01 / HEALTHTECHPillster
Pillster
A home medication companion: medicine inventory, expiration tracking and reminders.
Founder & team lead
✳ AI · PRODUCT · RESEARCH
Curiosity.
Into impact.
I’m Karina. I connect technology, research and product thinking to build things that matter to people.
Based in Astana, KazakhstanThinking internationally
HUMAN FIRST.
FUTURE FOCUSED.
FUTURE FOCUSED.
01 / INTRODUCTIONKeep exploring ↓
02 / SELECTED WORK
Ideas, made real.
From healthcare to human connection. Three projects, one drive: make a useful difference.
02 / FITNESS & ADVENTUREStepOne
StepOne Adventures
Connecting personal training with real adventures, motivation and meaningful progress.
Co-founder
03 / SOCIAL CONNECTIONTether
Tether
A friendship matching concept helping international students find their people.
International project
03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK
Technical roots.
A wider lens.
My background starts with network engineering and grows into AI, research and entrepreneurship. I enjoy turning complex problems into clear, practical next steps.
Python · BashSQL · PostgreSQLLinux · DockerIPsec · pfSenseGrafana · ZabbixAPI integrationKVM · VirtualBoxProduct thinkingInternational teamwork
RU NativeEN C1中文 HSK 3
QAIRU
Bachelor’s studies in AI & Machine Learning · Astana · English-taught programme.
RED SOFT · Analyst Intern
LibreOffice workflow automation. Built tools that reduced time spent on routine tasks by approximately 30%.
Paygine
Configured secure IPsec VPN connections, routing with pfSense and infrastructure monitoring with Grafana.
Gazprom Neft
Developed Python scripts to automate reporting and document workflows in industrial systems.
Astra Group
Contributed to Ceph and SAN/NAS storage implementation for the Brest virtualization platform and configured network security.
XJTLU
Immersive Technopreneurship Summer School. Co-developed RoboTurtle, an amphibious robotics project, in an international team.
AI for antibody development
Review of AI tools for monoclonal antibody development, including design, structure prediction and optimisation. GSR 2025 poster accepted.
Sirius
Computer Systems & Complexes · Network engineering background · GPA 4.9/5.
04 / A FEW MILESTONES
2×
Technovation Girls prizewinner
$100,000
Scholarship awarded
4×
Big Change competition winner
Global
Hackathon winner in Colombia · Programme in China
05 / INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Seven countries.
More perspectives.
Countries where I have attended conferences — exchanging ideas across cultures and disciplines.
Saudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesChinaSouth KoreaEgyptRussiaKazakhstan
06 / LET’S CONNECT