Questionnaire – Representatives ITA

Nataliya Koryaka

1. Full Name and Title, Profession, Education?
My name is Nataliya Koryaka. I am a manager at the Foreign Relations Department, of AKKAD Ltd. I was educated at the Dnepropetrovsk State University – Foreign Languages Department and I am a graduate specialist of the Moscow Institute of Information Technologies.

2. When did you join the ITA?      
I started to work for the ITA almost twenty years ago, back in 1994 and I have joined the ITA as a regular member on the 15th of January 2005. I was recommended by Phillip Knight, the long-time executive secretary of the ITA. He is still a good friend of mine.

3. What is your main purpose to work for ITA?
My main purpose is to support tube & pipe engineers and other specialists of the tube and pipe industry from the CIS countries. I am also very delighted to foster and endorse new as well as long-time members wherever I can.
It makes me proud and happy to be part of this prestigious association. It is a real gift along with a great benefit being involved in an international network where only specialists can join. As a longstanding member and ITA representative for the CIS countries, I am always very eager to convey to prospective members the variety of benefits a membership in the ITA can bring to them. It means practically to provide them with an access to state of the art developments, new technologies, new equipment and more.

4. What can you as an ITA representative do for ITA members and new members?
First of all I am always a partner for a professional exchange. Secondly I am using my position to strongly suggest very practical references, i.e. how to prepare best for an exhibition, how to get in touch with the different boards of the ITA, how to make new contacts and so on. I am also able to open the ITA for new target groups, especially women from the CIS countries or young professionals.

5. What do you like most in working for and with ITA?
As I have already said. I like the international spirit and the professional exchange with my colleagues all over the world and I like being always informed about the latest developments, the excellently organized exhibitions, the virtual and real marketplace of the tube and pipe industry and so on. Benefits I tend to communicate to all prospective customers of my country.