PlumSpace develops innovative hardware and software for smart high-speed network traffic processing.

Robonect - Network monitoring and automation startupR&D of network hardware and software.Field of interests: IT infrastructure automation and monitoring, Distributed and autonomous monitoring systems, SLA, SDN, NFV.

Create new products and features requirements through understanding of the core business and ROI, customer feedback and competitive analysis.

Consulting, project work.Field of interests: Network design, Research and Analysis, Access networks, SDN, NFV, DevOps, NetOps, Virtualization, Automation.

Joined Overture Networks to support the business in Russia&CIS and to promote Carrier Ethernet technologies within Russian SPs and Enterprises.- Customer and partner technical entry point in Russia&CIS.- Responsible for opportunity qualification, technical presentations, product demonstrations, evaluations, training and support.- Conduct customer meetings to find opportunities.- Develop the technical response to RFPs.Drive the new company SDN&NFV architecture and related hardware/software products.

Zelax is a leading Russian networking equipment vendor such as routers, switches, CWDM multiplexers, VoIP gateways, DSL modems. Company implements a complete production cycle — market research, product development, manufacture, testing, sales, technical and service support. Company’s products are used by Service providers, Mobile Service Provider, Enterprises, Government, Natural monopoly companies (Gas, Oil, Energy) and SMB around Russia and CIS countries.Responsibilities:- Technical department leading (system, support and test engineers, technical writers, designers). Coordination, task assignment and progress tracking.- Errors analysis and control bug fixing.- Customers’ requests analysis and work closely with Product development in order to define new features.- Technical presale support of key projects jointly with partners.- Prepare technical proposals based on new and developing products. Previous proposals analysis, cause and effect analysis.- Present new products and solutions for customers and partners.- Technical expertise of requirements for designing hardware and software.- Share technical, professional and sales skills and knowledge between team members.- Ratio of active tasks: administrative – 50%, presale – 40%, engineering – 10%.Achievements:- Increased efficiency of department due to optimization current business-processes and implementation new in corporate CRM-system.Projects implementation for Rostelecom, Transtelecom, Beeline, Russian Railways Corporation, Gazprom, IDGC Holding. Participating in all stages - customers request analysis, preparing technical proposal, performing presentations and demo, pilot testing, network deployment.

Responsibilities:- Define customer business problems in a technical context, define solution options and its benefits.- Develop proof of concept (PoC).- Technical presale support of key projects jointly with partners. Projects tracking jointly with partners.- Perform presentations of products and solutions for customers and partners.- Prepare technical proposals based on customer requirements.- Perform trainings for customers and partners.- Write promotional materials: brochures, products guides and catalog.- Design test plans and test methodologies, writing test cases as well as hands on testing.- Maintenance actual products information on company’s web-site.Achievements:- Hardware and software testing time decreased by 30% due to introduce of test-plans.

Responsibilities:- Technical support of access routers, optical multiplexer PDH, multiplexer E1, VoIP gateways, TDM over IP gateways, compress voice system equipment, DSL-modems, Ethernet-bridges. Working with customers from Russia and CIS.- Analyze and solve customer’s problems using testing tools and lab simulations.- Technical support for sales managers.- Write technical documentation (user guides, hardware installation guides, quick start guides, command references).- Hardware and software testing (functional, regressive, load testing).Achievements:- Introduced bug tracking system for tracking features and bugs.