EP053 - Central Asia - an emerging market for distributed teams with Julia Collins and Farrukh Umarov from HireTruss
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Central Asia - an emerging market for distributed teams with Julia Collins and Farrukh Umarov
About the episode
This episode focuses on a new and upcoming region of the world regarding distributed teams and remote companies: Central Asia. Julia Collins and Farrukh Umarov are bringing talent in a unique model from the region and sharing their insights and learnings in our episode.
About the guests
Julia studied Computer Science and Mathematics at Columbia College. She spent a few years in Chicago working for an analytics consulting firm, eventually becoming a data engineer at a startup in New York City called WorkMarket. At WorkMarket, she grew professionally and loved the startup experience, which was filled with amazing camaraderie and ping pong. Her career pivoted into product management as WorkMarket was acquired by ADP in 2018.
Mid-pandemic, she was offered an opportunity to join Lincoln Labs, where she is the Managing Partner of Truss and Accomplice. Being back in the midwest, she feels truly at home and brought back some lessons learned out east to contribute to the growth and success of the labs she gets to work on.
Connect with Julia on LinkedIn.
Farrukh Umarov has traveled a long and storied journey to becoming a founder at Lincoln Labs. He was an offshore developer who answered an online ad for programming services. This started over a decade ago, and his family’s life changed forever. Over the years, he quickly became a leader and built an offshore development powerhouse of developers that delivered unprecedented value to the corporations they served.
Currently, he drives technical strategy and engineering development for Lincoln Labs. He is responsible for defining the engineering consultancy vision and overseeing the development of resources and strategies for his clients.
Connect with Farrukh on LinkedIn.
About the host
My name is Peter Benei, founder of Anywhere Consulting. My mission is to help and inspire a community of remote leaders who can bring more autonomy, transparency, and leverage to their businesses, ultimately empowering their colleagues to be happier, more independent, and more self-conscious.
Connect with me on LinkedIn.
Want to become a guest on the show? Contact me here.