Chernobyl Grigory Gennadyevich

Chernobyl Grigory Gennadyevich

Grigory Gennadievich Chernobyl is CEO of Winnum, a software developer in the Industrial Internet of Things. At Winnum, in addition to managing operations, Gregory is responsible for all research and development (R&D).

Gregory worked for many years in international software companies. Prior to Winnum, he worked for more than eight years in various senior positions at the American company PTC). He helped develop the consulting business of PTC Global Services, worked in Europe and South Korea, was the CEO of PTC in Russia and the CIS countries.

Prior to PTC, Gregory worked for more than eight years at the French company Dassault Systemes (www.3ds.com). He helped the company bring new products to the Russian market, developed a partner network and consulting area of ​ ​ Dassault Data Services in Russia.

Grigory studied at the Nantes School of Management and has a higher engineering and technical education, which he received at the Higher Military Engineering Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky.

Biography

1981: Childhood and adolescence

Grigory Chernobyl was born on February 7, 1981 in the family of an Air Force officer and teacher. The beginning of school in Star City fell on the collapse of the USSR. The country tried in various ways to improve relations with the United States. One of these ways was an exchange program between American and Russian schoolchildren. Gregory got into this program, twice studied at Wisconsin River Falls (WI, USA), graduated from high school there.

1998: Admission to VVIA

In 1998, Grigory graduated from high school and, like his father, entered the Higher Military Engineering Academy. N.E. Zhukovsky at the Faculty of ASU with the main specialization - management systems and databases. The years at the academy were interesting and exciting, as it was the very beginning of the Internet and the rapid development of databases. Among his faculty were people who stood at the origins of the invention of relational databases. Together with him studied one of the authors of the famous archivist today.

2002: Career beginnings

In the 2000s, there was a rapid growth in computer-aided design systems, enterprises massively switched from kulman to personal computers. This was the beginning of the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) era. In 2002, Gregory accepted an offer from a major international systems integrator - RAND Worldwide, a Canadian company that implements, adapts, advises, supports and trains in PLM. Established in 1988, RAND promoted Pro/ENGINEER CAD, PDM Pro/INTRALINK, and other PTC products. For some time she funded the development of PTC products. At RAND, Gregory was responsible for Pro/INTRALINK.

2003: Company Purchase

In late 2003, RAND Worldwide's most profitable offices were purchased by one of PTC's main competitors, the French software manufacturer Dassault Systemes. The offices of RAND Worldwide became official offices of Dassault Systemes. At Dassault Systemes, Gregory was responsible for SmarTeam and ENOVIA, and later for consulting in the field of PLM.

2005: From Software to Consulting

In 2005, with the support of the co-founder and president of Dassault Systemes Francis Bernard, Grigory, together with Alexei Petukhov, opened a consulting office for Dassault Data Services in Russia. It is from this moment that the brightest chapter in life begins, full of interesting projects, contacts and experience.

2007: PTC and Dream Team

In 2007, Gregory accepted an invitation from the American software company PTC and completely retired to consulting at the PTC GSO (Global Services Organization). Under the leadership of Arseny Tarasov, a team of real professionals was assembled at PTC Russia. At PTC, Grigory implements a large number of significant projects for the company in the automotive industry, shipbuilding and instrumentation. This does not go unnoticed and he is sent to South Korea to lead the project at HKMC (Hyundai-Kia Motors Corporation).

2011: From Korea and Munich to Moscow

The process of development and preparation of production at Hyundai-Kia Motors Corporation was unique, the best consultants from all over the world worked on it. Subsequently, the experience gained in Korea, Gregory applied on other projects already in Europe, conducted seminars and training of consultants in Germany. In 2012, he headed the PTC office in Russia and the CIS. During his leadership of the office, he managed to achieve a record in the entire history of PTC revenue indicators in Russia, which to this day remain not surpassed by anyone.

2014: Revolution in Competition - The Internet of Things Era!

Internet-connected refrigerators and coffee machines, remote car control, smart sensors and other IoT technologies have left many wondering. In recent decades, information technology has changed its approach to competition and business twice. It was obvious that it was time to do it again. In 2014, Gregory leaves PLM and accepts an invitation to lead a young and very ambitious IoT software company, Winnum. These were not simple times, the Russian market was not ready for platform solutions and was noticeably lagging behind the American one. Gregory and the team were forced to completely revise the strategy and product line of the company. Two years later, large contracts appeared, and in 2016 Winnum became the winner of the all-Russian IoT IT Challenge competition.

2017:# 1 Eastern Europe Internet of Things

In May 2017, Grigory and his colleagues presented a new version of Winnum 3.0 at the exhibition. They talked enthusiastically about the new possibilities of the product and what prospects await them. It was thanks to the new version that in 2017 the number of Winnum installations exceeded 300 +. "Technology will always win over politics. The competition software market is comparable to the automotive one. If you do not invest in research and new developments, then the software will not be in demand and they will stop buying it, "says Grigory. Almost every quarter in Winnum, something new appears for the market: from lightweight CAD in the browser for creating digital twins to offline high-resolution maps.