Ovchinnikov Vasily Vladimirovich

Ovchinnikov Vasily Vladimirovich

Vasily Vladimirovich Ovchinnikov is a Russian manager and entrepreneur. Manages IT products, IT marketing projects, video games, and tourism. Head of the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry in Russia.

Since June 29, 2022, Vasily has been the founder and head of the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ANO RVI). As of October 2023, the RVI unites more than two hundred representatives of the video game industry.

On May 30, 2023, Vasily Ovchinnikov met with the head of state Vladimir Putin as part of an exhibition dedicated to the creative economy. The topic of conversation was the promotion of Russian video games to the international arena.

Following the meeting, the President Russia ordered to consider the possibility of applying tax the 0% rate on value added tax, holding an international tournament on, to eSports including video games in, register of Russian software as well as in response to a request for help in obtaining licenses to enter the Chinese market, instructed to help with the release of Russian games in everything. countries BRICS

The meeting was actively covered in the media, including thanks to the president's joke: in response to Ovchinnikov's question "Do you play video games on weekends?" Vladimir Putin joked: "I play on weekdays."

Organization Projects:

• The Gaming in Russia study (the first sociological study of the video game industry, conducted in conjunction with the NAFI think tank)
• "Live report on the state of the video game industry in Russia" - a regularly updated report on the state of the industry since the beginning of the imposition of sanctions
• Indie Go Accelerator and Community for Indie Developers with Regular Lectures and Pitchings and Help Finding Investments for Emerging Developers
• "Hall of Fame" of the domestic video game industry

Biography

Vasily was born on January 1, 1982 in the city of Magdeburg (Germany) in the family of a military man, the family often moved, as a result of which Vasily often changed schools. Since childhood, he was fond of programming, video games, in his student years - self-government, public work, auto racing.

Education

In 2004, Vasily Ovchinnikov graduated with honors from the Moscow State Social University of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development (now RSSU) with a degree in Management in the Social Sphere.

From 2005 to 2007, Vasily continued his postgraduate studies at the RSSU with a degree in Social Structure, Social Institutions and Processes, and defended his thesis as a candidate of sociological sciences.

In 2012, Ovchinnikov graduated from the Moscow State University of Railways (MIIT), Institute of Economics and Finance, with a degree in Anti-Crisis Management.

From 2016 to 2018, Ovchinnikov studied at the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo under the Executive MBA educational program (in the same place earlier, in 2014, he underwent professional retraining in the direction of State and Municipal Management, specialization in Innovative Project Management).

Career

He began his career in 2002 as the head of the Department for Work with Student Government Bodies of Moscow State Social University (MGSU). In 2005, he became the head of the Student Center of MGSU, and later deputy head of the Department for Work with Student Government Bodies of MGSU.

In 2012, he became director of the State Budgetary Institution of Moscow Moscow Youth Multifunctional Center"." For two years, he created a business incubation center for youth innovative businesses. Under the leadership of Vasily, more than 500 youth projects in the fields of culture, entrepreneurship and have been organized and developed. ecology An infrastructure hub for youth projects has been launched. educational Programs were organized in nine areas with a total duration of 12,000 training hours per year.

From 2014 to 2019, he headed the Moscow Agency for Recreation and Tourism.

Under the leadership of Vasily, one of the largest state tour operators in Russia was created, specializing in organizing recreation, tourism and multimodal transportation of large groups of children, as well as developing programs, recruiting and training seasonal personnel. The Moscow Standard for Children's Recreation and the All-Russian Rating of Children's Camps have been developed. Together with Deloitte, the first comprehensive study of children's recreation was released with a business model of a typical children's camp. Two information systems of AIS "Mosgortur" (internal CRM and ERP), as well as an interdepartmental system of AIS "Rest" (system of interdepartmental interaction and control) were developed and introduced. An automated system for the passage of schoolchildren to museums in Moscow (the Museums for Children project) was also created, the foundation of the Moscow city unified ticket system with partial implementation in Moscow museums was laid.

On October 1, 2019, Vasily Ovchinnikov became an adviser to the general director of the Russian Information Technology Development Fund. Among the responsibilities are strategic marketing, PR and business development of the fund. The RFRIT Promotion Case received the first place of the XVI RuPoR Public Relations Development Prize (nomination "Promotion of State, Public and Social Programs").

Business

Vasily Ovchinnikov from high school worked as a sysadmin and web-master, and now actively supports Russian startups, acts as a visionary and adviser in several IT projects.

Esports platform developer PvP.Tools

Winner of the Runet Prize in the nomination "Gaming Industry and Esports," for holding a large-scale marathon of online tournaments "Moscow Esports" Cybermos.ru (2021)

Startup founder and developer of tour guide quick call service Guidezilla (closed in 2020) Co-founder of the company in the staff outstaffing market "Zazarplatu" (www.zazarplatu.ru) - the share was sold in 2016

Awards

• Gratitude of the Mayor of Moscow for fruitful work in the field of culture of the city of Moscow dated February 27, 2018
• Gratitude to the Mayor of Moscow for his great personal contribution to the successful preparation and holding of the 2018 FIFA World Cup of July 2018
• Commemorative medal for significant contribution to the preparation and holding of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi of December 30, 2014, No. 273 ng
• In 2015, he was awarded the Patriot of Russia Medal of Honor for the development of programs related to the patriotic education of the younger generation dated April 23, 2015, No. B-12915
• From 2015 to 2019, he was a member of the annual TOP-1000 of Russian Managers rating presented by the Association of Managers of Russia and Kommersant Publishing House. He was a member of the Top Managers rating TOP-250 in the Service category.

Social activities

Since June 29, 2022, Vasily has been one of the founders and head of the Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry (ANO RVI). The organization is an industry association that represents the interests of video game developers remaining in Russia after the imposition of sanctions.

Previously:

• Head of the Student Council of the RSSU (2003-2007)
• Head of ROSPM "Student Community" (2006-2012)
• From 2005 to 2014, together with RIA Novosti (now MIA Rossiya Segodnya), he became one of the founders and organizer of the All-Russian action St. George Ribbon
• From 2013 to 2016, member of the Public Chamber of Moscow, Deputy Head of the Commission for the Development of Civil Society, Local Self-Government and Volunteer Activities
• Author of the book "Manifesto of the Right Official. How to make a state-owned enterprise make a profit to the city "(Eksmo, 2016)

Commissioner of the Exhibition of Contemporary Art in the Moscow Manege "Here and Now" (Curator Katya Bochavar), 2018

Family

He is married and has two children.

Links

Author's column on VC

Blog on Habra