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Agiis Konkabayeva
CIO at Beeline.kz, FinTech strategist and tech entrepreneur
About
  • CIO at Beeline.kz
  • Co-founder and former CEO of Tekmates
  • Independent Director, Board Member of CJSC “MKK Bailyk Finance” (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Advocate for gender diversity in the tech industry

Experience

  • 16+ years in Kazakhstan’s financial sector
  • 10+ years managing and launching fintech products
  • 6+ years in FinTech: mobile banking for SMEs, launched the fastest-growing IT company in Central Asia in 3 months, 10+ major IT projects in a year

Recognition

  • Finalist of the Women in Tech Global Awards 2024 (Caucasus and Central Asia) in Leadership and Entrepreneurship
  • “Best Financier” medal from the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan
Podcasts
How women in Central Asia are breaking stereotypes
IT Hero: raising the skills of the IT community
Er10.kz
Pro Erten: how to build a digital bank in 6 months
ER10 Media
Code of success: stories of women in IT
Technovation KZ podcast
Podcast #28. Tekmates: the outsourcing market in Kazakhstan
outpeer.kz
Talks and interviews
Video interview on red_mad_robot’s results
Kapital.kz
Expertise in IT. Live stream
The dream team: myths and reality
How the outsourcing market is changing
Vremya FinTech
FinTech and digital banking

Most publications are in Russian.

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Strategy and digital transformation
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Leadership, careers and women in tech
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