Development of of community of TravelTech entrepreneurs. TravelTech conference organizing. Business development for travel companies and startups. Building an ecosystem for travel startups development. Markets: Russia, Kazakhstan etc.Annual conferences include: TRAVELHUB – the largest conference on travel technologies in the CIS markets (www.travelhub.pro), held since 2016; MITT Digital – conference on the topic of technologies for travel and hospitality at the largest travel fair in… Show more Development of of community of TravelTech entrepreneurs. TravelTech conference organizing. Business development for travel companies and startups. Building an ecosystem for travel startups development. Markets: Russia, Kazakhstan etc.Annual conferences include: TRAVELHUB – the largest conference on travel technologies in the CIS markets (www.travelhub.pro), held since 2016; MITT Digital – conference on the topic of technologies for travel and hospitality at the largest travel fair in Russia (www.mitt.ru), held since 2021 and MITT Travel Start – a contest for travel startups (www.mitt.ru), held since 2021.Held more than 100 professional conferences and events in partnerships with: Travel Massive, RZD, Hyve Group, ATO Events, Skolkovo Foundation, Moscow Innovation Cluster (MIC), MSP Corporation, RSV Platform, Touristik Kamkor Fund (Kazakhstan), Kazakh Tourism, etc. Show less

Since 2022, I have been developing Travel Massive Chapter in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Leonid joined the Travel Massive community in 2012, and in 2014 began holding meetups as a Chapter Leader. Since 2014, more than 3,000 people have visited events in Russia. In 2021, the Moscow Chapter received the status of the most active local Travel Massive community globally.

Compulsory course: Digital Technologies in Hospitality Industry and Tourism Master’s programme: Experience Economy: Hospitality and Tourism Management

Moneywall, a fintech startup, a specialised financial service for travel companies - instalment payments provider (lending, BNPL).Development a partner network of airlines, major online travel agencies, hotels other market players of travel industry with the goal to propose their clients new payment option - payment by instalments.Responsible for the whole cycle of partner aqusition: new partner identification, negotiations, integration and business development in Russia and… Show more Moneywall, a fintech startup, a specialised financial service for travel companies - instalment payments provider (lending, BNPL).Development a partner network of airlines, major online travel agencies, hotels other market players of travel industry with the goal to propose their clients new payment option - payment by instalments.Responsible for the whole cycle of partner aqusition: new partner identification, negotiations, integration and business development in Russia and abroad. Working with 100+ partners in a funnel.Current results: integrated 30+ partners incl. Ural Airlines, Azimuth airline, online travel agencies Svyaznoy.travel, Aviakassa.com, Anywayanyday, City.travel, Mego.travel, etc. Reached an agreement with Aeroflot and Pobeda airlines. Show less

Deputy Director for Product and Operations- Development of new B2C web-site of touroperator - Implementation of dynamic packaging technology - Managing an agile team of 13 employees.New web site was developed and integrated with SAMO Tour. New product, packages on scheduled flights, was delivered to the market (DMC hotels + Amadeus). Dynamic packaging platform Peakwork was integrated and prepared for pilot launch (Hotelbeds + Amadeus).

A launch of new business model for a tour operator based on dynamic packaging - a real time production of tour packages through integration with inventory systems of suppliers. Project management, product development, business development (suppliers and distributors), B2B marketing (promotion of the new product, publications, presentations), managing of an IT department of 17 employees. Promoting the project in B2B sector.A dynamic packaging and distribution platform (BOOKINNA)… Show more A launch of new business model for a tour operator based on dynamic packaging - a real time production of tour packages through integration with inventory systems of suppliers. Project management, product development, business development (suppliers and distributors), B2B marketing (promotion of the new product, publications, presentations), managing of an IT department of 17 employees. Promoting the project in B2B sector.A dynamic packaging and distribution platform (BOOKINNA) has been developed in-house. 3000 traditional travel agencies have registered in the system during 1,5 year period. The system have been integrated in main distribution channels: tour package search engines (Sletat.ru, Travel.yandex.ru et al), online travel agencies (level.travel, Travelata) and retail networks. INNA TOUR became the first tour operator to use dynamic packaging technology in the Russian market. Show less

Travolver was a startup - an online travel service which combined travel guide features with booking services for flights and hotels (https://www.slideshare.net/olegchekalin/travolver-14946677)Responsible for working with travel content suppliers (hotel wholesalers, air tickets aggregators). An alpha-version of the service (https://angel.co/travolver) and a mobile app was developed. The startup was selected for demonstration at PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation Summit 2011, Fort… Show more Travolver was a startup - an online travel service which combined travel guide features with booking services for flights and hotels (https://www.slideshare.net/olegchekalin/travolver-14946677)Responsible for working with travel content suppliers (hotel wholesalers, air tickets aggregators). An alpha-version of the service (https://angel.co/travolver) and a mobile app was developed. The startup was selected for demonstration at PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation Summit 2011, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Represented the company at startup acceleration program at Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale, CA) Winter 2012/2013 butch.Project was closed due to lack of finding in 2013. Show less

Product development. Managing software development. Managing suppliers. Creation and management of a hotel distribution department.A project of hotel booking services development at a site of the largest Russian online travel agency.A hotel booking service was developed. Russian and foreign hotel content suppliers were integrated. Development and sale support processes were organized.

Business analytics. Managing IT development. Implementation. Development and implementation of resource planning and management software accounting system (MRP II) for an international agricultural trading company Valars SA of 9000 employees (ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valars_Group).When implementation project was finished I was transfered to subsidiary company Anywayanyday.

Project management. Business analytics. Managing IT development. Implementation. Morqua Business Solutions was mainly known as the first IT integrator for the travel industry at Russian market (clients are avantix.ru, anywayanyday.com).Managing IT projects: - IT system supporting internal audit according to SOX for Severstal, OAO. - Internet service for direct sales of insurance products for Rossia Insurance company. - Management accounting IT system for the biggest… Show more Project management. Business analytics. Managing IT development. Implementation. Morqua Business Solutions was mainly known as the first IT integrator for the travel industry at Russian market (clients are avantix.ru, anywayanyday.com).Managing IT projects: - IT system supporting internal audit according to SOX for Severstal, OAO. - Internet service for direct sales of insurance products for Rossia Insurance company. - Management accounting IT system for the biggest grain export trader Valars, SA.Morqua Business Solutions was taken over by Valars, SA. I was transferred to Valars to continue the customer's project. Show less

Conducting feasibility studies and assessments for venture funding of Russian technologies/startups.Gen3 Ventures an investment fund of Gen3Partners, HQ in Boston, MA, represented in Russia as Center for Innovation and Technological Consulting "Algorithm" (www.gen3.com)Angioscan technology/startup was recommended for funding (http://www.angioscan.ru/ru/)

Innovation technology consulting projects execution on the topics of product development, technology forecasting, technological problems solving etc. Gen3Partners is a Russian-American technology consulting company, HQ in Boston, MA, represented in Russia as Center for Innovation and Technological Consulting "Algorithm" (www.gen3.com). Project analyst 2004-2005, project lead in 2005-2006.Clients: General Mills Inc (Yoplait), Appleton papers Inc, Alcoa Inc, Boston Scientific Inc,… Show more Innovation technology consulting projects execution on the topics of product development, technology forecasting, technological problems solving etc. Gen3Partners is a Russian-American technology consulting company, HQ in Boston, MA, represented in Russia as Center for Innovation and Technological Consulting "Algorithm" (www.gen3.com). Project analyst 2004-2005, project lead in 2005-2006.Clients: General Mills Inc (Yoplait), Appleton papers Inc, Alcoa Inc, Boston Scientific Inc, etc. Show less

Execution of research and development projects in a field of Material Science and Engineering. Writing a Ph.D thesis.The Ph.D thesis was defended. 20 scientific papers in international scientific journals were published. 11 presentations were held at international scientific conferences.