Grishanova Irina

Grishanova Irina

Biography

Irina Grishanova was born on April 29, 1971 in Novosibirsk.

Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1993. In 2004, she graduated from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University's Global Executive MBA program.

Since 1991, she worked as a translator in the Committee on Antimonopoly Policy of the Russian Federation.

In 1993, she moved to the Business-Svyaz research and production enterprise, where she held the position of marketing manager.

From 1994 to 2000, she worked as CEO and member of the Board of Directors of DirectNet Telecommunications in Russia.

In 2000, she served as Deputy Director of Enifkom.

In 2001, she was transferred as Deputy General Director for Commerce of UES Telecom, the company responsible for the commercialization of telecommunications networks and services of RAO UES of Russia.

From 2002 to 2004, she served as General Director of JSC NPP BSHES.

From July 2004 to 2007, she served as CEO of American telecom operator Prioritel, LLC.

In 2007, she was appointed Sales Director of Synterra CJSC, then - Commercial Director. After the sale of Synterra, MegaFon moved to a combined structure, then to MegaLabs.

In 2012, she left MegaLabs as director of cloud services and IT during the restructuring after being appointed head of Megafon Ivan Tavrin.

Since the fall of 2012, Irina Grishanova, Director of Mass Services and Products of the I-Teco Service Division, has been responsible for the development and promotion of i-Oblako, IaaS and other services and products in demand in the small and medium-sized business market.

Russia, in 2012, an increase in interest in cloud services became apparent. At the same time, unlike foreign markets, in Russia the main consumers of "cloud" services today are large corporations, and not SMB companies. I see our task as a provider of "cloud" services in that, using the experience of I-Teco in working with large customers, to offer users - medium and small businesses the most effective solutions for a wide range of business tasks, combining manufacturability, convenience and optimal cost, "- notes Irina Grishanova

Strengthening the direction of cloud services for the SMB segment is in line with the I-Teco strategy - to offer the most comprehensive range of services in the field of virtualization, cloud computing, IaaS and SaaS services for companies of any industry and of any scale. According to analysts, it is the SMB segment that can act as a driver for the popularization of "clouds," since the issue of saving IT infrastructure costs for small and medium-sized businesses is more acute than for large companies. "The greater the demand for SaaS, IaaS and cloud services solutions, the more obvious it is to us that customer needs in the enterprise and SMB segments are different. Therefore, we decided to diversify these areas and replenish our team with employees with experience and authority in these areas. I am sure that the vast experience of Irina Grishanova in the market of services and solutions for corporate clients will be in maximum demand in the new field of activity, "commented Evgeny Shchepilov, director of the I-Teco Service Division

On November 17, 2014, Irina Grishanova worked as director for the development of mass services and products of the Servionica company.