Sofia Distantsionnaya

Sofia Distantsionnaya

Remote Management Expert

📍Kaliningrad

Remote work expert with 7 years of experience. Specializes in building processes for distributed teams, asynchronous communication and maintaining corporate culture at a distance.

About the specialist

Sofia Distantsionnaya is a remote team management expert with 7 years of experience. Her specialization is turning geographically distributed specialists into a cohesive team that works effectively without an office. Sofia sets up asynchronous communication, selects collaboration tools, develops rituals to maintain culture and trains managers to manage by results. She knows how to prevent burnout, maintain engagement and scale teams across time zones. Perfect for startups, digital agencies and companies transitioning to hybrid format. Moscow, remote across RF and worldwide.

Education

National Research University 'Higher School of Economics' (HSE), Faculty of Business and Management, specialization 'Human Resource Management' (2013–2018); 'Digital Leadership' Program at Skolkovo (2020); 'Remote Work Certification' Course – GitLab (2021); Agile Coaching Certification (ICP-ACC, 2022).

Work experience

8 years in IT companies, 5 years managing distributed teams from 10+ countries

Certificates

"certifications_en": "Remote Work Professional Certificate – Remote.co Academy (2021); 'Asynchronous Communication Mastery' Course (2022); Remote Collaboration Tools Certification (Miro, Notion, Slack, 2022); 'Organizational Culture in Digital Environment' Diploma (2023); Remote & Hybrid Work Summit Speaker with presentation 'How to Maintain Engagement Without an Office' (2024).

Achievements

7 years in distributed team management: Remote Projects Coordinator at 'Tinkoff' (2018–2020), Head of Remote First at 'Skyeng' (2020–2023), independent remote work consultant (since 2023). Helped 45+ companies transition to remote or hybrid format: from startups to corporations with 500+ employees. Average team productivity growth — 25%, operational cost reduction — 30%.

Specialization

Topic:business
Subtopic:management