Hi, I'm Yuriya.
Nice to meet you.

I'm a product/project manager and UX designer.

My tech experience at IBM and business experience at MBA and start-up company brought me a strong interest in UX. Currently, I'm taking a UXP master's at Politecnico di Milano and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore to gain my further specialty in UX.

Career summary

I started my career as an IT engineer at IBM. I worked mainly on system development projects for large enterprise clients and had been assigned as a project manager from the second year.

Throughout my career at IBM, I became interested in business and innovation. In addition, the environment at IBM, a global company, stimulated my desire to work internationally. Then I decided to study for an MBA in Barcelona, Spain.

After my MBA journey, I started to pursue product development and gained experience in product management at a Japanese startup. In the project, I learned the impact of UX on business and product success and decided to apply for the UXP master's program in Milan, Italy.

By combining my learning at UXP with my past professional experience, I believe that having diverse perspectives is an effective way to approach today's complex challenges.

Education

Politecnico di Milano and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, 2022
Master in User Experience Psychology

The ESADE MBA, Barcelona, Spain, 2018-2020

Master in Business Administration

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2010-2013
Master's degree, Biology

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2006-2010

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

Professionals

XTIA Ltd. (Japanese start-up), Tokyo, Japan, 09/2020-08/2021

Product Manager

Led product development including service design and UX design of the new SaaS business for the inspection process of the manufacturing industry
Verified the product-market fit of the new product from concepts to functions through client observation and interviews, built a business strategy with executives
Implemented launching MVP collaborating with the engineering team through a prototype built by Figma

IBM, Tokyo, Japan, 04/2013-07/2018

Project Manager