Aleksei Parfun
Aleksei
Parfun
CEO
Ai influence

Biography

CEO, Co-founder of Ai Influence
Co-founder of ReFace Technology
Advisor to the CEO of Channel One Russia
Vice President of AKAR, Co-Chair of the AI Committee
Expert at ROCIT

Media Manager of Russia 2020 (for contributions to the industry)
Ranked among the Top 1000 Russian Managers (2023, 2024)
Owner of the Telegram channel «Polezny Parfun» (23,000+ subscribers, named Best Marketing Telegram Channel of 2024 by Tgscore)

Founder and Director (2017–2020) of AKAR Ural,
CEO of STS Media Yekaterinburg (2014–2017),
Business Development Director at Deltaplan Advertising Group (Top 10 ad groups in Russia) (2017–2022)

Guest speaker at MGIMO, HSE, RANEPA, MGTU, Senezh, New Media Workshop

Jury member of Effie Russia, Red Apple, Silver Mercury, National Business Communication Awards, First Prize, Silver Archer.
Over 40,000 followers across social platforms.
More than 300 appearances at industry forums, conferences, festivals, training sessions, and business breakfasts in almost every major Russian city.

Founder and Organizer of Blogger School 1–4 (2010–2013)
Co-organizer of the Media Manager School (2010–2013)
Digital Director of the Social Advertising Festival PORA (2010–2012)
Founder of AKAR Ural (2015)
Co-organizer of the Chelyabinsk Marketing Club (2019)
Jury member of the first season of Startup Reality show (2019)