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Solution Architect | Director of Engineering | Senior Developer
20+ Years building Scalable Systems & Leading Tech Teams
Passionate about Cloud computing, AI & Self-organizing systems
Let’s Talk Complex Engineering Leadership and Tech Strategy

• Since 2020, a mentor for IT startups, with experience supporting over 100 teams.

• Awarded as the best mentor at Skolkovo in 2022.

• Mentor and tracker in the programs Start AI, AI Development (Skolkovo), Startup House (Innopolis), MOOVE, MBA (Higher School of Economics Skolkovo), Innovators of Moscow (AIM), Open BRICS (MIC).

• In 2018, launched the first voice robot for sales in Russia.

• More than 11 AI products launched in corporations such as MegaFon, SBER, and Alfa-Bank, including the CX World Awards, with 3 products based on solutions from startups.

• Growth Director of Startup Development at Immers.Cloud.

15+ years of management experience, 20+ years of expertise in managing IT-products on the B2B-market, 15+ years of experience in developing strategies for the largest IT companies the effectiveness of which has been proven over time. Focus on IT/IS companies, deep understanding of the tasks of clients from various sectors of the economy, assistance in business development through marketing, team and effective processes. I am in the TOP-5 best marketing directors in the IT-sector according to the Kommersant rating. Two higher educations: technical and economic. In the field of information technology since 2003. Skolkovo mentor in the IT Cluster, member of the grant committee. I have done projects for leading Russian and international IT and IS companies.

Мария

Since 2024, the founder and Chairman of the NGO NASC (National Association of Certified Advisers)

Since 2023, a member of Techcon LLC (entering as a private investor)
https://navigator.sk.ru/orn/1122771

Since 2021, a member of Agentum LLC (entering as a private investor at the pivot of the project)
https://navigator.sk.ru/orn/1123248

Since 2020, a mentor and member of Acceptum LLC (entry as a private investor)
https://navigator.sk.ru/orn/1123004
in 2023, the company KODA RUS (spin-off company) was established https://navigator.sk.ru/orn/1126392

From 2019 to the present: Expert on Urban Environment tracks, Event program and Digital technologies of ANO Project 800 under the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Nikitin GS

from 2019 to the present: Mentor at the Skolkovo Innovation Center
https://mentors.sk.ru/catalog/mentor/as

• 24 years of experience in sales management.
• 12 years of experience in project management.
• I can be useful as a mentor in the following areas: energy efficiency, smart city, smart home, energy efficient lighting.

2016-2017 Ruskhimresurs LLC, Glikhim LLC, General Director, Junior Partner.
2013 - 2016 Altair LLC, CEO.
2017-2018 Rostelecom MRF Volga PJSC Department of Applied Projects, Chief Part-time Expert
2019 - 2025 03.2019- currently, EI LLC

Mentor, Advisor to the Head of the Industrial Corporation

01.2025 - present, Project Manager of the Department of Support for Inventive
Activity, Expert of the Investment Packaging program Moscow Innovation Cluster
2024 - Organizer of the Foodtech 2024 competition, Expert of the Investment Packaging program
Moscow Innovation Cluster,
03.2023 -02.2024 ROSBIOTECH Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution. Executive Director of the Startup Studio ROSBIOTECH within
the framework of his position as Deputy Director. Engineering Center «Advanced
Food Technologies and Food Safety», Deputy Director of the center. The Center
for Innovation and Technological Development (Technopark). https://startuplab.pro / Led the Studio
to the winner of the All-Russian AgroTech award AgroCode Top-100 in the nomination «Agroinvestor
of the Year» https://rshbdigital.ru/agrocode-awardsю . Launched 13 new Startup projects in BioTech; Speaker
The All-Russian Forum of Technological Entrepreneurship https://univerforum.ru/speakers ,
2023-2024 Expert and Mentor School of Technology Commercialization

Expert in robotics and artificial intelligence, development of IT technologies and business. Analyst, marketer, mentor, entrepreneur

Independent expert (ex-Microsoft, ex-IBM), Mentor
Alexander has thirty years of experience in information technology field and consulting services, including strategic planning, digital transformation, sales, design and implementation of digital solutions across a variety of industries, based on AI, big data and cloud technologies.

In the role of a mentor helps startups reach goals faster, find new ideas, identify problem areas and establish lean and systematic work.

Competencies: Strategic Planning, Leadership and Team Management, Consultative and Value B2B Sales, Project Management, Digital Transformation, Product Approach, Industry 4.0, Startup Mentoring, Customer Development, Market Analysis and Segmentation, Stratsessions and Diagnostics, AI, Big Data, Analytics, Cloud

Industry experience: Oil&Gas, Banking, Manufacturing, IT and Consulting Services, e-commerce, Agrotech

A practitioner in the field of finance and management with over 20 years of experience.

For over 17 years, he was the CFO of JSC «Medicine» (Academician Roytberg’s clinic).
Managed the marketing and sales departments.

Participated in projects to create a strategy and optimize the operational activities of clinics in the PwC team.

Implemented projects in various clinics on strategy and operational efficiency issues, including the Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, the SPECTR Clinic, My Doctor (Bryansk), etc.

Managed teams to automate management functions, finances, and launch new areas.

Attracted financing, including equity.

Participated in M&A transactions.

Mentor of entrepreneurs.

Tracker of teams in various business areas.

Member of the National Association of Healthcare Managers.

Mentor in Skolkovo and MIPT(Phystech).

Author in the magazine “Financial Director”.

Speaker at various conferences.

Vladimir Dorokhov
Cofounder STS Logistics
Business-practical: founder of the 5 business, 1 is working more than 25 years.
Investor
Business adviser, coach and expert of the Skolkovo
Independent director
Member of the Counsil of the Commercial and Industrial chamber of Russia

Mentor Club Member & Syndicate Venture Club

Author of the Telegram Chanel TOCHKI ROSTA
https://t.me/dorokhov_expert

Personal site
www.dorokhov.expert

HYPERUM consulting company CEO, HR consultant, innovator in andrаgogy, Skolkovo mentor since 2017. An HR expert with extensive experience as a Talent Development Director in large corporations. Certified business coach and facilitator, assessor in the field of competency modeling and assessment centers, competence-based interviews, DISC working styles, M. Belbin’s team profiling, V. Gerchikov’s motive diagnostics, and other leadership development and team assessment methods. During her career, Ekaterina has conducted more than 3,800 training programs, facilitation and strategy sessions, coaching sessions, webinars, and master classes.

Author of a unique speaker-training methodology for tech environment. Since 2017, the HYPERUM team has prepared more than 6,500 speakers to enable them to present at conferences, forums, internal demo days, and project committees. Author and lead trainer of talent development programs, leadership courses, cross-cultural communication, public speaking and speaker training in Russian and English. Ekaterina creates training products for the largest commercial companies in various industries, conducts talent and talent development programs, and teaches at the University of the Government of Moscow and other universities.

Prior to founding her own HR consulting company, she worked her way up from a banking coach to the Head of Talent Development, was the Director of Training at Tele2 and led the global Talent Development function at Kaspersky.

20+ лет в российском фармацевтическом маркетинге, R&D и бизнес девелопменте.
Провел маркетинговую экспертизу сотен фармацевтических проектов, в том числе десятков инновационных
управление проектами от этапа proof of concept до поздних стадий жизненного цикла и ребрендинга.
Сопровождение (в качестве ментора и трекера) биомедицинских и фармацевтических стартапов фонда Сколково и ряда других МТК-акселераторов.
Работал в департаментах маркетинга и стратегического развития компаний Олайнфарм, Сотекс, Герофарм, Аквион, Никохим, Интермедсервис, Технология лекарств, ГК ИФАР, Р-Фарм, ЭКО-лаб, Фармпроект…VV
20+ years in Russian pharmaceutical marketing, R&D and business development.
He conducted marketing expertise of hundreds of pharmaceutical projects, including dozens of innovative
project management from the proof of concept stage to the late stages of the life cycle and rebranding.
Support (as a mentor and tracker) biomedical and pharmaceutical startups of the Skolkovo Foundation and a number of other MTK accelerators.
He worked in the marketing and strategic development departments of the companies Olainfarm, Sotex, Geropharm, Aquion, Nikohim, Intermedservice, Technology of Medicines, IFAR Group, R-Pharm, ECO-lab, Pharmproject…

He built a circuit engineering laboratory in Sirius
Several projects in the field of Ebbed: from a smart wardrobe to Sputnik as a developer
Product Owner of the MTS API distribution platform
Clatch Tech Lead
Mentor Skolkovo Fast Track

I’ll tell you which technologies to choose, how to communicate with developers, and how to get to Skolkovo.

Venture investment Specialist, tracker, speaker, lecturer

• more than 16 years of experience in the field of venture investments;
• experience working as a tracker in more than 80 accelerators;
• Venture partner of Yellow Rockets and Friendly VC Foundation;
• lecturer at the HSE Business Accelerator, ITMO, NGO «Khoroshevskaya School» (Khoroshkola);
• Associate Partner in Venture Investments and Corporate Innovations at O2Consulting;
• author of a number of scientific articles on innovation and venture investments;
• co-author of the book «The Desktop book of a young scientist»;
• speaker at events dedicated to innovation and investment, author of the educational course “Venture Capital Investing” and the lecture “How can a corporate startup attract venture capital investments?”

✓ Mentor, Executive Coach (ACC ICF, ACTP, USA), Team Coach (CCE), Member of NFPMC, ICF
✓ Business Consultant in strategy development, research, marketing, branding, HR, and leadership/team development
✓ Facilitator of strategic sessions and tracker
✓ Business Trainer and MBA Educator
✓ Member of the High Expert Council at the «Strategic Management Technologies» Department, AST
✓ CEO and Co-founder of IT and consulting companies
✓ 20 years of executive experience as CEO, Commercial Director, Marketing and Development Director, and Business Consultant
✓ Industries: Pharmaceuticals, Beauty & Healthcare, IT, Telecommunications, FMCG (Manufacturing, Logistics, Retail, etc.)
✓ Awards:
• «Best Marketing Strategy» at the National Business Communications Awards
• Top Marketing Directors in the Volga Federal District
• «Top 3 Mentoring Leaders in Organizations» by NFPMC
Key Competencies:
✓ Market research
✓ 360° diagnostics and analytics to identify «growth points»
✓ Business modeling
✓ Strategy development and implementation: vision, mission & values, business strategy, product/ sales strategies, etc
✓ Positioning, USP, branding
✓ Product Lab: From research, idea/concept/hypothesis testing, naming, and MVP to product portfolio development, launch, sales growth, promotion, project roadmap, scaling
✓ Marketing, advertising, PR and communication strategies
✓ Leadership development and coaching, personal branding
✓ HR strategy, employer branding, corporate culture, training & development

2021-2024 - Smart Dialog, founder
2020-now - Innova Labs, Development director
2009-2015 - Mosdevelopment, Development director
2008-2009 - Glavstroy, Deрartment chief
2004-2007 - Absolut Development, Department chief
1998-2000 - Pro-invest Consulting, Development director
1982-1987 - Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute, Computing engineer

IT expert, business expert, executive coach, mentor.
Business coach and organizational development consultant.
Expert of Skolkovo Innovation Center since 2018.
Skolkovo Mentor, consultant of Skolkovo Growth platform.
Leader - ID, expert of ANO “NTI Platform”.
Finalist of the TopBLOG project of the 2nd season (blogging). 2022
Federal expert of the K.O.D. project (IT, organizational design).
Member of the Expert Council of the Lomonosov cluster.
Personal growth coach, author’s methodology.
Business mentor of SME Corporation.
Winner of TopBLOG 4 season (new media). 2024.
Ambassador of the Presidential Platform of the RSV from 2024.

Decision making architect and researcher. Consult B2B startups on strategy, cyber risk management, and selling complex IT solutions.
Worked as a consultant and architect at Microsoft, and later as a CISO at Renova Group. I was responsible for designing and implementing complex IT projects in over 20 countries.
My research focuses on how to make decisions that solve the original problem without creating new ones.

Education: Moscow Aviation Institute (1994), Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation (ExMBA) (2013)
1994-2003. Major system integrator (life support systems department (UPS, ADSU, OVIK)
2003-2013. A turnkey construction company for small and medium-sized energy facilities
2013-2016 Energocapital Company (creation of production of autonomous energy modules based on solid oxide fuel cells)
2016-2021 Participation in innovative startups, business angel, mentor of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. Startups in the following areas: sensors, thermoacoustic generators and refrigerators, EoL Solar Batteries recycling, clearing blasting technology, DLC coating, medical stents)

Ментор программ Fast Track и Tech Explorer Фонда «Сколково», трекер акселератора Generation S, эксперт бизнес-инкубатора НИУ ВШЭ, наставник в Яндекс.Практикуме и Школе стартапов «Сколково»
Более 15 лет в сфере развития бизнеса (S7, группа «Развитие бизнес-систем», АО "Роскартография», Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»).
Участвовала во внедрении в России стандарта e-freight в России, Казахстане и Узбекистане. Выводе на международные рынки продуктов в сфере HR-tech и Legal-Tech.
Преподаватель программы Fast Track Фонда «Сколково», Школы стартапов «Сколково» программы Doing Bussiness МГУ им. Ломоносова.
Соавтор книг: «Глобальные технологические тренды», 2017 и «Атлас технологий будущего», 2018 (номинант премии «Просветитель» как лучшая научно-популярная книга года).
Автор телеграм-канала «Деньги на стартап», посвященный фандрайзингу для стартапов.

Top-manager, business coach, consultant, mentor, tracker, coach

Since 2021 consultant of the Skolkovo Foundation’s startup growth platform
Since 2021 CDTO, CBDO, CMO, COO of a number of startups
2020-2021 startup gas pedal of the Roscongress Foundation
2017-2020 Eurasian Economic Commission
2014-2017 Sber, InterRAO, ROSATOM

Before 2014 - entrepreneurial activity in the field of communications, marketing, advertising.

I’m a medical doctor with over 25 years of business experience in global healthcare companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. I bring deep hands-on expertise in marketing — from strategy development to tactical execution — including advertising, promotion, and management of both direct and indirect sales channels. I also have solid experience in building business structures, launching innovative products, and leading international projects.

Currently, I’m the Operational Director at Berner Ross Medical, a distributor of high-tech medical equipment. In parallel, I advise biotech and pharmaceutical startups, helping teams shape development strategies, prepare for market entry, and accelerate growth.

I’m interested in collaboration with projects that value:
• Medical expertise and idea validation
• Market potential and competitive landscape assessment
• Go-to-market strategy
• Value proposition and positioning development
• Financial model design
• Communication with the medical community, regulators, and investors

I have a strong understanding of how business processes work across medtech, pharma, and biopharma. I help teams translate scientific language into business terms, sharpen their product value, and build effective dialogue with key stakeholders.

I’m open to working with projects that seek to transform healthcare — scientifically, systemically, and with sustainable commercial impact.

I work professionally in conditions of uncertainty and constant changes.
Successfully implemented projects and a wide range of relationships in the following sectors: civil and industrial construction, oil and gas production/processing, chemical and metallurgical production, etc.
Expertise in the processes and psychology of project sales of complex products. Organization of effective interaction between people with different competencies: scientific, humanitarian, technical and financial.
Supportive support of transformation processes in companies. Work with CEOs and management teams in difficult situations.
Expertise of the market potential of new projects. Working out options for entering large corporations. Scaling. Help with pivots.

Помогаю в выведении продуктов на рынки и системном поиске Product Market fit. Ищу и внедряю инновации, провожу клиентские исследования. Внедряю продуктовый подход.

Продукты В2В2С, В2G2C, В2В. Стратегия, маркетинг, развитие, продажи

20+ years in the field of financial management, including 14 years in corporate finance, co-founder of a startup in the construction industry
5+ years of entrepreneurial activity
5+ years of experience as a tracker and mentor of startups and existing businesses, 1000+ projects from the idea stage to companies with revenue of up to 6 billion rubles per year
500+ million rubles of funds raised through banking products, government support measures
Mentor of the Skolkovo Sk Finance program

Strategic Marketer for Innovative Projects since 2012
📌 100+ successfully delivered projects
📌 Helps entrepreneurs identify growth opportunities and launch in-demand products with minimal budgets
📌 Marketing mentor at Skolkovo Innovation Center
📌 Worked with brands such as Nokia, Rondell, Vitek, and public figures including singer Valeriya
📌 Speaker and expert featured on Channel One Russia

Mentor of the Skolkovo Foundation, Head of Practice and senior lecturer at the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the Media Industry at Moscow Polytechnic University, guest lecturer at the University of Synergy and the Russian State Social University. Born in 1976, she graduated from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (2000) and the Presidential Management Training Program (2006). Since 1997, she has been working in the field of advertising and marketing. At the moment she is engaged in scientific research on the topic of creative industries clusters at the Institute of Management Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also, she is the author of a number of publications in Russian and international scientific magazines on education, creative industries, cultural code and identity studies. Speaker of Russian and international scientific and practical conferences. For more than 25 years (since 1997) she has been working as marketing director in various companies in the field of FMCG, MICE, HORECA. Currently, she is engaged in consulting projects in the field of marketing, international and strategic development of b2b and B2C companies. Fluency in English, practical and theoretical experience provide an opportunity to give lectures to international students, as well as being invited speaker at Russian and international scientific and practical conferences.

Practicing tracker, 5 years of experience.

• Leading tracker at IIDF, Severstal.
• Specialization - b2b sales, sales metodolog, 15+ years of experience.
• Mentor of 10 streams of Evgeny Kalinin’s School of Trackers.
• Member of the venture investors club «Syndicate».
• Winner of the Tracker of the Year 2023 award, nomination «Best Startup Tracker».
• Best Production Tracker of 2024, nomination «Technological Breakthrough».
• Winner of the Tracker of the Year 2024 award, nomination «Best Startup Tracker».

• Studied at Mari State University from 1986 to 1991
• Work in the field of secondary and higher education from 1992 to 2009
• PHD (chemical Sciences), Professor of the physics Department of the Mari state pedagogical Institute (2006 – 2008)
• A guide to the regional business incubator and mentoring from 2009 to 2019. Participation in programs to involve the population in entrepreneurial activity. Assistance in launching business projects (more than 100 annually)
• Expert of the Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation
• Entrepreneurial activity in the field of business consulting and training (consulting, conducting trainings, strategic and team sessions, project activities, coaching, tracking) from 2012 to the present.
• Coach of the OKR Academy
• Expert of the Academy of Social Technologies
• Mentor of Skolkovo
• Member of the Russian Association of Facilitators
• Member of the Association of Strategic Management Specialists

A strategist in venture growth, acceleration, and innovation management. Sk Finance - Mentor of the programm.
With over 15 years of experience at the intersection of tech entrepreneurship, strategic consulting, and digital business. I have worked with more than 500 startups within Skolkovo and Brainbox.VC acceleration and investment programs, supporting fundraising, product packaging, and strategic deal execution. One of my key cases includes closing a ₽65M+ investment round for a fintech startup.

As the head of the investment track at NASS, designed and led a large-scale acceleration program for 150 tech companies as part of the Russian Venture Forum. Previously launched and scaled my own B2B and D2C e-commerce businesses and held executive roles in major companies in fashion, digital, and B2B sectors.

My core expertise lies in startup growth strategy, go-to-market scaling, building digital products and partner ecosystems, and managing investor communications. I thrive in dynamic environments and often serves as a connector between offline operations and digital innovation.
Open to collaboration with venture funds, accelerators, corporations, and technology entrepreneurs.

ООО «ТелеПат», ООО «АйПат» (сооснователь и научный руководитель), Ассоциации разработчиков и пользователей искусственного интеллекта в
медицине «Национальная база медицинских знаний» (НБМЗ) – генеральный директор.

Являюсь специалистом в вопросах цифровизции и цифровой трансформации здравоохранения, а также телемедицины. Имею по этим вопросам многолетний опыт. Готов помагать и консультировать по организационно-техническим вопросам использования цифровых технологий в медицине и здравоохранении.

• 10 years of experience in AI
• Co-founder at GenAI Lab – building custom AI-based solutions for companies
• Co-founder and CTO at LegalTech startup Nlogic – AI/NLP-based document automation ($1.3M revenue)
• Built a development team from 0 to 25 full-time employees
• Launched several AI products for major enterprises in Russia (MegaFon, Tele2, VTB, and others)
• Advised companies like Johnson & Johnson and Mars on AI implementation
• Mentor at Skolkovo’s TechUp program

Founder and President of AVRA Association of AR/VR and Interactive Technologies since 2015.
Founder of the AVRA Days international business forum on the introduction of interactive technologies in business

Founder of the New Trends Consulting Agency

Expert in AR/VR, AI, Metaverse, Creative industries

Mentor of the Skolkovo Foundation within the framework of the Skolkovo TechUp Program

2021-23 Head of New Media & VR Lab 123 production (Gazprom Media). The main focus is on the development of new projects with interactive technologies, as well as the introduction of innovations in the production process of classic media formats.

2018-2020 Director of Communication at the NTI Center for VR/AR at the Far Eastern University. The author is the developer of the Russian National Strategy for the development of virtual and Augmented reality technologies in Russia until 2024 for ANO Digital Economy.

Expert of the Innovation Promotion Foundation, a pilot testing program for innovative solutions in Moscow.

Speaker of major technology and business conferences: Open Innovations, CIPR, RIF, etc.

Invited media expert: RBC, Forbes, Comnews, TASS, Rusbase, Mediametrics, radio Kommersant FM, Kommersant, Vedomosti, etc.

Author of specialized expert materials in the media: Forbes, Rusbase, etc.

• Founder and CEO of Texel, successfully commercialized a range of generative AI and 3D technology products on the global market since 2014.

• PhD in computer science; patents in computer vision and machine learning.

• Integrated AI into every key area at Texel—from recruitment and sales to R&D—it shapes how the team brainstorms, develops products, and makes critical decisions.

• Developed AI-assisted Just-in-Time Mentorship (AJM), combining objective AI guidance with human clarity.

• Mentoring startups to honestly confront their realities, systematically remove blind spots, and act decisively.

• Believes sustainable progress arises only from clearly understanding reality as it is, not as one wishes it were.

Industry experience:

• Development of hardware and software systems
• Specialized information systems
• Prototyping
• System integration and custom development

Experience in bringing products to market:

• 2020-present: SAAS for the tourism market – CEO.
  A problem (need) in the hotel industry was found. A product concept was created, customer willingness to pay was tested. A development team was created, integration partnerships were concluded with key market players. A product was created. Sales were launched, about 300 hotel properties were connected. ROMI>7. Inquiries were received from international clients. No external funding was attracted.

• 2018-2019: Crypto startup (ICO) – CEO. Developed a product concept, assembled a development and marketing team. Public speaking - sales, including in English (received an award in Skolkovo as the best ICO 2018). Successfully conducted ICO. The product was launched in more than 10 countries. Affiliate and ambassador networks were created.

• 2016-2019: Radius LLC – “SAAS IT product for restaurants” A market entry strategy was developed from scratch, software was developed. In 2018, the company was in the top 3 suppliers by number of clients. A team (CEO, marketing, sales, technical support) was prepared and put into operation.

• 2015 – 2017: Jack-IT LLC – CEO, Managing Partner. An IT integrator for the needs of a group of companies was created from scratch with small investments. 4 technical support lines, ITIL, DC, several inter

Manager: Moscow governement, startups, association of business-angels, Rostec strategic and innovation didirector, mentor, doctor of science of innovation managment

• 17 лет опыта работы в аналитике, финансовом моделировании, подготовке проектов для получения финансирования
• Участие в разработке стратегий в корпоративном секторе
• Участие в подготовке документов для привлечения финансирования (Фонд развития промышленности, субсидии Минпромторга)
• Опыт работы в инвестиционном секторе на стороне Венчурного Фонда – поиск и экспертная оценка проектов, подготовка документации, подготовка материалов для инвестиционных комитетов, финансовое моделирование, подготовка презентаций, анализ рынков, специализация – медтех, биотех, фарма, нейротехнологии