Biography
Alina Kurakina graduated from the Physics Department of Leningrad State University and received an MBA degree. He has many years of experience in the IT and telecommunications industry.
She built her career at TransTeleCom and the Central Telegraph, successfully launched several startups, and is the creator of a large satellite television operator Orion-Express (TM Telekarta).
On December 1, 2017, Alina Kurakina was appointed to the post of CEO of IBS Datafort, a subsidiary of IBS, a provider of professional IT services based on the private cloud. The priority task for Alina will be the formation of strategic approaches to business development, taking into account the dynamics of the cloud IT services market and technological trends.
2022: Avanpost CEO
Alina Kurakina has been appointed CEO of Avanpost, a Russian developer of authentication and access control systems. She will have to bring the manufacturer to the level of vendors of the first tier. The company announced this on January 26, 2023.
Alina Kurakina began her duties in December 2022, replacing Andrei Konusov, who had led the company since 2012, as general director.
Alina faces ambitious goals of the company's transformation: bringing it to the level of first-tier vendors, securing positions in already mastered market segments (Identity & Access Management, Key & Certificate Lifecycle Management), expanding the product line into related technological areas.
In 2022, the transformation of the IT landscapes of large companies accelerated sharply, the requirements for supporting the environment and system software for both vendor products and internal development systems changed radically. Avanpost products and technology stack are fully ready for reality. The company will continue to help customers meet digital transformation challenges and build a strong foundation for secure authentication and access control in new landscapes.
 | All Avanpost products are built on import-independent technology stacks and support different delivery and deployment options. They are the company's own development and do not depend on open solutions of the corresponding classes. This allows us to fully manage changes and ensure the required level of performance, scalability and reliability of systems based on our products, "said Alexander Makhnovsky, Director of Development at Avanpost. |  |
| | In the next two years, Avanpost will experience major changes to its internal business processes and market strategy. The main focus of the company will be on the development of the main business processes for the Russian vendor. Focusing on the creation and sale of software products, we will continue to develop the functionality of solutions implemented in the occupied segments and improve their consumer quality. Our plans to significantly expand the network of qualified partners by providing them with the necessary documentation, training courses and technical support, "said Alina Kurakina, CEO of Avanpost. | |
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