Pustovoy Maxims

Pustovoy Maxims

Biography

Maxim was born in 1976 in Moscow.

In 2001 he graduated from the Physics Department of Moscow State University, in 2003 - from the Faculty of Cybernetics of MEPhI, and in 2014-2015 he studied at the international business school IE Business School under the Executive MBA (General Management) program.

He has more than 15 years of experience in consulting and IT financial companies. From 2010 to 2011 he worked in. Banque Intesa He also worked in companies such as Accenture OTP Bank (held the position of Chief information officer), Bank, VTB where "Luxoft" he was responsible for the development IT of operational blocks (HR, finance legal block, administrative and economic activities). He oversaw the implementation of large projects for the transformation of operational and IT divisions, the introduction of new management practices, the creation of large development ON and IT support centers. He managed the reorganization of the back office, administrative department, tender and procurement activities, card processing, logistics, remote operating centers.

Since 2017, he worked at Positive Technologies, where he oversaw a number of key projects as executive director, including the preparation and launch of the company on the Moscow Exchange as part of an IPO in December 2021.

As of the beginning of 2022 - executive director, operating director, member of the board of directors of Positive Technologies.

2023: Arenadata CEO

On January 31, 2023, the Russian company Arenadata announced to TAdviser the appointment of a general director Maxim Pustovoy. In this post, he replaced the founder and managing partner of Arenadata Sergey Zolotarev.

Maxim Pustovoy will focus on realizing the company's potential and further developing Arenadata's business in the Russian and foreign markets.

I am excited to join the Arenadata team during such an important and interesting period of her life. The data collection and storage solutions market is experiencing rapid growth, and it has gigantic potential both in Russia and abroad. I am sure that my experience in scaling the business of IT companies will be useful in achieving Arenadata's strategic goals and will help to multiply the scale of the business in the coming years, as well as become an unconditional technological leader in his field, - Maxim Pustovoy commented on his appointment.

In turn, Sergey Zolotarev will remain in the company as director of strategic development and will concentrate on technological growth, including overseeing the processes of creating new products and services. Under the leadership of Sergei Arenadata, it has grown from a small startup into an extensive ecosystem of software products, solutions and services for working with data.

"The decision was informed. Our company has grown very much, and, of course, it has become difficult to equally well manage such a large organization and engage in the development of new areas. Such a step will allow, on the one hand, to continue the multiple scaling and growth of the company, and on the other hand, not to lose contact with the market, with the product team and with customers. The demand from the market for the release of new products is higher than ever. Therefore, I decided to concentrate on the technological development of Arenadata: to be where I am most needed, where I can bring maximum benefit to my team and customers, "Sergey Zolotarev explained his decision.