Alexandra A Rusina

Seattle, WA

Computer Software

Microsoft Sep 2011 - Feb 2012
Program Manager in Windows Phone, Developer Platform
Microsoft Nov 2010 - Sep 2011
Program Manager in Silverlight
Microsoft Aug 2008 - Nov 2010
Programming Writer in Visual Studio
JetBrains Aug 2004 - Sep 2006
Documentation Lead
Enkata Technologies, Inc Apr 2003 - Jul 2004
Technical writer and QA team leader

University of Washington Extension 2007 - 2007
Lappeenranta University of Technology 2001 - 2003
Master's, Computer Science Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications 1997 - 2002
M. A. Bonch, Bruevich

C#
.Net
Visual Studio
Software Development
Silverlight
Technical Writing
Java
Scrum
Software Project Management
Mobile Applications
Blogging
Windows Phone
Agile Methodologies
Program Management
Software Documentation
Technical Presentations
Html
Javascript
Linq
Agile Project Management
Web Services
Kanban
Amazon Web Services
Amazon S3
Oauth
Jira
Big Data

Poetry
Science Fiction
Rock Climbing

Microsoft Corp

Sep 2011 to Feb 2012
Program Manager in Windows Phone, Developer Platform group
Microsoft Corp

Nov 2010 to Sep 2011
Program Manager in Silverlight
Microsoft Corp

Aug 2008 to Nov 2010
Programming Writer in Visual Studio Languages User Education
JetBrains (www.jetbrains.com)
Petersburg, RU
Aug 2004 to Sep 2006
Technical Documentation Team Leader
JetBrains (www.jetbrains.com)

Aug 2004 to Oct 2005
Technical Writer on the Fabrique project
Enkata Technologies, Inc
Petersburg, RU
Apr 2003 to Jul 2004
Technical writer and QA team leader
Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, International department

Jan 2001 to Aug 2001
Database developer (part-time)

Lappeenranta University of Technology
2001 to 2003
Master of Science in Information Technology
Petersburg State University of Telecommunications
Petersburg, RU
1997 to 2002
Diploma in Telecommunications by Professor M

Program Management: designing new features (from user experience to developer APIs), tracking execution process, triaging bugs, creating presentations and demos for technical conferences, soliciting early customer feedback Documentation: writing a wide variety of technical content from user manuals to articles to blog posts, technical proofreading, documentation planning, maintenance, creating project samples and code examples, evangelizing new products and features People Management: managing small teams (2 - 4 persons) Programming languages and technologies: Java, C#, Visual Basic, .NET, Silverlight, C/C++ (basics), HTML, SQL (MS SQL Server), Windows Phone, Android