About

Alexander Klyachko co-founded Allied Testing in 2000. Alexander drives the strategic development and implementation of Allied’s business plans and long term future strategies and supports the day-to-day operations of the company. Alexander was one of the pioneers of the independent business in the former Soviet Union in late 1980’s — early 1990’s. Prior to founding Allied Testing, he set up Nidl, a group of companies providing retail financial services (1991). Alexander has been living and working in the EU for the past several years.

Michael Teif has been with Allied Testing from its inception in 2000. Mikhail plays a key role in the start of new projects and account teams, and oversees technical presales efforts. He has over 15 years of experience in the development, testing, and management of financial applications, and has previously served as Executive Director of Nidl (1996–2000) and as Head of the Automation Department at Northern Trade Bank (1992–1996). Mikhail received his MSc in Computer Science & Applied Mathematics from the Moscow University in 1987. Mikhail works at Cyprus office of Allied Testing and oversees its European accounts.

Has been with Allied since 2003. Eugene graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and holds Master degree in Applied Math and Physics. He started his career with Allied as QA Engineer and grew to Team Lead, QA Management and Delivery Management roles. In 2005 Eugene has been guiding development of Delivery Center in Moldova and has been supervising that region ever since. While spending a lot of time with our customers in US and Europe, Eugene has been actively involved in development of IT sector in Moldova as board member of Moldavian ICT association. His current activities include management of US and European accounts and development of our Delivery Centers.

Inessa has been with Allied since 2008. A graduate of the Psychology Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University, she holds International Business certificate and MS degree in Sustainability Management from Columbia University. She joined Allied as a Recruitment Specialist and was soon promoted to HR Manager. Currently she is responsible for customer relations and business development activities.

Stas has more than 13 years’ experience of delivering large scale enterprise business change programmes and projects. He now leads our technical teams comprised of software developers, testers, devops and DBAs. Stas is accountable for the quality of the services Allied Testing delivers. He also is a principle consultant when it comes to technology, software development and testing topics. Stas is a citizen of Bulgaria, his family moved to Moldova when he was a kid. He joined Allied Testing in 2005 short after graduating from the State University of Moldova. He holds a master degree in engineering and is a life-time learner. He loves math, technology, snowboarding, astronomy and physics. Favourite quote: ‘The most important thing is not to stop questioning’. A. Einstein.

Aleksandar, a graduate of IT Academy (Belgrade), has been with Allied Testing from its very first day in Belgrade back in 2011. Being a Microsoft Certified IT Professional, Aleksandar has started his career at Allied Testing as System administrator. Previously he has been providing IT solutions and support to various clients of a Microsoft Partner, software developing company in Serbia. In 2012, Aleksandar became Head of Serbia office.

Alexander joined Allied Testing in June 2007 as a tester. November 2007 - appointed Team Leader and a local Project Manager in Minsk office. Since the end of 2008 he was a Deputy Head - supervised the staff of testers of Minsk office and successfully undertook other duties requested within the post. Since October 2010 - Head of Belarus office. Background: Polotsk State University (2010). Specialty: Engineering Technology. Graduate School of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus (up to 2003). Then the next two years had been to Japan as a research-engineer (along with studying and training Aikido there).

Chris Kaisand currently assists companies in a variety of industries to outline and execute on their Business Development, Operations, Outsourcing, Risk and Strategic Sourcing strategies. He has held positions as Chief Procurement Officer for Broadridge Financial Solutions and TD Ameritrade, Vice President of International Sourcing for AIG, Vice President of NA Business Process Outsourcing at Unisys Corporation and Partner for Business Process and Applications Management Services Outsourcing at IBM. Chris has a Bachelor of Sciences in Mathematics and JD/MBA and has been involved as a Board member, founder, investor and executive member of management teams in technology, regulatory and customer service oriented firms.