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Biography
In 1994, Yuri graduated from Novosibirsk State University|Novosibirsk State University with honors, specializing in plasma physics. He was educated in marketing at Manchester Business School.
Yuri Ovcharenko stood at the origins of the offshore programming market in Russia, began his career in the IT-Business in 1998.
2002: Work in Vested Development
In 2002, he worked for Vested Development, Inc.
2006: Working at Epam Systems
After the merger of Vested Development with EPAM Systems in 2006, he worked with customers from the financial and insurance sectors, the automotive industry, and government agencies.
In 2007 Yury Ovcharenko took over as Commercial Director of EPAM Systems.
In total, he worked for Epam Systems for more than 19 years, which he left as Deputy CEO. Recently at Epam, he was responsible for developing a new business, promoting services and innovative solutions with a focus on the insurance, banking, telecom and manufacturing sectors.
2021: President of IT_One
On November 8, 2021, the IT One group of companies announced to TAdviser the appointment of Yuri Ovcharenko, one of the leading experts in the field of software development in Russia, as president. In this post, Yuri Ovcharenko will determine the company's development strategy, coordinate the activities of all its divisions, and also ensure business synergy between IT_One and other divisions of Sergey Matsotsky's GS INVEST Group of Companies.
In less than a year, the number of IT_One employees has increased from 200 to 800 people, the plans are to multiply the staff and launch new directions. As specified in the IT_One, Yuri Ovcharenko will focus on bringing the company to new markets and smoothing out the traditional diseases of growth and scaling, retaining the high quality of services and performance indicators.
"It is a great honor for me to join the IT One team, which implements large-scale and landmark projects in the field of digital transformation of Russia. It creates services designed for tens of millions of residents of our country. I will be glad to use all my knowledge and experience for the development of one of the most promising players in the Russian IT market, "said Yuri Ovcharenko. |
The IT_One group of companies is part of the GS INVEST holding, owned by Sergei Matsotsky and PJSC Gazprombank, and is focused on working with the largest digital transformation projects in Russia.
"One of my tasks will be to create an environment within GS INVEST that would favor joint promotion of services to the market. Synergy from joint activities and proposals can significantly exceed the results of those projects that the holding companies implement separately, "added Yuri Ovcharenko. |
IT_One is developing in the areas of computer vision, blockchain, augmented reality, machine learning, big data and data science, creating and managing high-load systems and other innovative areas of IT.
"From the very foundation, our team included specialists with more than 15 years of experience in implementing complex projects in the global IT market. We are actively developing. Expertise, deep knowledge of the subject area, the strategic vision of Yuri Ovcharenko will allow us to launch even more new promising projects and strengthen our position in the IT market, "said Sergey Yaskevich, CEO of IT One. |
2022: TAdviser interview
The events of 2022 have dramatically affected the development of all sectors economies and the activities of almost all organizations in. There Russia IT are special hopes in the sector today: digital solutions are becoming the basis of more and more, business processes while time Western products pose significant risks. Company President Yuri IT One Ovcharenko talks about the importance of an integrated approach to strategy, import substitution names growth points for IT companies and explains why many IT specialists choose IT_One for career growth. More. here
2023: Five trends towards flexible import substitution strategy
The approach of companies to import substitution is transformed depending on the changing geopolitical situation, the initiatives of Russian regulators, the emergence of new risks and opportunities - in terms of affordable technologies. Over the past year, this approach has overcome the phase when companies were thinking how to "import substitution of everything" for them. Strategies for the transition to technological sovereignty are becoming more, analytical, flexible and selective. Yuri Ovcharenko, President of the IT One Group of Companies, argues about this. Read more here.
2024
President of "Develonica"
For March 2024 - President of Develonika (Softline Group of Companies).
TAdviser interview
In 2022, Softline Group acquired three promising regional companies from Moscow, Izhevsk and Kostroma and merged them into a single brand for custom software development, twice recognized as the TOP-1 of the domestic market.
In October 2024, they talked with Yuri Ovcharenko, President of Develonika (Softline Group of Companies), what is the strategic benefit of the partnership of local companies with large players in the IT market. Read more here.