Kristina Hambardzumyan

CV - Kristina Hambardzumyan KRISTINA HAMBARDZUMYAN I’m an HR Expert with a diverse background. I have over 20 years of professional experience with 12+ years of experience in HR management and talent acquisition in many industries from almost all parts of the world. I also have 6+ yrs managing different large departments in a number of well-known companies in Armenia. I joined Upwork in Sept. 2015 and since then have been one of the top-rated Recruiters. I reside in Greece now. I have a Private Entrepreneur set up in Armenia and an assistant who is helping me with some of my projects. Work Apr 2019 - present experience Business Development / HR Executive Long-term open projects They have a few companies in different countries. I help mostly with business development tasks, global sourcing (procurement and supply) as well as recruiting and overall management. This is a long-term part-time (10 hrs/week) project. eCommerce, affiliate marketing Sep 2022 – present Game development Novads PlayValve Estonia Spain, Romania Industries Expert Recruiter This is an on-demand project and I often work for them recruiting in the industries of game development, and game design whenever they have a vacancy to fill. Mar 2023 - present Koalendar USA This is an on-demand project. I help with building a team for a startup globally. Sep 2022 – on hold Yeureka Software Engineering USA Expert Recruiter This is an on-demand project. I work for them occasionally helping with recruitment in the USA. Dec 2021- on hold now Bring It On Israel Game Executive Recruiter This is an on-demand project. Industry – game development, game art. They refer to me whenever they have a vacancy to fill. They always need the best talents from Europe. March 2019- on hold now Home Remodeling Eurekly New Zealand Development Educational platform Engagement & Relationships Manager This is a long-term part-time project that I have taken as a Private Entrepreneur. It is mostly handled by my assistant. I only supervise her work. This project has been on hold since the beginning of this year, however, my Client plans to restart it soon. Nov 2016 – on hold now ExciteM Sunnyvale, USA Recruiter / HR Consultant On-demand project. Roles filled: Senior Full-Stack Developers (JS/Node.js), WebRTC Streaming Engineers, Wowza Senior Engineers, and others. Dec 2021-Nov 2022 EcoDigital Switzerland Software Engineering IT CV - Kristina Hambardzumyan HR Manager This was a long-term full-time project for more than a year. Industries – IT, Datacenters, Accounting, and Finance, etc. I helped them establish connections that would help obtain DC sites with power in Norway and build the facilities as well as filled a number of vacancies. May 2022-Sept 2022 FinSwiss Switzerland Financial Services HR Executive I accepted this short-term project based on the recommendations from EcoDigital to his brother’s company. Completed Short-term Recruitment Projects Sep 2022 - Dec 12, 2022 Meld Singapore Recruiting top-level remote professionals, such as CTO, Financial Controller, PM, etc. Industry – Blockchain, DeFi project Nov 2022-Apr 2022 BeUniqueness Ltd England Software Engineering/ Blockchain Marketing This was an on-demand project where I was the Advocacy Manager Nov 2020-Dec 2020 Janover Ventures USA July 2019-present Cultural Projects UAE FinTech Business Coach / HR Consultant Jan 2019- March 2022 PlanetVerify Dublin, Ireland Sept 2020-Oct 2020 EFC GMB Berlin, Germany April 2019- Oct. 2021 Noval.is Bioengineering The Borgen Project Belgium Sept. 2015 – June 2019 Marketing Bioengineering Seattle, USA HR Specialist Recruiting via over 2000 Universities' career boards throughout the US Sept 2019 – Oct 2019 Europe Resourcing Belgium/Armenia Recruitment agency Recruiting software engineers globally for the European Commission in Brussels. Feb 21 – March 2019 QuickFix London, UK Oct 2017 – Feb 2019 Visage USA Recruitment agency Expert Recruiting Consultant Working as an expert recruitment consultant at an innovative crowd-sourcing platform, evaluating thousands of applications submitted by hundreds of recruiters. With my main focus on complex technology and marketing-related roles, I evaluated applications in all industries. Jun 2018 – Jul 2018 Polimogrphic LA, USA Feb 2018 – Apr. 2018 GNS INC Malta Aug 2017 – Jan 2018 VIP Affiliate Networks London, UK March 2016 – Jan 2018 MicroBiz San Francisco, USA Jan. 2018 – Feb 2018 Euronext Paris, France Aug 2017 – Oct 2017 Oct 2016 – May 2017 BrightView Radiology CTO911 NY, USA Belmont, USA Feb. 2016 – July 2017 Zippia, Inc. San Francisco, USA Software Engineering Marketing Software Engineering Healthcare Software Engineering Software Engineering CV - Kristina Hambardzumyan Nov. 2016 – Feb. 2017 Sept. 2016-Oct. 2016 Long-term employment history Linnovate Payever GmbH Israel Humburg, Germany June. 2011- Oct. 2016 Tumo Center for Creative Technologies Head of HR Department Carried out all HR management activities including but not limited to, recruiting, developing procedures and performance assessment systems, budgeting, contract management and relevant regulations and etc. Roles filled in the following industries: game development, animation, digital media, web development, customer support, administration, finance and etc. Apr. 2011-June 2011 National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia HR/Operations Director Carried out all HR management activities including, budgeting, contracting and relevant regulations, project management contracting, and procurement. Roles filled in the following industries: nuclear medicine (general manager of Radioisotope production center, Senior consultant); tourism, technology-related projects, reconstruction/renovation projects and etc. IT IT, Tourism, Healthcare Jul. 2010 – Apr. 2011 Operations Manager Apr. 2010 – Jul.2010 Office/HR Manager Jan. 2007 – Jan. 2009 “Ameriabank” CJSC Head of Auxiliary Service Department Supervision of procurement; building maintenance, general administration works; logistics and supply, as well as inventory control. June 2007 – Sept. 2007 Financial services Cascade Bank CJSC Cafesjian Family Foundation Head of Administration, Procurement and Logistics Department Supervision of procurement; maintenance of buildings, general administration works, Financial services logistics, and stock control. Jan. 2005 – Sept. 2007 Cascade Capital Holding Cafesjian Family CJSC Foundation Administrator Nov. 2004-Jan. 2005 Cascade Capital Holding Cafesjian Family CJSC Foundation Administrative Assistant Oct. 2001-Nov. 2004 INTRACOM S. A. Hellenic Telecommunications and Electronics Industry Rep. Office in Armenia Administrative Assistant / Translator Education Certifications Computer Skills State Linguistic University after V. Brusov, Yerevan BS: English Language and Political Science CIPS International Certificate in Purchasing and Supply - Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, London. Effective Business Communications - American University of Armenia Microsoft Package, Task management tools – Asana, ClickUp, Intercom, and others. IT/Telecom CV - Kristina Hambardzumyan Publications “Performance and Potential Management: Pros and Cons of Performance Assessments” in "Dos and Don'ts in Human Resources Management - A Practical Guide" HR Handbook (Editor: Matthias Zeuch). The handbook is available in the libraries of 297 universities worldwide. Personal Date of Birth: 27 June 1980 Marital Status: Married, have two children My native language is Armenian and Russian. English - advanced. French and Greek basic. Languages