Mariya Breyter is a technology executive, product leader, and educator with experience ranging from leading technology companies and government jobs to versatile corporate experience in financial services, healthcare, media, education, and technology companies. She takes pride in leading high-performance organizations in building technology products that delight customers, whether it is innovative cloud service at AWS, online consumer bank Marcus by Goldman Sachs, educational startup incubator at Kaplan Test Prep, or a simplified global claims system at UnitedHealth Group.
Throughout her professional journey, Mariya brought a passion for teaching and mentoring. She is an Adjunct Professor at NYU teaching Organizational Transformation, IT Principles in Management, and Agile Project Management classes to graduate students. She retains her mentoring relationships with students throughout their professional lives, and many of those students became leaders in companies, such as Amazon, Google, PWC, Goldman Sachs, and others. Mariya is a contributor to several online resources on agile and enterprise-level delivery topics, including her own website, which offers free career advice.
https://www.100careertips.com. Mariya shares her experience at multiple Product, Agile, and Lean conferences in the U.S. and worldwide. She was a keynote speaker at Product World 2021 and a speaker at Product World 2024, a mentor and a speaker at Grace Hopper Celebrations in 2020 and 2024, a program committee member at Agile DevOps, and a track chair for the Enriching Organizations track at Agile 2024. She served as a mentor at the Lean Startup Conference and as a coach at the Agile Clinic at Big Apple Scrum Day. In 2022, Mariya published a book, Agile Product and Project Management, which made the list of the Top Agile Books by Women in 2022 and the 2023 list of the 10 Best Product Management eBooks.
Mariya is committed to continuous learning and growth. She holds a combined BA /MA degree in Linguistics and Computer Science and Ph.D. in Computer Linguistics. The list of her professional certifications includes advanced product and Agile certifications (CSP, SPC, CSM, PMP, PMI-ACP), IT certifications (ITIL, AWS, Oracle), AWS certifications, and many others.
