Irina Shlyapnikova is a senior People and Operations leader with over 15 years of experience in HR, global operations, and organizational management. She has worked across high-growth startups and large international corporations, building scalable, people-centric systems that support rapid change and sustainable growth. Irina currently serves as Head of HR & Operations at Cinarra Systems, where she partners with leadership on strategic planning and leads a globally distributed HR function. Her focus is on aligning business strategy with human systems, enabling leaders to scale with clarity, and building resilient people operations. Previously, she was Director of Business Administration / Chief of Staff for Acronis’ Data Center Operations division and held HR roles at Yandex, Unicode, and WebSpider. She is also an active community leader, serving on the Leadership Team at AmBAR since 2011, and recognized as an HR Leader within StartupExperts. Irina is known for solving complex organizational challenges with pragmatic, experience-driven solutions