coordinated requirements interpretation, integration readiness, test schedules/plans, defect management, and release decisions, and supported documentation and stakeholder presentations.

Technical Integration Software Testing Test Plans Testing Schedule Technical Documentation Release Decisions Jira Technical Planning Proposals

Quality Assurance Analyst

Shift4 Payments

Mar 2012 - Jan 2016 (3 years 10 months)

Performed test planning and execution, requirements analysis, quality reporting, and production-readiness validation for payment-processing applications and point-of-sale systems. Tracked QA schedules, milestones, deliverables, defect trends, and test metrics and supported manual and automated testing for a mobile point-to-point encryption payment solution.

Test Planning Test Execution Requirements Analysis Quality Reporting Metrics Manual Testing Automated Testing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Fitchburg State University

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Management

Activities and societies: Certifications listed include ISTQB Certified Tester, ICAgile Certified Professional, Scrum Foundations, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, and AWS Generative AI, plus Stanford Product Management and Networking Fundamentals.

Earned an MBA in Management from Fitchburg State University in 2022.