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Financial Services · Russia · Moscow

Total compensation band $180K+. The figure is the member's band, not an offer.

Senior technology executive with 25+ years of experience leading IT and digital transformation initiatives across financial services, energy, and fintech sectors. Proven track record of accelerating platform performance by 10x, reducing system failures by 5x, and cutting deployment times by 20%+. Expert in designing fault-tolerant enterprise architectures, implementing MLOps practices, and building high-performance teams that deliver measurable business impact.

Achievements

• Accelerated key platforms by 10x and reduced failures by 5x while cutting downtime by 3x
• Led digital transformation initiatives that reduced deployment times by 20%+ across multiple organizations
• Built and managed international IT teams of 400+ employees across multiple European locations
• Successfully implemented industrial MLOps stack achieving high automation in ML pipeline deployment
• Established enterprise data governance frameworks that improved data quality and accessibility

Skills

• CTO Leadership
• Digital Transformation
• Strategic Planning
• Enterprise Architecture
• MLOps
• Data Governance
• Change Management
• System Architecture
• Cloud Architecture
• Portfolio Management
• Team Building
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Russian Energy Market Systems
• Commodity Trading Platforms

Looking for

• Chief Technology Officer
• Chief Information Officer
• Chief Digital Transformation Officer

Experience

• Director of Development — Interleasing January 2023 - Present

  Leading key IT functions including service operations, development, data management, and client services for a top-10 federal leasing company. Responsible for portfolio management, IT strategy formation, and digital transformation initiatives.

• Technical Leader (Part-time), CTO — iSmart.org March 2020 - Present

  Part-time CTO role for AI-powered personalized learning platform implemented in schools across 12 Russian regions. Winner of Digital Summit Award for educational technology innovations.

• Project Manager — Ingosstrakh August 2022 - January 2023

  Led launch of MLOps center of excellence, establishing full ML model lifecycle from development to monitoring. Managed digitization of key insurance processes using AI and automation.

• Director of Strategy, Architecture and Data — Moscow Exchange (MOEX) November 2020 - January 2022

  Led IT strategy implementation and portfolio management for Russia's largest financial marketplace. Established corporate architecture function and data management strategy approved by the Board.

• IT Leader in Exchange Trading Department — Gazprom March 2015 - November 2020

  Built corporate IT management system for Gazprom's foreign trading subsidiaries. Developed and implemented group-wide IT optimization strategy reducing total cost of ownership.

• Group IT Director — SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH October 2018 - February 2020

  Strategic and operational IT leadership for European energy group managing 400+ employees across international locations (London, Manchester, Kassel, Berlin). Achieved significant cost savings through IT service centralization.

• Executive Vice President, IT Director, Board Member — St. Petersburg International Commodity Exchange November 2011 - January 2015

  Led replacement of core trading system achieving 10x performance improvement and 5x reduction in failures for Russia's leading commodity exchange. Managed complete technology transformation program.

• Program Manager — Renaissance Capital September 2008 - November 2011

  Led multi-phase implementation of Calypso back-office platform for multiple asset classes. Managed solution architecture, phased delivery plan, and team coordination.

Languages

• Russian (C2)
• English (C2)
• German (A1)

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