Building the analytics and IT infrastructure of one of the largest VR entertainment chains, that I Co-founded in 2016.

Founded, developed and sustained the largest VR entertainment chain in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, which, as of 2023 consists of 9 locations. Achieved profitability and more than 2X year-over-year growth in uncertain and capital-intensive industry that is virtual reality location-based entertainment, without heavy investment. Assembled a professional and highly-motivated management team, focused on constant improvement. Together with the team developed product line-up, pricing and online promotion strategies that made the company the leader in its niche.After the start of the pandemic and prolonged lockdown of various forms of business, shifted the business model from operating 12 small high-traffic locations in malls to launching VR clubs with a larger foothold and the focus on perfomance-driven online promotion. Successfully recovered the revenue and surpassed the profits that the company had before COVID. Currently the business is stable, profitable and continues growing, day-to-day operations are delegated to the management team.

Engaged in launching a mobile marketing startup.

Co-founded and led a studio focused on creating immersive 360-3D videos and interactive virtual reality applications. One of the products that I led was our own VR entertainment location in the cinema, which over the later years I scaled into MIR VR.Besides that:– Managed engineering of custom rig for shooting VR videos, – Hired and managed the VR application development team,– Managed development of commercial VR projects for clients, – Tested product hypotheses,– Carried out business development.Left the team to focus on one of the products, MIR VR, after successfully securing investment.

Motion design studio

The first full-time job after graduation was in a small web-development studio, and included prototyping websites, as well as communicating with clients and a team consisting of a designer, front- and back-end developers.