Qualifications
Former Head of User Assistance Department at Positive Technologies
Led localization at Yandex (70+ languages) and doc & localization at Kaspersky Lab
Co-founder of Loc Rocks; localization career mentor, coach and community leader
Education
Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI)
Expertise
Localization
Technical documentation
Localization management
Translation
Globalization
Team leadership
Irina Rybnikova is a documentation and localization professional with over two decades of experience leading localization and technical writing teams. She headed the User Assistance Department at Positive Technologies and previously ran localization services at Yandex, where her team localized services into 70+ languages, and spent more than a decade in documentation and localization management at Kaspersky Lab. She is a co-founder of Loc Rocks, a career mentor and coach, and a localization community leader.
Experience
Head of User Assistance Department at Positive Technologies
Oct 2018 to Jan 2025 · 6 yrs 3 mos
Head of Localization Service at Yandex
Jul 2016 to Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos
Endpoint & FutureTech Doc & Loc Group Manager at Kaspersky Lab
Oct 2003 to Jul 2016 · 12 yrs 9 mos
Localization Project Manager at Arsenal
Jan 1999 to Jan 2003 · 4 yrs
Qualifications
Former Head of User Assistance Department at Positive Technologies
Led localization at Yandex (70+ languages) and doc & localization at Kaspersky Lab
Co-founder of Loc Rocks; localization career mentor, coach and community leader
Education
Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI)
Expertise
Localization
Technical documentation
Localization management
Translation
Globalization
Team leadership
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