Chief Technology Officer

Creating technical clarity.
Delivering solutions that stick.

I translate early adopter insights into clear technical roadmaps, making the journey straightforward, transparent, and stress-free. My leadership centers on purposeful collaboration - aligning teams to build software that is genuinely valued.

Anastasia Tulentseva Portrait

Core Competencies

Strategic Leadership

Product Strategy, Purposeful Collaboration, and Aligning Vision. Technical due diligence, financial modeling, and vendor negotiation.

Engineering Management

Agile & Scrum, Technical Hiring, and Incident Management. Building team culture, optimizing SDLC, and defining CI/CD strategy.

System Architecture

Scalable full-stack systems (Rails, Node, React). Practical experience with cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and ensuring stability.

Selected Experience

Apr 2025 — Present

CTO & Co-Founder

Anato

Food startup delivering next-generation crumb structure analysis for the baking industry.

  • Co-developed product strategy, translating vision into a grounded 6-month execution plan and 24-month roadmap.
  • Established a structured product delivery lifecycle, implementing workflows that synchronized execution across ML, Mobile, and Backend streams.
  • Empowered engineering to transform legacy codebase into a scalable platform, projecting a 60% reduction in scaling costs.
  • Secured cloud infrastructure grants and contributed to recognition as Finalist in National Startup Awards.
Jul 2023 — Dec 2024

Senior Product Engineer

Kubicle

B2B e-learning platform.

  • Championed internal tooling improvements for Sales/CS teams, increasing workflow speed and morale.
  • Deepened Agile expertise, participating in story mapping and roadmap planning to align engineering outputs with business goals.
Nov 2019 — Dec 2022

Senior Software Engineer & Project Lead

Bonkers.ie

Price comparison website.

  • Spearheaded the inaugural enterprise integration as lead technical liaison for Zurich Insurance, leading end-to-end development of two product lines. Managed complex data integration and QA feedback, aligned internal Front-End and Back-End efforts, and delivered all milestones on time to match strict partner deployment cycles.
  • Ensured a flawless launch with zero significant bugs in production. Managed post-launch stabilization and coordinated troubleshooting with the partner engineering team.
"She always impressed me with her intelligence and ability to grasp complex topics quickly. Anastasia brings a pragmatic approach to her work, carefully considering trade-offs between solutions to ensure smart, sustainable choices aligned with industry best practices."
Bryan Dwyer
Head of Product, Kubicle
"Anastasia made a remarkable leap from engineer to strategic tech leader. Her openness and courage accelerated her growth and significantly strengthened her ability to influence."
Carol Palombini
Executive Coach, Palombini Consulting
"Anastasia sets clear priorities and context so I can focus and deliver. She combines trust and structure: gives autonomy while always being available to discuss ideas. Her straightforward, kind, and respectful communication makes collaborating easy — even when navigating the most complex decisions."
Alex Kubarev
Senior iOS Engineer, Anato