Charkin Evgeny Igorevich

Charkin Evgeny Igorevich

Biography

In 1999, he graduated with honors from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation with the qualification of an economist with a degree in Finance and Credit.

Evgeny Charkin began his career as a financial controller at the large international logistics company FM Lozhistik in 1998. Subsequently, he also worked as a senior consultant in the management consulting department of Aktis Systems, participated in projects to develop an e-business development strategy for large Russian and foreign companies.

Work at Norilsk Nickel

In 2002-2003, Charkin served as Deputy Head of the Information Technology, Automation and Communications Projects Department at MMC Norilsk Nickel. According to Charkin^[1]it was his fastest exit to work: "On Thursday evening I met with the CIO of Norilsk Nickel, and on Friday morning I went to work."

Working at Severstal

In 2003-2012, he worked in executive positions in the field of information technology at Severstal, since 2008 - Chief information officer.

Charkin called the main achievement at this place of work^[2] the IT transformation program^[3]: "We centralized IT both in the organizational part, developing Severstal-Infocom, and consolidating the infrastructure of the enterprise based on the data center in Cherepovets," he said.

In 2012, Charkin was recognized as the best Chief information officer in the field of Metallurgy (according to the Kommersant newspaper ).

Rosatom chief information officer

In 2012-2014 Evgeny Charkin served as Director of the Information Technology Department at Rosatom State Corporation. In this post, he replaced Vladimir Pasynkov, who in September 2012 went to work at Sberbank-Technologies.

Under the leadership of Charkin, Rosatom enterprises were implementing a large-scale IT transformation program adopted for 2009-2015. Among its key tasks are the introduction of unified business processes and IT systems supporting them, the introduction of production process management systems, the introduction of modern management practices, as well as the transformation of the Rosatom IT service itself to improve its efficiency.

Among the largest projects under the program under Charkin's leadership were the introduction of standard enterprise management systems based on SAP and 1C at state corporation enterprises, the creation of corporate and backup data centers, a corporate data transfer network, and the implementation of an electronic document management system based on EMC Documentum.

In May 2013, Evgeny Charkin told TAdviser^[4] on the progress of the IT transformation program at Rosatom.

Chief information officer

In August 2014, Evgeny Charkin joined Metalloinvest as Chief Information Officer. Information about this appeared in the fall on the website of the company itself. Prior to Charkin , Mikhail Ivanov held the position of Chief information officer at Metalloinvest .

Charkin worked as Chief information officer at the company until December 2015. In September 2015, Metalloinvest launched a business transformation program, during which an integrated corporate management system based on SAP solutions should be created . It will cover all the key business processes of the company's core enterprises: from financial, accounting and management accounting to production management, transport logistics, repairs and purchases, taking into account the specifics of the industry - in total, about 55 SAP software products will be used.

Russian Railways chief information officer

In December 2015, Evgeny Charkin joined Russian Railways as Director of Information Technology. In this position, Charkin is controlled by the Department of Informatization of Russian Railways (CCI), which is responsible for the formation of an IT development strategy, the formation of a unified IT policy and control over its observance, the creation, implementation and development of automated management systems, etc. The head of this department, according to the Russian Railways website, is Andrei Pavlovsky.

At the time of his appointment, Charkin can be called the first IT person in the state corporation. Previously , the head of the entire IT vertical of Russian Railways was Alexey Illarionov, Vice President for IT and Development of the Russian Railways Management System . In November 2015, after the change of the head of Russian Railways, Illarionov was relieved of his duties.

Evgeny Charkin was also elected chairman of the board of directors of Transtelecom.

In June 2020, Evgeny Charkin, in an interview at the TAdviser online conference "IT Priorities 2020," spoke about how the pandemic of the new coronavirus affected the priorities of Russian Railways in the field of digitalization, as well as about the prospects for using technologies to counter the spread of infections. Read more here.

Speaking at TAdviser SummIT

On November 29, 2018, Evgeny Charkin at the TAdviser SummIT conference spoke about the main directions of digital transformation in the company and the use of the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence and blockchain. The main thing from Yevgeny Charkin's report is here.

Evgeny Charkin spoke about the digital transformation of Russian Railways on TAdviser SummIT

And on November 27, 2019, at the TAdviser SummIT conference, Evgeny Charkin spoke in detail about the company's digital transformation strategy, which the board of directors approved at the end of October. Read more here.

Speaking at the TAdviser SummIT online conference on November 24, Evgeny Charkin spoke about the experience of using artificial intelligence technologies in railway transport. Read more here.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of TransTeleCom

In July 2019, Evgeny Charkin, who previously headed the board of directors of TransTeleCom, took over as deputy chairman of the company's board of directors. In 2020, Evgeny Charkin on the website TransTeleCom again indicated by the chairman of the board of directors.

Appointment as Deputy General Director of Russian Railways

In December 2020, Evgeny Charkin, who since 2015 held the position of Director for IT Russian Railways, was appointed by the decision of the Board of Directors Deputy General Director of the company^[5]It will be in charge of ensuring a unified strategy for the development of information technologies, the development of automated management systems and the implementation of technical policy in the field of informatization and telecommunications, Russian Railways said.

Under the leadership of Evgeny Charkin, Russian Railways is implementing a digital transformation strategy. It includes the creation of 8 electronic platforms covering cargo and passenger transportation, transportation process management, transport and logistics hubs, etc., and includes over 50 projects in these areas.

Evgeny Charkin previously cited data that by 2025, as part of the digital transformation strategy, Russian Railways will receive 153 billion rubles from the digitalization effect for itself and 400 billion rubles for the country's economy, including partners and participants in the Russian Railways ecosystem. And in December, he also stated that the pace of digitalization of Russian Railways is higher than that of the company's foreign partners: "Because of this, we often cannot provide a comprehensive digital service to the client. There is no such problem on the territory of Russia, but our foreign partners cannot provide the same quality of digital service as our^[6] OF^[7].

In May 2020, the head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, reported that, first of all, thanks to the digitalization that the company has carried out over the past few years, at the height of the pandemic, it was possible to transfer 100 thousand Russian Railways people to remote access within 10 days and maintain the level of customer access to the company^[8].

And shortly before Yevgeny Charkin's promotion, Putin emphasized the importance of Russian Railways for the development of the Russian economy: "The sustainable, confident development of Russian Railways, of course, determines the dynamics of many sectors of the domestic economy."

Performance at TAdviser SummIT 2021

Deputy General Director of Russian Railways Yevgeny Charkin, speaking at the TAdviser SummIT conference on May 26, 2021, told how, against the backdrop of the pandemic, the company turned even more to face the "figure," seeing what advantages this gives the business. Read more here.

On November 23, at the TAdviser SummIT conference, Evgeny Charkin spoke about the main results of the company's digital transformation in 2021 and plans for 2022. Read more here.

Winning the TAdviser IT Prize

On May 31, 2022, within the framework of the TAdviser SummIT conference, Yevgeny Charkin was presented with the TAdviser IT Prize as the curator of digitalization and import substitution of IT in Russian Railways. Evgeny Charkin was recognized as the leader of import substitution of the year in the IT sector in the corporate sector. When awarding the prize, the expert council assessed the social and economic significance, as well as the scale of the projects being implemented, their impact on strengthening the country's competitiveness and security.

Management principles

I believe that it is very important for the IT department to be able to personally discuss with business managers all important topics for us, such as the formation of common service centers in different areas, the unification of reporting algorithms, etc.[9], - noted Evgeny Charkin in an interview with Intelligent Enterprise.

I am not an IT specialist by education and experience. I have a financial education, I worked in financial control and consulting, so I can well support such a conversation. It is in such dialogues that future IT initiatives are born - from an interview with Intelligent Enterprise

I will interview all project managers and key technical support staff. What do I first demand from employees? Of course, experience, professional competencies, the desire to develop are very important. But no less significant for me are personal qualities - honesty, decency, the ability to work in a team. In addition, for me, one of the main qualities is initiative. It is bad if a person is waiting for instructions from above and does not show initiative. "Our" person is the one who is able to "pick up" the task at the stage of its general formulation by the leadership and bring it to the end - from an interview with[10] portal Работа.ру

I like people who show a lively mind at the interview, are on the same page with me. I have to see that the person wants to get into the company not to just get paid, but to grow with the company. It is important for me to feel that with this person we can achieve something together, achieve something new. This is felt during communication, possibly on a subconscious level. I also consider the combination of economic and technical experience to be very interesting, - from an interview with the portal Работа.ру

I will not accept a person who does not have eyes burning, an inert person who is content with what he has in life, does not want to grow, does not know how to work in a team - from an interview with the portal Работа.ру

Hobby

Evgeny Charkin assembled a rock band and recorded the first album with the participation of Evgeny Margulis

Deputy General Director of Russian Railways Yevgeny Charkin assembled a musical group with which he recorded the first album and held his first concert in June 2022. The musical group, called the Genial Band, announced this on its page on the social network VK. The Genial Band is positioned as a rock project. Evgeny Charkin in it is the songwriter, frontman of the group and guitarist.

In addition to him as part of the group:

• guitarist Mikhail Klyagin, known for his collaboration with Yevgeny Margulis, Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., the groups "Sunday," "Time Machine," "GrayGa," "Lyceum," "Bravo," "Corn";
• drummer Ilya Lipatov, a regular member of the band of Yevgeny Margulis, the bands "Jazz Express Orchestra," "Return," "Bubamara Brass Band." Collaborated with Inna Zhelanna and the Masha and Bears group;
• harmonica performer Boris Plotnikov, member of the groups of Evgeny Margulis and Mikhail Bashakov. Also collaborates with Aleksei Romanov and the Resurrection group, Sergey Chigrakov, Sergey Galanin;
• bass player Katya Mentz, a participant in several "interesting musical projects."

On June 1, the group released their first music album called "Time to Live" (listen to the link), and on June 7 held their first concert at the Life Pub in Moscow.

The first concert of the Genial Band (photo from the band's VK page)

On July 8, we perform at the international music festival Blues-Bike Festival Suzdal and start recording the second album, "Evgeny Charkin told TAdviser about the group's further creative plans.

Initially, Evgeny Charkin began to compose songs at home for family and friends. And then after some time he turned to Eugene Margulis with a request to sing and record a duet with him. Margulis spoke about this on his VK page.

I listened, the song seems to be not nasty, they took it and recorded it, "says Eugene Margulis. "Well, Pandora's box opened and rushed. Studio, cool musicians and babah - the first album. For me, a little old-fashioned, a kind of excursion in the 70s, but everyone can find their own thrill![11].

It is noteworthy that Evgeny Charkin is not the only deputy general director of Russian Railways associated with music. Deputy General Director - Head of the Traction Directorate of Russian Railways Oleg Valinsky was a drummer in the Garin and Hyperboloids group, created in 1981 together with Viktor Tsoi and Aleksei Rybin. In 1982, when Valinsky served in the army, the group was renamed Kino, and after renaming Valinsky did not play in it.

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