Oleg KulikovSr. Director of Engineering, St. Petersburg Engineering CenterOleg Kulikov is a Sr. Director of Engineering of Saint Petersburg Engineering Center. He joined Grid Dynamics in 2009 as the first engineer in the newly established St. Petersburg office, where he quickly became the engineering manager and then the Director of the Center, which he built from scratch. Today, Oleg leads an elite engineering team responsible for designing, development and delivery of high-quality eCommerce solutions for world leading retailers. Prior to joining Grid Dynamics, Oleg was a Technical Lead at Exigen Services StarSoft, a global IT company that delivers business value and provides a lower risk alternative to conventional application outsourcing by leveraging Value-based Project Governance, Performance-based Contracts and Agile Development Practices. Previously, Oleg held Development Manager positions at T-Mobile and at Artezio, a leading offshore development and consultancy company, one of the top five outsourcing companies in Russia. Earlier in his career, he has served as a Senior Software Developer at Novosofit, Inc., one of the leading providers of integrated technology solutions and custom software development services worldwide. Oleg began his career as a Software Developer at IWC and then at Artificial Life company. Oleg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Novosibirsk State University, Russia. Victor SamoylovDirector of Engineering, Saratov Engineering CenterVictor Samoylov joined Grid Dynamics in 2006 as a founding engineer and remained instrumental to the company's success throughout the years. In his current role, Victor is responsible for managing all engineering functions of Saratov engineering center, the company's oldest engineering center. Prior to this appointment, Victor served as development manager on several high-profile projects, and before that, as senior engineer and client architect, expert in distributed computing, in-memory data grids and low-latency algorithms. Victor also has been responsible for the University relations and served as an Adjunct Professor of Saratov University and a Director of Grid Computing Lab, ran jointly by Grid Dynamics and Saratov University. In his youth, Victor successfully competed in the International Collegiate World Programming Contests, the most prestigious programming contest in the world organized by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). Victor holds a Master's of Science degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Discrete Mathematics and Cybernetics from Saratov State University, Russia. Konstantin MalyshevDirector of Engineering, Kharkov Engineering CenterKonstantin has joined Grid Dynamics as a Director of Engineering in September of 2010 with a mission to grow the company's Ukrainian development center. Under his leadership, the Kharkov office has grown 5x to become the second-largest engineering centers with diverse and vibrant expertise and client base. Konstantin has over 15 years experience in the software industry including business development, product development and general management. Prior to joining Grid Dynamics, Konstantin worked as a Program Manager for Atea, the leading Nordic and Baltic supplier of IT infrastructure. Previously, Konstantin served as a Senior Project Manager in GlobalLogic, one of the world leaders in software and R&D services. Earlier in his career, he has served as a Co-founder and Chief Architect of DELFI Software, provider of professional services in the areas of IT integration, software development, e-learning and knowledge management. Konstantin holds several engineering excellence awards, including the First Prize in annual Medida-Prix award, the most important international award for new media didactics in Europe, 2003 and the Grand Prize in the All-Ukrainian Contest of Scientific Works of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2000. Konstantin recieved a Masters of Science degree in Applied Mathematics with honors from Kharkov State Polytechnic University, Ukraine. Artem VorobievDirector of Engineering PMOArtem leads engineering PMO and constantly works on improving our global delivery processes making them more effective, transparent and agile. Artem joined Grid Dynamics in 2012 from Deutsche Bank where he ran business-critical initiatives as Vice President and won “Most transformative team” award. Prior to that, Artem was Director of Engineering at Exigen Services, responsible for running two offshore engineering centers in Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Artem is Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner. He received a Masters of Science degree in Theoretical Physics with honors from Kazan State University, Russia. Ratmir PanovDirector of Client EngineeringRatmir runs a global customer engineering team responsible for architecture, design and implementation of one of the largest eCommerce platforms in the industry. Ratmir joined Grid Dynamics in 2008 as a distributed computing engineer in Saratov, Russia, where he was building eBay’s cloud management technology. Ratmir quickly progressed to senior engineer, then team lead, then technical architect on major technology development programs. In 2012 Ratmir relocated to the Bay Area to become client architect and then development manager in charge of major projects for next-generation eCommerce platform development. Prior to Grid Dynamics, Ratmir worked as engineer and manager for eCommerce and ERP solutions for Russian retailers. Slava KulakovDirector, Financial AccountsSlava oversees the relationships between Grid Dynamics and its key customers in the financial services industry and leads the delivery of complex and innovative programs with financial service clients. Slava brings over 10 years of experience in a series of technical leadership roles in high-tech industry with focus on processes and people management. Before joining Grid Dynamics, Slava served as the Vice President in Deutsche Bank, where he led IT Process Management organization, driving the transition to lean and agile development processes. Earlier in his career he hold management and senior technical positions at Exigen Services, a global IT company that provides application outsourcing and business transformation services. Slava began his career as a Java Software Engineer at ISIDA Informatics. Slava holds several excellence awards, which demonstrate his career development in Exigen Services: “Best newcomer of the year” in 2004, “Career of the year” in 2006, “Best Project Manager of the year” in 2007 and “Best of the best” in 2008. Slava recieved a Masters of Science degree in Computer Science with honors from Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Russia. Slava's motto is: "Start simple, and try to keep it simple when details jump in." Anna LychaginaDirector of Human Capital, Russia and UkraineAnna joined Grid Dynamics in Autumn 2012 to take over the offshore HR activities and to further develop Grid Dynamics through its Human Capital. Her areas of responsibility are: talent acquisition and retention, personnel development, motivation. She oversees and develops company HR practices and policies including compensation and benefits, HR legal matters, employee relations, cultural awareness. Anna has over 10 years of leading HR experience in IT companies. She used to develop HR practices from scratch as well as to manage existing structures in small, medium and large IT businesses including 4 years at Sun Microsystems and Oracle as Employee Learning Expert and Talent Development Consultant. Anna graduated with honors from Baltic State Technical University in St. Petersburg in 2000 (International Industry Management) and afterwards studied Human Resources, Consulting, Business Training and Facilitation in a number of institutions from 2003 till 2011. Anna’s goal is to work on development of Human Capital and drive company to its further success through people. She truly believes that "People is the major asset of Grid Dynamics. We are lucky to work in a brilliant team of highly professional, smart, dedicated experts and just great colleagues!” Igor EgorovIT DirectorIgor joined Grid Dynamics in April 2013, charges with implementing big transformational IT initiatives including infrastructure migration to cloud services and ISO 27001 compliance. Igor came from Oracle where he worked in Product Development IT and was managing the Eastern European teams (Czech Rep, Russia & CIS, Israel) as part of a bigger team responsible for managing Oracle datacenters across the world. Prior to Oracle, Igor worked for Sun Microsystems where he established IT operations of St.Petersburg location from the ground up in 2004. Igor has also worked for AtBusiness Communications, Russian oil, and gas industry, managing teams responsible for datacenters and other aspects of IT support for product development. He started his career in IT as a C developer in the early 90s. Igor graduated from St.Petersburg University of Information Technologies, Mechanic and Optics in 1998, with Bachelor of Science in Applied Math and Masters of Science in Computer Science.
Victoria LivschitzCEO, Founder and Chairman of the BoardVictoria Livschitz founded Grid Dynamics in 2006 with a mission to bring new big ideas - open-source, clouds and big data to eCommerce enterprises. Under her leadership, Grid Dynamics became a successful, fast growing technology provider of innovative eCommerce solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Today Grid Dynamics employs over 180 elite architects, scientists and engineers with collective millennium of experience in eCommerce and cloud computing. Prior to founding Grid Dynamics, Victoria spent 10 years at Sun Microsystems holding a variety of technical leadership positions, including Principal Architect of SunGrid, the world's first public cloud, Senior Scientist at Sun Labs, Chief Architect of Financial Services and Chief Architect of General Motors. Victoria started her career as HPC engineer for Ford Motor Company. Victoria received numerous awards for engineering excellence, including Sun Systems Engineer of the Year and Ford Chairman Award. Victoria graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University and attended graduate programs at Purdue University and Stanford University. Leonard LivschitzSecretary of the BoardLeonard Livschitz serves as a Secretary of the Board of Directors for Grid Dynamics. Leonard is also a founder and CEO of Luxera, Inc., and a pioneer of LEDs for automotive and general lighting applications. Leonard has over 18 years experience in the high tech industry, holding executive and management roles in sales, marketing, business development and R&D with Philips Lumileds Lighting, LedEngin, Visteon Lighting and Ford Motor Company. Prior to forming Luxera, Leonard served as a Vice President of Sales and Marketing for LedEngine. Leonard holds a Master`s of Science degree in Systems and Control Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kharkov State Polytechnic University, Ukraine. Alexandra JohnsonBoard MemberAlexandra Johnson is a Board Member of Grid Dynamics representing DFJ VTB Aurora Venture Fund. She also serves as a Managing Director of DFJ VTB Aurora. Alexandra is a Silicon Valley-based partner and focuses on early stage technology companies headquartered both inside and outside of Russia and CIS. Previously, Alexandra was a founder and managing director of Landbridge Capital LLC, a technology transfer venture company linking Russian technologies with U.S. Expertise. Alexandra is also the President of the Global Technology Symposium held annually at Stanford University. The Symposium is the leading investment conference on venture capital, technology, and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Alexandra received an M.A. with honors from the Far Eastern State University, Vladivostok and a Ph.D. from University of St. Petersburg. She also holds an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. Pavel MorozovBoard MemberPavel Morozov is a Board Member of Grid Dynamics and an Associate Director of VTB Capital. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors for Iiko, a company specialized in developing of integrated software solutions for hospitality industry. Before joining Iiko, Pavel served as an associate for Troika Dialog Venture Capital, the oldest and largest private investment bank in the CIS. Prior to that, he served as a Chief Standards Officer for A4Vision, Inc. Pavel graduated from Moscow State University with a Masters Degree in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Higher Geometry and Topology.
Victoria LivschitzCEO, Founder and Chairman of the BoardVictoria Livschitz founded Grid Dynamics in 2006 with a mission to bring new big ideas - open-source, clouds and big data to eCommerce enterprises. Under her leadership, Grid Dynamics became a successful, fast growing technology provider of innovative eCommerce solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Today Grid Dynamics employs over 180 elite architects, scientists and engineers with collective millennium of experience in eCommerce and cloud computing. Prior to founding Grid Dynamics, Victoria spent 10 years at Sun Microsystems holding a variety of technical leadership positions, including Principal Architect of SunGrid, the world's first public cloud, Senior Scientist at Sun Labs, Chief Architect of Financial Services and Chief Architect of General Motors. Victoria started her career as HPC engineer for Ford Motor Company. Victoria received numerous awards for engineering excellence, including Sun Systems Engineer of the Year and Ford Chairman Award. Victoria graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University and attended graduate programs at Purdue University and Stanford University. David GimpelevichExecutive AdvisorDavid joined Grid Dynamics in December 2012 with a mission to develop operating plan behind the aggressive, growth-oriented 5-year business plan and then execute key initiatives under that plan. David is a senior leader with VP/GM experience in operating companies, and equally extensive financial services/assets investment management experience in Technology, Consumer Goods and Services, Private Equity, Real Estate, and Mergers and Acquisitions. David’s specialties include: leadership in complex organizations, especially those undergoing critical transitions, tight turnarounds, and rapid growth. Chris MunsonCFOChris Munson is a serial CFO and brings with her a wealth of operational and strategic experience in growing successful emerging and evolving companies. She has led three IPOs, raised required growth capital from numerous venture and debt sources and has engaged in a variety of successful M&A activities for both tech and non-tech organizations. Chris began her career at PWC and is a CPA . She took public Document Technologies (imaging), the California Culinary Academy (a private post-secondary educational company) and Gadzoox (storage area networking). She sold NetCarta (web tools company) to Microsoft and Weldon Owen Publishing to Bonnier Books of Sweden. Chris has acquired numerous domestic and foreign companies. She holds a BS in Business from San Jose State University. Scott JenkinsCorporate PMOScott joined Grid Dynamics in March 2013 with a big mission to establish a corporate PMO office, improve financial planning and performance tracking, drive company’s continuous efforts in the area of process automation and implement a wide range of business systems to support the rapid growth of the business. Prior to Grid Dynamics, Scott was VP Finance and Operations for HR software company HumanConcepts. In addition to finance, Scott headed the professional services, IT and data center operations improving quality and profitability through process and system implementation. Scott began his HumanConcepts tenure as EMEA Regional Director delivering outstanding sales and profit growth before moving to the US. Early in his career Scott worked with Hitachi and Sony where he led finance and business operations for a Doughty Hanson backed JV company in the digital TV space. Eugene SteinbergGrid Dynamics Fellow and VP of TechnologyEugene joined Grid Dynamics in 2006 as the founding engineering manager and remained the company's top technologist and CTO throughout the years. Presently, Eugene is leading the development of the advanced eCommerce search engine. Eugene is an expert in scale-out, high-throughput and low-latency computing architectures. Amongst his many technical achievements are the pioneering designs of an eCommerce PaaS for LAMP applications, an integrated compute-data grid fabrics, and a real-time fraud detection for one of the largest online financial services companies. In addition to the technical leadership, Eugene held a number of senior business positions, including General Manager of Russian Operations. In recognition of his immeasurable contributions to the success of the company, Eugene was named Grid Dynamics Fellow and Vice President of Technology. Eugene holds Ph.D. in Mathematics from Saratov State University, Russia. Max MartynovVP of EngineeringMax is responsible for management, optimization and growth of the engineering organization of Grid Dynamics, ensuring that the Company uses best-practice engineering standards. Max has joined Grid Dynamics in 2008 as senior engineer in Saratov, Russia and quickly grew in responsibility to Development Manager and then Practice Lead for high-performance computing. Under Max leadership, HPC practice grew from inception to a successful and growing segment of the company business, fueled by a strong business relationship with Microsoft. After relocation to Bay Area with his family in 2010, Max has served as Director, eCommerce Accounts, prior to his current appointment in 2013. Before joining Grid Dynamics, Max has been working on the development of large-scale enterprise applications based on Microsoft technologies, starting with the COM platform and continuing with the .NET framework. His professional interests include research in programming languages, software architecture and distributed systems. Max holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and Information Technologies from Saratov State University, Russia. Igor VainerClient PartnerIgor is responsible for managing and developing company's growing eCommerce practice and it's key accounts. Igor was one of founding architects at Grid Dynamics who always excelled at solving complex problems and delivering best solutions for clients. Igor has over 18 years of experience in design and implementation of complex enterprise systems as a developer, architect, development manager and director. Prior to Grid Dynamics, Igor ran engineering organizations at Charles Schwab, an American brokerage and banking company and RBS, an international banking and financial services company. Igor holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Technion, Israel and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from University of Illinois. Yury GryzlovVice President of Operations, RussiaYury Gryzlov joined Grid Dynamics in 2007 as the first QA Manager and quickly established himself as talented and versatile operational manager. As the company grew, Yury took on an ever-increasing level of responsibilities, leading to his current role as Vice-President of Operations, Russia, where he is responsible for all facets of company's operations overseas including finance, legal, HR, IT, office management, purchasing and recruiting. Previously, Yury served as a Director of Human Capital and was responsible for all aspects of our people strategy including hiring, developing and retaining the Grid Dynamics personnel. Prior to that, Yury held a position of Deputy Director of Saratov Engineering center where he managed all of the center's daily operation. Yury holds a Masters of Science degree in Biophysics with honors from Saratov State University, Russia. |
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