Experience

Business ownership, operational restructuring, product development and advisory.

Aug 2024–Aug 2025

National Non-Profit

Head of Operational Architecture & Partnerships

Led the operational turnaround and modernization of a legacy national organization across HQ and 64+ regional entities, restructuring the operating model and eliminating low-leverage roles.

Led migration from fragmented manual workflows to a unified Bitrix24 operating stack and drove cross-department adoption during a high-change period.

Managed strategic partnerships with Norilsk Nickel, Mars, Nestlé, X5 Group, and Ozon, and served as a central escalation point for legal, reputational, and partnership-risk issues.

Co-developed national ESG and humanitarian program structures with government bodies and KEPT / ex-KPMG.

Aug 2019–Aug 2024

Global Hunter International

Founder & CEO

Cross-border technical and executive recruiting company serving clients across the US, EMEA, and CIS markets.

Founded and operated the business with full responsibility for P&L, client delivery, legal and financial operations, hiring, and a distributed international team.

Built the recruiting system end to end, including CRM workflows, screening logic, interview protocols, assessment frameworks, and hiring decision rules.

Completed more than 15,000 candidate interviews and worked directly with founders and executive teams on senior hiring and role definition.

Clients included Yandex, think-cell, SberDevices, MyOffice, Agima, and Telesport.

Aug 2014–Jul 2024

Independent Projects

Entrepreneur & Project Lead

A mix of independent ventures, project-based roles, and hands-on work across technology, consumer businesses, and organizational systems.

2024–2026 Product, Systems & Hiring

Built and launched a productized operating toolkit for founder-led businesses, combining structured frameworks and AI-assisted diagnostics around hiring, execution, and organizational bottlenecks.

Built hiring and operating systems for engineering teams and redesigned recruitment-to-production workflows for a network of more than 450 contributors, including CRM logic, data migration, and process consolidation.

Contributed product logic, UX structure, and internal CRM architecture to HR Tech and PropTech teams, including projects within the Sber ecosystem.

2016–2024 E-commerce & Beauty Retail — Founder & Operator

Built and operated seven mid-premium retail units with more than 3,000 SKUs, owning P&L, pricing, sourcing, inventory, supply chain, digital infrastructure, fulfillment, hiring, and operations.

Built acquisition and distribution across owned e-commerce, SEO, paid and influencer channels, Ozon, and Yandex Market.

2014–2021 Product, GTM & Communications

Worked across product launches, positioning, go-to-market, and stakeholder communications in technology, education, real estate, and institutional projects.

Led projects for MGIMO Endowment, an MR Group affiliate, and early-stage technology ventures; shaped GTM for a consumer messaging product later acquired before launch (Nexters).

Secured coverage in Forbes, RBC, and Kommersant and launched a boutique advertising school from concept to initial revenue.

2006–2011

Education

MGIMO University, Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Master’s degree

Languages · Russian, Spanish, English