Macedon Sergey

Macedon Sergey

Biography

He graduated from the full-time department and graduate school of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov (1991), Institute of International Business MIRBIS and Business School of Wolverhampton University (2000), All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (VAVT) under the MBA program (2005).

Since 1991, he has been organizing and conducting analytical and marketing research in the field of ICT and new media, attracting the leading international analytical companies Gartner and Forrester Research to the Russian market.

Initiator and participant of national ICT projects: Ratings "Dator top100 Computer Business of Russia" (1996-1999) and "Best IT Manager" (1997-1998), Association "Russoft" (2001, formerly NSDA), National IT-Leader Award (2002), Association of strategic outsourcing "ASTRA" (2008).

In 1991-1998 he was the head of the laboratory of the Sociological Faculty of Moscow State University, the head of the analytical group "University."

In 1996-1999 - General Director of the marketing research agency Dator.

In 2000-2005 - founder and managing partner of Market-Visio/Gartner, 2005-2006 - director of IT consulting at Cominfo Consulting, 2006-2007 - head of ACVI-Internet of Video International Group of Companies.

Since 2008, he led the development of the Forrester business in Russia, was the regional director of Forrester for Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries.

He was the founder and CEO of the company in4media.ru

He held the position of president of the ASTRA Strategic Outsourcing Association, where he acted as one of the founders.

2020: Retirement

June 15, 2020 Sergey Macedonsky suddenly died. The message about his death was published by the ASTRA Association, where Sergey Macedonsky was president. The cause of his death is not specified.

This afternoon, one of the founders and president of the ASTRA association did not become. Sergey was not just a great expert and professional in his business, he was a friend, mentor and just a good person, "the association's website said in a statement.

The place and time of farewell will be known later.

Evgeny Meshchaninov, founder and director of Garant-InfoCenter, who has known Sergey Macedonsky since the late 80s - early 90s, says that this is a big loss for him: "we knew each other for a very long time, loved to meet, communicate, remember something in common."

Sergey studied at the faculty of VMK Moscow State University a few years earlier than me. We were then in the same community and participated in perhaps the first in the USSR series of commercial computer exhibitions "Comexpo" in the Far East, organized by NPO VMI, the American company ComputerLand, VMK Moscow State University and TPO Dallesprom. In 2020, Sergey organized an anniversary event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of these events, because they actually lay at the origins of the formation of the modern IT industry in Russia, "says Yevgeny Meshchaninov. - Also in the first half of the 90s, Sergey led a laboratory at the social faculty of Moscow State University. It was one of the first points through which I promoted the then-emerging Garant system.

In addition to the anniversary of Far Eastern exhibitions, Sergey Macedonsky was organizing other celebrations dedicated to round dates in 2020, says the director of Garant-InfoCenter. Firstly, this is the 20th anniversary of the ASTRA Association. Sergey also remained very close to the faculty of VMK Moscow State University, which celebrates 50 years this year, and acted as a driver in preparing the celebration from students and business. Yevgeny Meshchaninov added that the pandemic slowed down all these plans, but Sergey intended to return to their implementation as soon as it became possible.

Sergey is one of those people about whom it is impossible even to imagine that he will never be with us. It just won't. There will be no smart and subtle comments, there will be no confident voice, there will be no ability to inspire and convince him, there will be no friendly advice, "says Alexei Chukarin, senior director for digital transformation at the HSE.

He added that he and Sergei were bound by many years of sincere good relations, in which Sergei could always be trusted and trusted.

Early. Very early, Sergey left us. A lot of great ideas were always in his wonderful head. He was a dreamer and romantic, but at the same time he always knew how to realize even the most difficult decision. For him there was no word "impossible." Sergey always tried to find a solution for unimaginable, intelligent incomprehensible problems. Sergey, rest in peace. We will all miss you very much, "said Alexei Chukarin.

Public work

Sergey Macedonsky was the chairman of the expert council of the National IT Leader Award, a member of the Public Council of the Vneshtorgklub Business Club, a member of the board of the British Alumni Club, and a member of the board of the Intelligent City Association.