Dmitry Sotnikov

Current

Manager, New Product Research at Quest Software

Past

Group Program Manager at Quest Software
Product Manager at Aelita
Programmer at XJTek

Programmer at S3 (Philips branch in Dublin, Ireland)

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Education

Sankt-Peterburgskij Gosudarstvennyj Politehniceskij Universitet
St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University

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Dmitry Sotnikov’s Summary

Young energetic leader who can make things happen in a software corporation.

Microsoft MVP, member of the START-2009 and START-2010 venture funding committees for Russian tech start-ups, head of Quest's product incubation team, who successfully lead the efforts developing multiple new products and markets. These include Quest's migration products (DMW, EMW, QMM), auditing products (InTrust for AD, InTrust for Exchange), first SharePoint products, Quest's most successful freeware/community tools: PowerGUI and AD cmdlets, and recently Quest's SaaS product set - Quest OnDemand.

Work experience includes multiple management positions at:
* Software development,
* Technical communications,
* Technical support (set up the team for Aelita, St. Petersburg from scratch and established 24x7 customer support),
* Product management (set up the program managers' team in St. Petersburg R&D lab),
* New product research,
* SaaS development and operations.

Besides the PowerShell and Cloud Computing efforts, I am involved in strategic planning and directions for Quest's Windows Management Business Unit and our Microsoft collaboration. I am doing a lot of traveling meeting with Quest staff globally, our customers and partners, Microsoft, attending conferencing, talking to press and analysts.

I have been presenting at various conferences including Microsoft Management Summit, WinHEC, TechEd US and Europe, TEC, and Platforma, and was one of the organizers of Quest's internal Innovate events.

Dmitry Sotnikov’s Specialties:

SaaS, Product Management, Innovation, Software Development, Technical Support, Communities, Grass-Roots Marketing

Dmitry Sotnikov’s Experience

Manager, New Product Research

Quest Software

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; QSFT; Computer Software industry)

October 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

* Developing new product ideas from their inception to commercial release including:
- prototyping,
- executing secondary market research,
- validating with customers and partners,
- running across product management,
- getting product management, development and other resources,
- handing of the product to the new team.

* Locating new markets and growth opportunities for Quest's Windows Management.

* Working with product management and R&D on strategic directions and inter-team collaboration for Windows Management business unit.

* Technical coordination with Microsoft.

* Conference participation:
- Innovate 2007 - organizer,
- Microsoft Management Summit 2007 - speaker,
- WinHEC 2007 - speaker,
- Longhorn RDP Airlift - speaker,
- TechEd 2007 - speaker.
Group Program Manager

Quest Software

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; QSFT; Computer Software industry)

March 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 8 months)

* In charge of Exchange and migration products, new product research
* Launched and maintain product online community for Quest sales, professional services, and partners
* After Aelita acquisition, coordinated the company merger: product rationalization, support merger, common procedures and standards, etc.
Product Manager

Aelita

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

1999 — 2004 (5 years )

Various management positions in technical writing, technical support, and product management.

Accomplished several projects important for the company:
* Technical writing including xml/xsl script platform for rapid help-system development, documentation standards, computer-based trainings, etc.
* 24x7 technical support service for our customers world-wide: hired people, organized trainings, developed procedures
* Development product management: developed and promoted the concept, hired staff, organized efficient collaboration with development and marketing
* Launched and promoted internal Sharepoint portal system as a common collaboration and data storage platform
Programmer

XJTek

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Programmer, Technical Writer
* Participated in several software projects as developer, product designer, and technical writer
* OSD project for LG Electronics. Visual rapid development and modeling tool for distributed real-time systems.
Programmer

S3 (Philips branch in Dublin, Ireland)

(Computer Software industry)

January 1998 — June 1998 (6 months)

6 month student placement in a Philips research subsidiary in Dublin. Participated in developing a telecommunications ATM system.

Dmitry Sotnikov’s Education

Sankt-Peterburgskij Gosudarstvennyj Politehniceskij Universitet

M.A. , Economics and Management , 1994 — 2000
St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University

M.A. , Computer Science , 1994 — 2000

Graduated summa cum laude