Biography
2024: MTS RED CEO and MTS Cybersecurity Director
On July 2, 2024, MTS RED, a member of MTS PJSC, informed TAdviser about the appointment of Ivan Vassunov as General Director. In this post, he replaced Evgenia Naumova, who, in turn, left the company due to personal circumstances. Ivan Vassunov will also take the position of Director for Cybersecurity of MTS PJSC.
Ivan Vassunov's tasks will include expanding the portfolio of cybersecurity products and services and strengthening the company's own development. In addition, he will be responsible for strengthening the MTS RED team.
According to MTS RED, Ivan Vassunov has extensive experience in the information security industry. Prior to his appointment to MTS RED, he developed Kaspersky Lab's business in the B2B segment for 15 years, moving from product manager to vice president of corporate products. From 2005 to 2009, he worked at ABBYY, where he was responsible for implementing projects in the field of mobile platform products and business development.
"MTS RED has shown excellent results already in the first year of active development in the cybersecurity market. Under the leadership of Evgenia Naumova, the company launched five cybersecurity services on the market, began developing its own technologies, including in the field of network protection. We are confident that specialized experience and expertise will help Ivan in maintaining the specified growth rate of the company and its active development in new technological and business niches, "the MTS RED press service noted. |