Svetlana Kabanova
A professional with over 15 years of experience managing operations, teams, and
projects. Looking for a new endeavor to deliver exceptional and innovative
Providencia, Santiago, Chile
--linkedin.com/svetlanakabanova
products and services with a results-oriented team.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Grow Mighty Leaders (previously Anansi Content) - Roberts Creek, BC, Canada
● Operations and team
Jun. 2021 - Jun. 2023
● Strategy development and
● Chief Operations O cer
Oversaw the company’s operations, strategy, content projects, course production,
process creation and management, systems, automation, HR, payroll, and reporting.
integration, Lean
methodology
● Client and vendor
Key accomplishments:
● Set and maintained operating standards for the team.
● Brought consistency to the operations of the company.
ImpactPass (previously known as KeyoPass or TheBesty) - Santiago, Chile
Feb. 2016 - Dec. 2020
● Chief Operating O cer
management
relationship management
● Team development and
building
● Process development,
reengineering, and
(Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2020)
Oversaw operations and strategic implementation of social impact and travel
platforms for mobile apps and the web. Led thriving teams in the creation of
company technology.
automation
● Project management and
coordination, Agile
methodology
Key accomplishments:
● Directed the development of new partnerships with nonprofits and the
creation of social impact projects for the ImpactPass app and web in 12
countries.
● Ensured optimal operations of the company by implementing processes,
best practices, and policies that reflected company values, increased team
satisfaction, provided exceptional customer service, and facilitated the
delivery of company goals.
● Director of Internship Program
(Feb. 2016 - Apr. 2018, May 2019 - Dec. 2020)
● Reporting financials, team
performance, and KPI
● Training new hires as well
as new systems
implementation
● Recruiting onboarding and
offboarding staff
● Time, sick leave, and
vacation management
Developed and ran a global internship program hosting interns from the Americas, ● Clear and concise
Europe, and Asia.
communication
Key accomplishments:
● Time management
● Developed relationships with higher education institutions globally,
including Ivy League universities.
● Recruited, hosted, and managed 43 international interns on-site and
remotely.
● Tours and Activities Manager
● Adaptable
● Detail-Oriented
● Presentations, Pitch Decks
● MS Office: MS Word, Excel,
(Feb. 2016 - Apr. 2018, May 2019 - Dec. 2020)
Spearheaded Tours and Activities program managing sales, content, and support
teams.
Key accomplishments:
● Established partnerships with over 650 travel providers in the Americas,
PowerPoint
● GSuite: Google Docs,
Sheets, Slides
● Outlook, Mail, Gmail, Slack
● ClickUp, Teamwork, Asana,
Europe, and Asia.
Jira, Remedy
● Led travel content development in over 230 cities and 55 countries.
Goldman Sachs (Consultant, PRO Unlimited) - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Dec. 2008 - Sep. 2015
● Technical Project Manager and Coordinator
(Apr. 2010 – Sep. 2015)
Successfully managed delivery of global and local projects, ranging from physical
● Zoho CRM & Books,
Pipedrive CRM
● Kajabi, Wix, Duda
● Visio, Lucidchart
● 1Password, LastPass
and logical migrations to large-scale user onboarding under rigid timelines and
across multiple business groups.
LANGUAGES
Key accomplishments:
● Saved 700+ manual work hours annually through the automation of
processes for provisioning teams.
● English - native level
● Reduced operational expenses by $400K annually from the consolidation
and migration of private line infrastructure.
● Managed Human Capital Mgmt BU technology onboarding program and
coordinated between multiple teams and vendors to onboard over 5,000
seasonal interns, associates and analysts for multiple divisions.
● Technical Team and Operations Manager
(Mar. 2009 - Sep. 2015)
Managed four global technical provisioning teams (Voice/TCP, Market Data,
Windows/Unix/Exchange, and Entitlements) and led local technology teams'
operations. Servicing six internal divisions.
Key accomplishments:
● Improved customer satisfaction and confidence in the excellence of service
delivery by setting and communicating clear expectations, consistently
fulfilling the SLA/SLT, and effectively managing escalations of issues.
● Doubled productivity by reengineering, enhancing, and automating
processes based on ROI analysis.
● Saved 1,900+ manual work hours annually through automation initiatives
allowing additional work to be onboarded.
● Achieved a 50% reduction of the backlog by producing health check
reporting (volumes and backlog) and productivity reporting to individual
contributors and management.
● Market Data Analyst
(Dec. 2008 – Apr. 2009)
Supported hundreds of market data software products and services to internal
users globally in accordance with contractual and regulatory requirements specific
to each business unit, vendor, and location.
EDUCATION
University of Utah — Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Computer Science
Jan. 2005 - Oct. 2007
Ensign College (previously LDS Business College) — Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Associate in Applied Science in Computer Network Management
Aug. 2001 - Dec. 2004
● Russian - native
● Spanish - beginner