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2021/12/24 14:34:47

25 top 2021 appointments in the Russian IT industry

TAdviser has prepared a list of the 25 most important appointments in the IT industry for 2021. Participants are listed in alphabetical order.

Andrey Badalov, Transneft

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July 29 Andrey Badalov was appointed vice president. Transneft He moved to this position from the post of head of the research institute. At "Sunrise" Transneft, Badalov oversees the issues of digital transformation, information technology and automation of production and economic activities.


Dmitry Volkov, Group-IB

Photo: Vladislav Shatilo/RBC

At the end of September, Dmitry Volkov headed the Group-IB company after the arrest of its general director Ilya Sachkov, who was accused of treason. As a co-owner of Group-IB, Volkov also holds the position of technical director and head of Threat Intelligence & Attribution.


Andrey Gorobets, Ministry of Education

Photo: Ministry of Education

In July, the Ministry of Education told TAdviser that Andrei Gorobets took the post of director of the department of digital transformation and big data. This structural unit of the ministry is engaged in the development and implementation of state policy in the field of digital transformation of education and the development of the digital educational environment, the improvement of public services in the relevant field, the development of digital and electronic educational resources to improve the quality of education, etc. Gorobets moved to the Ministry of Education from the division of IB Aeronautical and Information Systems (part of Rostec Group of Companies).


Andrey Zarenin, Ministry of Digital Arts

Photo: TAdviser

On May 11, Andrei Zarenin was appointed Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications. In this position, he oversees state policy on the formation of demand for electronic products, the creation and implementation, including for state needs, of electronic products and software, taking into account the innovative development of the industry. Earlier, Zarenin was deputy director of the department of the ITAparat of the Government of the Russian Federation.


Julia Zolotareva, "Alphabet of Taste"

Photo: "Alphabet of Taste"

In August, Julia Zolotareva became the new vice president of IT at ABC of Taste. Having worked in the company by the time she was appointed for 7 years, as vice president of ABC Taste, she continues to develop IT systems and services. Zolotareva will also have to take the IT department to a new level and make it even more business-oriented.


Alexey Kashaev, Schneider Electric in Russia and CIS

Photo: Schneider Electric

In December, Alexey Kashaev, who has been working for the company since 2010, was appointed the new president of Schneider Electric in Russia and the CIS. His predecessor as president, Johan Vanderplaetse, will continue to fulfill his duties until the end of 2021 and will subsequently head the commercial team of the global division Industrial Automation, as well as several strategic segments.


Dmitry Kim, Ministry of Digital Affairs

Photo: Ministry of Digital Affairs

In May, Dmitry Kim became Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications. In this position, he oversees the development of state policies in the field of telecommunications, including the use of the radio frequency spectrum. Earlier, this region was supervised by Oleg Ivanov, who headed the scientific and technical center on the basis of FSUE NIIR, created by the Ministry of Digital Arts. Before moving to the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Kim was vice president - director of the macro-regional branch of the Center Rostelecom.


Vladimir Kiriyenko, VK

Photo: Rostelecom press service


Nadezhda Kurtyanik, Ministry of Public Administration, IT and Communications of the Moscow Region

Photo: website of the government of the Moscow region

In November, Nadezhda Kurtyanik replaced Maxim Rymar, Minister of Public Administration, IT and Communications of the Moscow Region, who moved to the Voskhod Research Institute, subordinate to the Ministry of Digital Affairs of the Russian Federation. Prior to this, Kurtyanik from September 2020 worked as Deputy Minister of Public Administration. Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov expects that Nadezhda Kurtyanik, as minister, will contribute to the development of proactive services for residents of the region.


Yuri Misnik, "Magnet"

Photo: "Magnet"

In October, Yuri Misnik became the director of digital technology at Magnit. In this position, he is responsible for implementing the retailer's digital transformation strategy; development of digital product portfolio; modernization of the company's operating activities due to introduction of modern technologies and innovations. Before joining Magnit, Misnik worked at First Abu Dhabi Bank as a technical director.


Andrey Motorko, Automatics Concern

Photo: Automatics Concern

In May Automatics Concern , Rostec he became the general director of GK "." Andrey Motorko In this position, he replaced, Vladimir Kabanov who headed the company since 2018. Under the leadership of Andrei Motorko state , defense order projects are being implemented, work is underway to improve the existing and create the latest equipment for Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the commercial segment.


Alexey Myakov, Intel in Russia

Photo: Intel

In June, the Alexey Myakov director of the division computer vision Internet of Things at Group (IOTG), Intel in Russia replaced the general director for research and development, Ivan Kuzmina who decided to move to another organization. At the new post, Myakov is responsible for implementing long-term plans Research and Development Center Intel located in, and for Nizhny Novgorod developing products that are strategically important for the company, including in the field of vision, computer AI, optimization of cross-platform, ON high-performance computing.


Evgeny Novikov, Post Service

Photo: RCNTEC

In August, Russian Post created a subsidiary of Post Service, which is responsible for servicing the IT infrastructure of the federal postal operator - mainly in the regions. Yevgeny Novikov, who previously held senior positions at Lukoil-inform, RCNTEC and Voskhod Research Institute, was appointed general director of the new company.


Elena Pospelova, Abbyy Russia

In July, Elena Pospelova was appointed general director of Abbyy Russia, which by the time she transferred to this position had worked in the company for more than 20 years. As the head of the Russian office, Abbyy Pospelov leads the development of sales in the Emerging Markets regions and in Russia. In this position, she replaced Dmitry Shushkin, who decided to focus on her own projects.


Kirill Pronin, Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Photo: Central Bank of the Russian Federation

In June Kirill Pronin was appointed the new Head of Department financial a technologiycentrobanka of the Russian Federation. In this post, he replaced Ivan Zimin, who continued his career outside the Central Bank. The sphere of financial technologies is one of the most dynamically developing industries in both the Russian market and the world. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation expects that Kirill Pronin, who has been working in this organization since 2018, will give a new impetus to work in this direction.


Maxim Rymar, Research Institute "Sunrise"

Photo: Research Institute "Sunrise"

In November, the former Minister of Public Administration, IT and Communications of the Moscow Region Maxim Rymar was appointed Acting Director of the FSAU Voskhod Research Institute. The primary tasks of the new head of the Voskhod Research Institute were the formation of a strategy for the development of the institution, the transformation of business processes within the institute's divisions and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of their work, as well as the development and implementation of system innovations. The previous head of the Voskhod Research Institute, Andrei Badalov, went to work at Transneft as vice president.


Ildar Safiullin, Ministry of Internal Affairs

Photo: "Business Online"

In the summer of 2021, Ildar Safiullin, known for his work in the law enforcement agencies of Tatarstan, became acting head of the Department of Information Technology, Communications and Information Protection (DITSIZ) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was preceded by a promotion in the rank: in June 2021, President Vladimir Putin by his decree awarded Ildar Safiullin, at that time still deputy head of the DITSIZ of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, colonel of the internal service, the rank of major general of the internal service[1]. Yuri Voinov, who had previously worked as acting head of DITSIZ, was already listed as the first deputy head of this department as of April.


Vasily Audiovkin, "Guest"

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In November, Vasily Audiovkin was appointed director of the State Technologies PKU (Guest). The main tasks of Hoverdkin in the new position were to bring existing GIS to a single digital standard, eliminate duplication of development and scale the Gostroh platform to all government agencies. Before moving to "Guest," Audiovkin was the director of the Department for the Development of Architecture and Coordination of Informatization in the Ministry of Digital Arts.


Tatyana Sorokina, IBM in Russia

Photo: IBM

In March, Tatyana Sorokina became the CEO of IBM Russia. She replaced this position by Iris Dzeba, who took one of the managing positions at IBM in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. At IBM, Tatyana Sorokina has been working since 1995.


Stanislav Terentyev, SB UES

Photo: JI UES

In June Stanislav Terentyev who passed into the company from a position of the director of the department of information technologies and digital development of RusHydro was appointed the director of digital transformation of "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" (SO UES ). The main task of the new head was to create a system for managing the digital transformation of the company, including the definition of a target vision, key performance indicators and the formation of a personnel resource to achieve the strategic goal set by the country's leadership.


Farit Khusnoyarov, RT Labs

Photo: RT Labs

In 2021, the general director was replaced at RT Labs: Farit Khusnoyarov, who had previously held the position of first deputy director in the company, took this position. The previous head of RT Labs, Alexei Trachuk, the son of Arkady Trachuk, general director of Goznak, resigned as director of RT Labs in the spring.


Daniel Zhou, Huawei Tech Company

Photo: TAdviser

In May, Daniel Zhou (Zhou Danjin, Zhou Daniel) was appointed president of the Eurasian regional representative office of Huawei and general director of Tech Company Huawei. Representation in the Eurasian region and in particular in Russia is a strategic division of the company. The main tasks of Daniel Zhou were to strengthen cooperation with partners, telecom operators, manufacturers, software developers. Under his management, Huawei continues to work with partners to implement technologies such as 5G, AI, cloud solutions.


Alexander Shoitov, Ministry of Digital Arts

Photo: "Scientific Russia "/Andrey Luft

In April, Alexander Shoitov, who since 2017 headed the Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, took the post of Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. In this post, he is responsible for the formation of state policy and the implementation of the functions of the ministry in the field of information security, the creation and implementation of computer and telecommunications equipment for state needs, as well as software. Also, the deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Russia oversees the federal project "Information Security" of the national program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation." Before Shoitov was appointed head of the federal project "Information Security" was Deputy Minister of Digital Development Oleg Ivanov.


Olga Yarilova, Ministry of Culture

Photo: Kommersant

Since January, Olga Yarilova again became the curator of the information and digital development of the Ministry of Culture. Maxim Ksenzov, who performed these functions, resigned as deputy minister due to the reduction of his position (the number of deputy ministers was reduced from six to four). From 2018 to 2020, Yarilova coordinated and controlled the activities of the Department of Information and Digital Development and the Department of Regional Development and Priority Projects of the Ministry of Culture.


Nikolai Yatselenko, Ministry of Digital Arts

Photo: Ministry of Digital Affairs

In June, Nikolai Yatselenko became Deputy Minister of Digital Development of the Russian Federation. He oversees the implementation of the national program "Digital Economy," the formation of state policy and the implementation of the functions of the Ministry of Digital Affairs in the field of digital transformation of state authorities, methodological support and support for the implementation of projects in the field of digital development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as administrative and economic activities and personnel policy of the Ministry of Digital Economy. Prior to this, Yatselenko led the directorate of the national program "Digital Economy" in the FSBI "TsEKI" - a subordinate organization of the Ministry of Digital Affairs.

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