EKATERINA BOGDANOVA
Software Engineer and Architect
LEED Green Associate, NOMA, Assoc. AIA, CA Architect Licence
LEED Green Associate, NOMA, Assoc. AIA, CA Architect Licence
My work always existed at the intersection between user research, analysis, and design. I design with the user's needs front and center and I strongly believe in the designer's ability to shape and change the world. My diverse background and continuing education allow me to tackle both technical and creative tasks with ease and dedication.
Phone: +44 7356 160366
E-mail: ekaterina@bogdanova.de
Phone: +44 7356 160366
E-mail: ekaterina@bogdanova.de
WORK EXPERIENCE
Junior Applications Engineer
Contilio | Jun 2025 - present, London
Architect working on residential and hospitality projects, automation specialist
Contilio | Jun 2025 - present, London
Architect working on residential and hospitality projects, automation specialist
– Developed and maintain a real-time analytics dashboard (Python/Streamlit) for monitoring data pipeline health and KPIs based on 20 metrics across 10,000,000 data points to be used across engineering and product teams
– Designed and deployed rule-based categorization engine for construction elements, improving progress tracking accuracy across 150 buildings; led full life cycle from domain-driven rule modeling to implementation, testing, production deployment, and automated data migration
– Leading quality labeling improvements to enhance progress output quality; combined with categorization engine, driving up to 40% improvement in progress calculation accuracy platform-wide
Bureau^Proberts | Jul 2024 - May 2025, London
Architect working on residential and hospitality projects, automation specialist
– Developed Dynamo and Python scripts to automate the ideation for projects with complex geometry doubling design options output on a 3-months project
– Senior contributor in a hospitality project worth $3 billion, preparing 3D models, renderings and presentation drawings
Junior Product Manager
| May 2024 - Oct 2024, remote
Palabra AI develops a voice-to-voice AI translation technology, that can interpret live speech with only 2 seconds delay
| May 2024 - Oct 2024, remote
Palabra AI develops a voice-to-voice AI translation technology, that can interpret live speech with only 2 seconds delay
– Supported Head of Product at an early-stage startup
– Researched the AI translation market and connected with potential customers
– Analyzed customer pain points to determine product market fit
Junior Project Manager
Arcadis IBI Group | Jul 2021 - May 2024, Los Angeles
Part of a mixed-use residential team
Arcadis IBI Group | Jul 2021 - May 2024, Los Angeles
Part of a mixed-use residential team
– Prepared site and programming analyses and RFP (request for proposal) documents for residential mixed-use and civil projects
– Prepared entitlement drawing sets and developed unit plans for 3 high-rise mixed-use residential buildings of over 500 units each
– Analysed applicable building codes, worked with accessibility and egress standards, and coordinated with building and fire departments during the permitting stage
– Prepared GMP drawing set and provided continuous support during construction documentation and administration for a 218 apartment complex in DTLA
– Responded to submittals and RFIs during construction of a 52-story residential tower located in DTLA
Teaching Assistant
USC School of Architecture | Jan 2020 - May 2021, Los Angeles
USC School of Architecture | Jan 2020 - May 2021, Los Angeles
– Assisting the professors in the graduate studio as well as during “Building Systems: Materials and Construction” and “Urbanism Themes and Case Studies” classes
– Consulting students on the class topics
Intern
Perkins Eastman | Jul 2020, Los Angeles
Perkins Eastman | Jul 2020, Los Angeles
– Participated in the site and design research for a mixed-use development in Pittsburg, PA
– Prepared drawings, plans, and slides for marketing presentations for healthcare facilities in CA
Student Intern
USC Shoah Foundation | Nov 2019 - Nov 2020, Los Angeles
USC Shoah Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to collecting interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides
USC Shoah Foundation | Nov 2019 - Nov 2020, Los Angeles
USC Shoah Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to collecting interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides
– Transcribing interviews of the Holocaust survivors for the Dimensions of Testimony project
– Working with testimonies from Russian-, English- and German-speaking survivors
Architectural Intern
Thomas Hillig Architekten GmbH | Oct 2018 - Jul 2019, Berlin
Part of residential team: modernizations and new construction
Thomas Hillig Architekten GmbH | Oct 2018 - Jul 2019, Berlin
Part of residential team: modernizations and new construction
– Developed the complete set of construction details for a residential building in Berlin with 22 apartments
– Worked on the construction documentation and details for three projects, including a building redevelopment and modernization of a 1900s building
– Prepared building permit applications for two modernization projects
Architectural Intern
LP12 Architekten & Ingenieure | Nov 2017 - Sep 2018, Aachen
Working on civil and education projects
LP12 Architekten & Ingenieure | Nov 2017 - Sep 2018, Aachen
Working on civil and education projects
– Participated in the design development and prepared the drawings for the competition for an elementary school in Velbert, Germany
– Contributed to the design development and assessed the construction costs for a kindergarten in Roetgen, Germany, and a rescue station in Wuerselen, Germany
EDUCATION
Master of Computer and Information Technology
UPenn | Jan 2024 - May 2026
UPenn | Jan 2024 - May 2026
– GPA 4.00
– Electives: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning for Data Science, Computer Vision
– Electives: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning for Data Science, Computer Vision
Coursera | Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
– Completed 7 courses covering all stages of UX Design
– Average Grade: 98%
– Average Grade: 98%
M.Arch with Cert. in Building Science
USC | Aug 2019 - May 2021
USC | Aug 2019 - May 2021
– GPA 3.94
– Graduate President of NOMAS
– Officer at AIAS
– Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society
– Graduate President of NOMAS
– Officer at AIAS
– Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society
B.Sc. in Architecture
RWTH Aachen | Oct 2015 - Sep 2018
RWTH Aachen | Oct 2015 - Sep 2018
– Received an A in designing and structural engineering
– GPA 3.46
– Dean’s List: 2016 - 2017
– GPA 3.46
– Dean’s List: 2016 - 2017
CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed Architect in CA – June 2023
LEED Green Associate – June 2020
ACTIVITIES
Publications
– A Challenge to Autopia | Places Journal, Dec 2021
– The Russian Capital: Unhealthy Effects of Moscow’s Urbanism | My Liveable City, 2021
– A Challenge to Autopia | Places Journal, Dec 2021
– The Russian Capital: Unhealthy Effects of Moscow’s Urbanism | My Liveable City, 2021
Freelance as Web- and Graphic designer
– Developed website designs, logos, and informational brochures
– Developed website designs, logos, and informational brochures
Architectural non-profit work
– Designed an after-school learning center for children in rural Bali in collaboration with Journeyman International, construction completed
– Designed a school for 600 pupils for a local non-profit organization in Nairobi
– Organized community-building and educational events with over 100 attendees
– Advocated for more diversity and inclusion at the USC School of Architecture
– Designed an after-school learning center for children in rural Bali in collaboration with Journeyman International, construction completed
– Designed a school for 600 pupils for a local non-profit organization in Nairobi
– Organized community-building and educational events with over 100 attendees
– Advocated for more diversity and inclusion at the USC School of Architecture
AWARDS
USC Architecture Guild Charrette 2021
USC Architecture Guild Choice Award
USC Architecture Guild Choice Award
USC School of Architecture Grant
Years 2019-2021
Years 2019-2021
USC Herding Award
Years 2019-2021
Years 2019-2021
UrbanANTs Competition, Summer 2018
Honorable mention, top 5
Honorable mention, top 5
Moscow Scholarly Contests in Physics, Maths and Chemistry 2012-14
Second place
Second place