Strategy · Product · Data · Technology · London, UK

Arina
Buravlyova

UCL Information Management for Business, Upper 2:1. Previously at Amazon Web Services. Startup founder.

About

Turning ambiguous problems into structured, data-driven decisions.

I work at the intersection of business strategy, technology and data: mapping enterprise cloud requirements as a Customer Solutions intern at Amazon Web Services, developing a market-entry strategy for a London translation agency, and founding Cook4U, a platform connecting people with local home cooks and independent chefs.

I'm comfortable owning market research, competitive analysis, financial modelling and product decisions from idea through to launch, and equally at home in Python, JavaScript and SQL as in a boardroom deck.

Trilingual · English · Russian · Kazakh (français en cours)

Portrait of Arina Buravlyova
London, 2026

What I do

I build software.

Cook4U, front to back · Python · JavaScript · SQL · GitHub ↗

I consult.

Enterprise clients at AWS · market entry at Lingvo House

I think analytically.

Financial models · market sizing · business intelligence

I connect.

Partnerships · negotiation · talking to absolutely everyone

Selected experience

2025–26

Strategic Growth ConsultantLingvo House · Translation Agency

Screened international markets and sized demand down to three priority regions; modelled revenue and cost scenarios by region and presented the market-entry strategy directly to the founder.

London
2025

Customer Solutions InternAmazon Web Services

Advised large enterprise clients on AWS migration. Commercial cases presented weekly to senior leadership, several progressed to implementation. Built a qualification pipeline that cut time-to-assessment by c.50%.

London
2024

Partnership Development InternMonetunes · Music Publishing

Identified and qualified 500+ prospective partners via market analysis, converting c.15% to further engagement; built partnership proposals that supported negotiation of terms.

London
2023

Marketing InternGForce · Grey Affiliated Agency

Benchmarked 10 principal competitors and analysed consumer preference data to shape advertising strategy and the client's brand repositioning.

Almaty

University College London

BSc Information Management for Business, Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1), 68.5%.

2023 — 2026

Oxford Sixth Form College

A-Levels in one accelerated year: Economics (A), Mathematics (A), Russian (A*).

2022 — 2023

Haileybury Almaty

9 IGCSEs at A* average; Gold Scholarship for sustained academic excellence.

2011 — 2021

Venture · Founder & Product Lead

Cook4U A two-sided marketplace for independent home chefs, built end to end, in-house: strategy, product, code, growth and finance.

"London is full of incredible home cooks whose talents deserve a wider audience." The mission, from cook4u.london

Visit cook4u.london ↗

  • ProductOwn the strategy and roadmap, driving user acquisition through organic content.
  • SupplyDesigned chef onboarding and verification; 10 vetted chefs recruited, 3 user-testing cycles run to date.
  • FinanceBuilt the financial model covering unit economics, pricing and margin; manage budgeting and brand direction.

Toolkit

Finance & Data

  • Financial modelling
  • Financial analysis & accounting
  • Excel · Power BI · Tableau
  • SQL · data visualisation
  • Market & competitor research

Programming & Cloud

  • Python · JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS · Git
  • AWS architecture · IAM
  • Software engineering
  • Prototyping & user testing

Product & Strategy

  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Product management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Partnerships & negotiation
  • Unit economics & pricing

Design & Tools

  • Figma · Adobe Photoshop
  • Canva · Gamma
  • Notion · HubSpot
  • IntelliJ IDEA · Replit
  • Microsoft Office

Certified

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Aug 2025

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Jul 2025

Financial Markets

Yale University

Accounting

IESE Business School

IELTS Academic · Band 7.5

IELTS Official · 2022

MIDI DJ Skills

Pioneer DJ School · 2023

Between the lines

I like people. I like networking, and I will happily talk to absolutely everyone in the room. And then I like to go quiet, dive deep, and analyse, because every little thing deserves to be looked at from several perspectives before you call it the truth. I've lived and studied across cultures, from Almaty to Oxford to London, and that travel is an edge: it taught me to read a room, switch context fast, and find the angle everyone else walked past. Off the clock you'll find me DJing (Pioneer certified), on a padel court, following the markets, or cooking.

Contact

Let's build something.

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