Experience
| FLESS.PRO, A BUSINESS / DATA ANALYST INTERVIEW PREP PLATFORM | Moscow, Russia |
| Founder and CEO | 2016 – present |
- As a product owner, developed an interactive learning management system with automatic grading, an admin interface, a message service / chatbot, and a mobile version for students. Number of users 20K+;
- As a developer, built and rolled out an admin interface to manage live online classes and a student progress tracker;
- Built a 7-stage 6-month prep program for management consulting interviews with a 43% success rate vs generic 2% and a 92% satisfaction rate among over 3,000 students from 20+ countries;
- Hired and managed a team of 4 software developers, 2 sales and marketing experts, 5 video production specialists, and 20+ domain experts and contractors in design, legal, and accounting;
- Implemented SCRUM for building courses, software, and creating media content. Used OKR for quarterly planning and monthly 360-degree feedback. Built career development plans for the team and checked progress monthly;
- As an instructional designer and instructor, produced and taught 20+ online, offline, and mixed courses in mathematics, problem-solving, product management, and data science for Fless students and B2B clients;
- As a producer, created 5 popular science shows – including a self-driving car race – with 2.5M+ total views, and 500+ educational videos and tutorials with 2M+ total views (English / Russian).
| MCKINSEY AND COMPANY | Moscow, Russia / London, UK |
| Senior Business Analyst, European Private Equity Practice | 2013 – 2016 |
- Promoted to highly selective PE Practice and completed 15+ commercial due diligence projects in 10 countries with targets in pharma, oil & gas, telecom, payments, services, retail, testing equipment, and tech;
- Persuaded a leading US PE fund to withdraw their takeover bid for a USD 3B big data analytics company due to an intrinsic database deficiency. The company later lost 70% of its value due to the deficiency;
- Built a USD 500M investment case for constructing the largest grain terminal in Russia with turnover up to 30M tons annually to unlock agricultural potential of the Russian Far East and the Russia-China grain trade;
- Conducted a 6-month comprehensive review of the layout and technical solutions for a 4,800MW nuclear power plant project. Discovered USD 2B (10%) in safety-neutral cost savings confirmed by engineers.
| DONDENA CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIAL DYNAMICS | Milan, Italy |
| Research Assistant in Statistics | Summer 2012 |
- Derived an asymptotic version of the Mosler mean test for the two-sample location problem.
| CITIBANK | Moscow, Russia |
| Business Intelligence Intern | Summer 2010 |
- Automated daily reports for the card database by creating 20+ VBA scripts. Saved 10 analyst hrs per week.
Education
| YANDEX SCHOOL OF DATA ANALYSIS (SHAD) | Moscow, Russia |
| Machine Learning Engineer, 1st year | 2018 – 2019 |
- Learned unit testing, Python, and C++ through code reviews with Yandex software team leads;
- Implemented a LISP interpreter in C++, among numerous smaller projects.
| BOCCONI UNIVERSITY / UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Milan, Italy / Minneapolis, MN |
| Master of Science in Economic and Social Sciences. Cumulative GPA 29.3 / 30.0 | 2011 – 2013 |
| MOSCOW STATE INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MGIMO) | Moscow, Russia |
| Bachelor of Commerce. Cumulative GPA 100 / 100 | 2007 – 2011 |
Additional information
- Dropped out of Stanford GSB in 2016 to start Fless.pro;
- High school competitive programmer. Won 2nd prize (Rk 16/106) in Russian National Team Contest in 2005;
- Skills: C++, Python, SQL, SCRUM, financial modeling, video production (Adobe CC/ DaVinci Resolve);
- Languages: Russian (native), English (fluent), Italian (fluent – C2), German (conversational).