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Florida, United States

Startup, an analytical platform for investing in digital assets.• Built and managed a high-performing IT team of front-end and back-end developers, DevOps engineers, infrastructure administrators, and a project manager.• Defined and executed the IT infrastructure strategy, shaping a robust IT landscape with GCP and AWS.• Led provision of information security and data protection. • Oversaw budget planning and management, optimizing and reducing operational costs while securing infrastructure reliability and performance.

The coal mining holding company ranks in the top 5 in Russia by volume of coal production and is comparable to Peabody Energy Corp and Arch Resources Inc.• Led a digital transformation with optimizing administrative and production workflows - “Digital Miner” project, which boosted coal production by 5% and increased final output by 8%. Within the project ERP, MES, LIMS systems were implemented, and the SCADA was upgraded.• Established a unified digital workspace for 5,000 employees based on Microsoft 365 environment, including user access, security policies, and application performance accelerating operational processes by 300%.• Developed and implemented a unified hybrid IT infrastructure strategy, combining on-premises systems and cloud components. Achieved a 40% cost savings.• Ensured IT infrastructure security in compliance with NIST CSF.• Established a centrally managed IT department of 110 across 10 subsidiaries within the holding, implementing standardized IT processes that raised efficiency to 15% in IT project volume without expanding the team.

The national communications operator in Russia, with a revenue of USD 8 billion, is comparable to Verizon and AT&T.• Directed the installation and configuration of hardware and software systems for enhanced productivity and streamlined operations.• Spearheaded cybersecurity measures to monitor for potential breaches and mitigate risks, including regular threat detection and incident response.• Spearheaded major technology projects, including a municipal telemetry project that improved operational reach and secured a $24M contract.• Coordinated multi-site ERP systems, standardizing processes and reducing response time by 40%.

A service for digitizing public services, providing access to over 13 million residents of Moscow.• Transformed and expanded data center IT infrastructure, growing from three isolated sites to a unified hybrid cloud environment spanning seven locations. Managed a total capacity of 5MW, 50PB of data, and 15,000 VM, achieving 100% uptime for IaaS and PaaS services.• Standardized over 300 IT systems, accelerating service deployment by 20% and reducing TCO by 10-30%.• Managed an extensive portfolio of IT infrastructure vendors, including HPE, IBM, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Arbor, Fortinet, CheckPoint, Pure Storage, HDS, EMC, Microsoft, RedHat, and VMware, with a total of approximately 50 suppliers globally. Oversaw additional service providers in telecommunications, cloud services, and cybersecurity, effectively administering an annual IT budget of $50 million.• Improved budget efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership by 15%, streamlining resource allocation and enhancing system reliability.• Created a centralized customer satisfaction service that elevated quality ratings to 4.86 out of 5.• Led a team responsible for managing IT infrastructure and support, ensuring system uptime and rapid issue resolution.• Achieved cybersecurity government certification for the cloud IT infrastructure, meeting stringent requirements for hosting IT systems containing financial, personal, and medical data. • Executed the migration of 120 IT systems to the cloud, ensuring minimal disruption with no more than one planned downtime per system.

Russian Federation

Has managed pre-sales process, architectural and engineering design, technical solutions control, and solution implementation for enterprise market projects in six industries - Financial, Oil & Gas, Transport, Energy, Retail, ManufacturingWas responsible for P&L for the engineering sectionManaged an IT team of 250 peopleAchievements- Reduced project implementation time by 18% by optimizing production processes and introducing an internal task pipeline.- Helped the business unit expand into new markets and double its revenue in a year and a half by expanding in-house engineering expertise by implementing continuous learning and staff development processes.- Increased the profitability of projects by 23% due to the concentration of 90% of technical expertise within the company's technical department

Was a Systems Architect for IP network systems projects for Country-wide customers with hundreds of interconnected sitesHas managed key IT Vendors relationships, including Engineer's certifications, have been operated company onsite Pearson VUE certification center

Was responsible for pre-sales, design, and deployment of Enterprise IT infrastructureI extended my skill portfolio to Networks and Unified communications Systems Engineer, passed the Cisco CCIE Voice Exam #16090

Was responsible for deployment and technical support of custom-developed voice telecommunication systems - Contact Centers and prepaid long-distance calling systems

Master Of Technology - Mtech, Computer Science

Organizational Leadership