Yermolaev Artyom Valeryevich

Yermolaev Artyom Valeryevich

Artem Ermolaev is a stock Russian investor market participant specializing in investments in high-tech companies, a qualified manager of projects in the digital sphere. He has his own algorithm work with shares in the Russian American and markets. Founder of a professional venture capital club Digital Disrupt investing in digital projects around the world.

Biography

Born June 22, 1976 in Moscow.

Education

In 1998 he graduated from the State University of Management with a degree in National and World Economics.

Career

From 1998 to 2002 worked as Director for Business Development of Step Logic LLC.

Since 2002, he worked at Cisco Systems as the head of the department for work with alternative telecom operators.

2008: Director of the Department at the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications

Since July 2008, he has been working in the central office of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media. Artem Ermolaev's recruitment to the central office of the Ministry of Communications was personally initiated by Minister Igor Shchegolev.

In 2008, he was appointed Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Informatization and Information Technologies of the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation.

2010

Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

In August 2010, he was appointed adviser to the Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Igor Shchegolev.

Head of DIT of Moscow

On October 25, 2010, after being appointed mayor of Moscow, Sergei Semenovich Sobyanin was appointed chairman of the Moscow City Information Technology Committee. Later, the committee was transformed into the Department of Information Technologies of Moscow (DIT)

According to Artem Ermolaev, Sergei Sobyanin invited him to work in the Moscow government in the fall of 2010, having previously agreed on the appointment with Minister of Communications Igor Shchegolev (Ermolaev worked as his adviser). An alternative version, told to TAdviser by an interlocutor familiar with the activities of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications at that time, is that Ermolaev left the ministry after a conflict with Rostelecom, to whom he persistently advised to take Step Logic as contractors.

Ermolaev in a report on Channel One (March 2011)

Head of DIT of Moscow Artem Ermolaev on plans for informatization of healthcare (February 2012)

June 21, 2012: "Sometimes I feel like Doctor Evil" - interview with the Izvestia newspaper

2018: Leaving the Moscow government

On September 19, 2018, TAdviser, citing its own source in the Moscow government, announced that Artem Ermolaev was leaving his post. A day earlier, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, re-elected on September 9, dismissed the city government by decree, instructing him to exercise his powers until a new composition is formed. The first deputies and deputy chief of staff of the mayor and the government of Moscow were also dismissed with the assignment of duties for previously replaced positions.

The loudest resignation was the departure of Deputy Mayor Leonid Pechatnikov, who was responsible for the social block. Anastasia Rakova, who oversaw the IT department of Moscow, was appointed instead. According to the mayor's decree of September 19, other employees of the previous composition remain in the new government. For example, Maxim Liksutov was again appointed head of the Department of Transport and Development of the do­rozhno Transport Infrastructure of Moscow.

The Meduza portal also reported on the departure from the mayor's office of Artem Ermolaev, citing its sources. According to the portal, along with Ermolaev, the head of the department of culture Alexander Kibovsky and the head of the department of urban property Maxim Gaman also leave the mayor's office.

On September 21, Artem Ermolaev officially confirmed his resignation, saying in a video for DIT employees that Deputy Head of the Department Eduard Lysenko would become his successor.

According to the source of the Kommersant newspaper in the mayor's office, ex-Minister of Communications of the Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov was also considered as a candidate for the post of head of DIT.

But Artem Ermolaev claims that Nikiforov himself "did not have such ideas."

Nikolai Anatolyevich and I are friends, met with him, laughed at this news, "he told Kommersant

Artem Ermolaev refused to evaluate the results of his work at DIT.

It is not for me to evaluate, only the mayor and Muscovites can evaluate this. The work of an IT specialist is good when it is not visible. This is the goal of information technology, - he noted

According to Kommersant's information, after the resignation, Ermolaev plans to take up his own projects.

I go free swimming. I'm going to do family first, I just got married, so it matters to me. I will deal with my family, health. As soon as I correct all this, I will be engaged in investments in IT, in artificial intelligence. There are quite a few appeals for consultations from funds in this area, - he said

According to Artem Ermolaev, the new head of DIT Eduard Lysenko is a good manager:

For two years he plunged into what IT is in Moscow, he is quite balanced, deeply and substantively understands the industry.

During the work of Artem Ermolaev as head of the capital's DIT, Moscow was noted for its leadership in the UN ranking in terms of e-government development. As part of the preparation of this rating, 40 cities were studied, and the first place among them was taken by the Russian capital, ahead of Cape Town and Tallinn, which took second and third places, respectively.

Assessment of the work of e-government in cities was carried out on technical aspects, information content of local websites of public services, as well as on the use of electronic services and initiatives aimed at attracting citizens to such services. A total of 60 different indicators were involved. Among them are the ease of working with the portal, the speed of loading pages, the availability of services on mobile devices, the internal search mechanism and the customization of the portal.

In Moscow, there are 55 out of 60 indicators of the development of e-government, which has become the largest value in the world. In, and Paris Sydney Amsterdam there are 51, 50 and 49 indicators, respectively. In addition, Moscow entered the group of cities with a "very high" development of online services in the field of electronic government.

During the leadership of Artem Ermolaev from 2010 to 2018. the city's informatization program was completely restarted, as a result of which a new digital infrastructure (MES) appeared Moscow formations in the capital and health care the Moscow DIT and the Moscow Department health care implemented the state. Unified Medical Information and Analytical System (EMIAS) In addition, a city system was deployed in Moscow - video surveillances more than 100 thousand entrances, about 20 thousand courtyards and more than 3.5 thousand public places were equipped with cameras; the parking space system has been launched and much more. During the same period, the official websites of Moscow departments and institutions were centralized.

One of the main priorities of DIT was the informatization of schools. In 2017-2018 alone, it was planned to spend about 16.5 billion rubles on the development of the IT infrastructure of educational institutions.

Other results of the work of the capital's IT department can be found in the department's public report published in 2018.

2019

Professor of Practice at the HSE Institute of Education

Since the spring of 2019, Artem Ermolaev has been a professor of practice at the Institute of Education of the Higher School of Economics and oversees the project for the implementation of a digital university. He is the supervisor of the direction of Vyshka.digital and a member of the commission of the Scientific Council for Digital Transformation.

Creation of ANO "Smart Cities"

In April 2019, the former Minister of the Government of Moscow, the head of DIT Artem Ermolaev and his former deputy in DIT Andrei Belozerov established an autonomous non-profit organization (ANO) for the formation, maintenance and monitoring of digitalization programs "Smart Cities." Read more here.

The organization was created specifically to promote the digital transformation of cities based on existing successful cases, as well as to develop the IT market segment specializing in digital solutions for urban informatization.

2020

Purchase of 18.7% in the Karusel electric scooter rental service

In mid-June 2020, it became known that Artyom Ermolaev received an 18.7 percent stake in Karusel. Read more here.

The launch of the closed private venture capital club Digital Disrupt

On December 3, 2020, Digital Disrupt announced to TAdviser that Russian investors Artem Ermolaev and Andrei Belozerov launched a closed private venture capital club Digital Disrupt in 2020. Read more here.

At the beginning of December 2020, the club's portfolio includes more than a dozen startups, including the FredtheHippo application, designed for e-education of children in Kenya, the OverPro e-sports platform, TheMashina car sharing platform, as well as major projects PitchMe, Momentum, Videray and others.

Former head of DIT Moscow Artem Ermolaev told where he invests money: from SpaceX to a platform for LGBT couples

Former head of the IT department Moscow Artem Ermolaev and his former deputy Andrei Belozerov in December 2020 told TAdviser about cooperation with international venture capital funds. Former officials say that the venture capital portfolio with their participation has dozens of projects in, Russia as well as many foreign projects. Most of them are related to digital technologies, but there are projects in other areas. More. here

13 Ventures and Starta Ventures Funds Partner

As of December 2020, as a partner (Limited partner), Artem Ermolaev had joint projects with 13 Ventures and Starta Ventures funds (USA, New York), invested in fast-growing projects together with Mindrock Capital fund ( USA, San Francisco).

Artem Ermolaev was also a member of the board of directors of a number of Russian and foreign companies ( Dellecod, Otra), where he was responsible for the digitalization of their activities.

Creation of the venture capital company "Otra Digital"

At the end of December 2020, the ex-head of the Moscow Department of Information Technologies (DIT) Artyom Ermolaev registered Otra Digital. Read more here.

2023: Withdrawal from the founders of Otra Digital LLC

According to the Chekko portal, at the end of July 2023, Artyom Valerievich Ermolaev resigned from the founders of Otra Digital LLC.

Income

2011-2012

In 2012, the chief information officer of Moscow declared income in the amount of 5.2 million rubles, which turned out to be about 150 thousand rubles. less than in 2011. In addition to two cars, an ATV also appeared from vehicles owned by Artem Ermolaev during this period.

In 2011, the income of DIT director Artem Ermolaev turned out to be 300 thousand more than that of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin - 5.37 million rubles. According to the declaration, the capital's Chief information officer owns an apartment of 99 square meters. m., in which he is registered with his son and daughter^[1].

As follows from the declaration for 2011, in addition to the BMW car of the third series, Artem Ermolaev owns the legendary American Chevrolet Camaro.

From the declaration of the head of DIT for 2010, it is known that the real estate of the head of DIT remained the same, but Camaro appeared only in 2011. Earlier, Artem Ermolaev owned a BMW 530, his wife owned a motorcycle.

The total income of the minister in 2010 was significantly lower than in 2011, and amounted to 1.95 million rubles. "The increase in income was due to the transition from the federal civil service to the Moscow one and promotion," CNews told DIT.

2013

Head of DIT Moscow Artem Ermolaev

In 2013, the head of the Moscow IT department, Artem Ermolaev, earned about 6.8 million rubles, follows from the official's declaration. This is 1.6 million rubles. more than he earned a year earlier. In terms of annual income, the Moscow Chief information officer again overtook the mayor of the city, Sergei Sobyanin, who earned about 6.3 million rubles during the same period.

Artem Ermolaev's list of declared property has not changed over the year: this is an apartment with an area of ​ ​ 99 square meters. m., cars BMW 325 and Chevrolet Camaro, as well as an ATV.

2014

According to the declaration published in April 2015, the head of the Moscow Information Technology Department Artem Ermolaev in 2014 received an income of 8.196 million rubles. This is about 20% more than earned by him a year earlier.

Among the city ministers in terms of income, Ermolaev by a large margin, but turned out to be the third, following the head of the Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations of Moscow Sergei Cheremin and the head of the Department of Economic Policy and Development of the city Maxim Reshetnikov, who earned 75.4 million rubles and 30.9 million rubles for the year, respectively.

The composition of the real estate of the head of DIT Moscow has not changed over the year: he owns an apartment with an area of ​ ​ 99 square meters. m At the same time, the official's personal fleet was reduced by one unit: in 2014 it was represented by a Chevrolet Camaro car and a Bombardier ATV model 6 BBC, while a year earlier Artem Ermolaev also owned a BMW 325.

Of the cars owned by Artem Ermolaev, only one remained - Chevrolet Camaro

For information on the income of other managers in DIT, see the link.

2015

Ermolaev's income for 2015 amounted to 5.3 million rubles. The official has an apartment with an area of ​ ​ 99 square meters. m, a passenger car, a motor vehicle and an ATV.

2016

In 2016, the head of DIT Moscow earned about 6 million rubles. Behind it are apartments with an area of ​ ​ 99 square meters. m (in use) and 145.5 square meters. m., passenger car, motor vehicle and ATV.

2017

In 2017, Artem Ermolaev declared income of 7.76 million rubles. Ermolaev's real estate includes apartments with an area of ​ ​ 99 square meters. m (in use) and 145.5 square meters. m. The official also owns several vehicles: a Chevrolet Camaro passenger car, a motor vehicle and a BBC Bombardier model 6 ATV.

Family

Two children from their first marriage, which was dissolved in 2011.

In 2018, he married for the second time.

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