The main description of IT from me here: Technologies, IT.
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Major technology businesses and projects in my professional career: GeekBrains, AGRO24, Biznes Molodost, Megaplan, iTec group, Mecasoft.
#Edtech
An EdTech company with an innovative platform that enables building an individualized learning path to an IT profession.
CEO, October 2020 to March 2023
Transformed the educational platform into the largest technological IT platform in the Russian-speaking market.
Key IT Solutions:
Achievements:
- Expanded the business to 1,000 employees and increased revenue by 40% (to $44 million) in 2021.
- Positioned it among the top-5 EdTech market leaders.
AGRO24
#IT
An information-analytical trading platform that enables buying and selling of food products wholesale.
CEO and Founder, February 2016 to May 2019
Together with a partner, created a technological IT platform in agribusiness.
Key IT Solutions:
Achievements:
- Created a new format of food product trading for professionals.
- Grew the B2B customer base to 80+ thousand users.
- Connected over 110 distributor partners to the platform.
- Implemented a project uniting wholesale clients with a retail network.
#Education
A leading company in online and offline education for Russian-speaking entrepreneurs.
CEO and Co-owner, April 2012 to January 2015
Created the largest technological IT platform in business education for the Russian-speaking market.
Key IT Solutions:
Achievements:
- Increased annual revenue from $300,000 to $20 million with a 15–30% net margin.
- Achieved annual growth in the company’s client base from 18 thousand to 1.8 million.
- Expanded presence in national and international markets and opened offices in 170+ cities and over 100 countries.
MEGAPLAN
#IT
The largest SaaS service in the Russian-speaking market. Enables organizing business processes and establishing collaborative work among employees in a single interface. Over 463 thousand users from 1,500 cities worldwide.
CEO, October 2010 to June 2012
Transformed the task management system architecture and propelled the company into SaaS market leadership.
Key IT Solutions:
Achievements:
- Organized systematic work to achieve business strategy goals: a sales department with 70+ managers and a 45% conversion rate, a lead generation process (offline and online) at 100–300 leads per day with an average cost of $27.
- Increased the B2B prospective client base from 10 to 120 thousand with an average check of $200.
- Ensured stable revenue growth of 40–50% per year.
iTec Group
#IT
A company providing software development and IT consulting services. The team of engineer-programmers has extensive experience in various IT fields. Client network in Europe and Asia.
CEO and Founder, December 2007 to February 2010
Created a software development company serving clients in the USA, Germany, France, England, and Taiwan.
Key IT Solutions:
Achievements:
- Built the company from scratch one year after earning a first higher education degree.
- Completed over two hundred projects on various technologies for customers in the USA, Germany, France, England, and Taiwan.
MecaSoft / TMITech
#IT
A software development and outsourcing company based in France and Belarus. Specializes in complex engineering systems for automating semiconductor equipment, creating and integrating ERP.
Head of Development and Electronics, Software Engineer, February 2004 to December 2007
Developed software, ERP systems, and automated semiconductor equipment.
Key IT Solutions:
Achievements:
- Executed projects for Intel, Samsung, Siege, Infineon Technologies.
- By the second year, managed a team of developers and oversaw more than 30 projects simultaneously.
The main description of IT from me here: Technologies, IT.