Iryna Manukovska is and innovation leader who transforms complex business challenges into practical frameworks and actionable strategies. Known for creating elegant solutions that accelerate decision-making and market validation. Combines deep expertise in strategy, technology, and human-centred design to build sustainable innovation systems. Core activity today is related to innovation management and mentorship of tech entrepreneurs and founders who struggle with resilience and adaptation. As a starting point of her career, she got a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics and rushed into business as a project manager of the national automotive racing championship, got a voluminous experience leading an Ogilvy Digital Marketing Practice in CIS, and finally settled in the tech industry for the last five years.

Iryna's passion is about bringing a new perspective to existing stuff and knowledge via the power of storytelling. She runs a LinkedIn podcast, "Make your Innovation Work", and contributes to Ukrainian and international European media and conferences. Guest lecturer on the Entrepreneurial Leadership and Management program at SET University.

Hard LEGO fun and family hiker. As a second career works as a contemporary interdisciplinary artist who uses open questions and philosophical essays with abstract paintings to ignite the inner dialogue.