Head of Engagement Products | Oxygen | San Francisco, California, United States

Passioned product leader with 9+ years of progressive professional experience in key product development and operational roles in international tech startups and national IT leading company. Experience in building B2C and B2B products, agile development, building teams, and people management. Ms. Verkhovykh’s social activity in creative collaborative environments allows her to drive innovative product growth and manage distributed teams all over the world achieving companies’ goals. Most notably, she was the С-level leader in the Yandex Self-Driving Group with 150+ team members in her subordination, responsible for the entire business. Valeriya’s scientific mindset with strong social commitment, as a result of education in well-known all over the world Physics Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University as well as the Massachusets Institute of Technology and Stanford Executive Program, gave her the ability to think critically and see beyond the borders of states and politics for collaboration and finding synergies between talents, projects, and organizations. She is dedicated to tech as a passionate believer in the value of tech to advance human knowledge and civilization and a responsible leader who must guide tech along the right path to face global challenges and avoid the problems of human short-sighted goals.