
CIO at Top-Kniga
Russian Federation

CIO at Top-Kniga
Russian Federation
Prime interests and responsibilities:
*business development by
ERP implementation management,
*infrastructure projects,
*business process automation,
*constant cost reduction,
*budgeting,
*systems and methods improvement, .
Prime goal:
*to become a leader and a change driver of my country in the field of information technology and beyond.
Current status:
*member of top management team at the major Russian private-owned books & media multi-channel powerhouse.
Broad knowledge of ERP systems, IT best practices, controlling practice methods, IFRS, budgeting, and management accounting.
(Privately Held; Retail industry)
March 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Pushing total cost of IT service down.
Optimising strategic relationships with vendors.
Improving internal projects.
Increasing productivity of IT solutions, people, and equipment.
Implementing client-centric IT approach.
Doing more with less.
(Mining & Metals industry)
December 2007 — September 2008 (10 months)
Provided strategic IT guidance to management of the company.
Successfully initiated and completed a number of IT projects that
* improved internal customer satisfaction
* reduced TCO of IT solutions
* accelerated business and IT processes
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Mining & Metals industry)
March 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Responsible for:
Group IT-strategy.
Group IT & ERP policies and implementation projects.
Group head office IT, and telecommunication infrastructure.
Financial accounting software implementation for Group head office purposes.
Common Group project management approach implementation.
2006/2007 achievements:
managed the network costruction project netween headquarters and all the major locations that won "Corporated Distributed Network of the Year Cisco Award"
achieved significant discounts and reductions for IT costs for the organisation
"METINVEST HOLDING Ltd." acknowledged by Ukrainian business community as #4 technologically most advanced company in the country
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Mining & Metals industry)
April 2004 — March 2006 (2 years )
Managed implementation of SAP R/3 (IM, PP, FI-LO, CO, CO-PC, PM, HCM, migration to MySAP Business Suite, upgrade to SAP 4.7), and other ERP applications (local budgeting application).
Prepared 3 year budget of the organisation (2005-2007).
Implemented Zero-Based Budgeting approach for fixed cost planning.
Oversaw IT function (system customisation, programming, network and security development) in 2004-2005.
Initiated and supervised a number of telecommunication and new technology early adoption projects.
Directly managed IT function (851 heads) from July 2005 till March 2006.
(Public Company; Tobacco industry)
May 2002 — April 2004 (2 years )
Overseen production controlling function (direct cost controlling, overhead cost controlling, investment controlling).
Prepared three-year budgets for 2003-2005 and 2004-2006.
Prepared monthly reports
1. Financial (balance sheet and income statement),
2. Managerial (manufacturing result reporting, KPI and production reporting)
Assisted factory manager in achieving significant productivity gains, drastic working capital improvement.
Worked in close contact with the headquarters.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Tobacco industry)
June 2000 — May 2002 (2 years )
Overseen production controlling function for Kiev Tobacco Factory and Cherkassy Tobacco Factory (direct cost controlling, overhead cost controlling, investment controlling).
Prepared three-year budgets for 2001-2003, 2002-2004.
Prepared monthly reports
1. Financial (balance sheet and income statement),
2. Managerial (manufacturing result reporting, KPI and production reporting)
Assisted factory manager in achieving significant productivity gains, drastic working capital improvement.
Performed investment appraisal.
Designed and implemented cost reduction programme.
Participated in SAP R/3 (CO-PC, CO-PA, PP, FI-AA) and KIS2 implementation .
Worked in close contact with the headquarters.
Supervised six controllers.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1998 — June 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Implemented SunSystems 4.2.5 (financial, order processing, and inventory movements modules) for one of the leading sunflower oil manufacturers and seed traders in Ukraine (Cereol Group).
Developed VAT accounting solution for SunAccount and Cognos Impromptu.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
August 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 3 months)
Primarily worked as part of the IAS audit engagements with industrial and IT companies.
Had a wide exposure to various aspects of assurance work.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Tobacco industry)
February 1997 — June 1997 (5 months)
Prepared overhead cost analysis of Lviv Tobacco Factory.
Reported on Ukraine's tobacco industry trends and developments.
Specialist , International Economic Relations , 1992 — 1997
Awards: Honors Diploma,
President Scholarship (1996-1997),
Best Summer School Student (1995)
International Business & Finance August 1995 — December 1995
Participated in exchange programme for Ukrainian students.
Took a range of courses in International Business and Finance, that built up toward perfectly toward total academic backgroud.
New technology, fiction, history of Russia and Ukraine in 20th centrury, freakonomics, jogging
ACCA Student (final stage, 13 papers passed)
1996 - President of Ukraine Scholarship (one of the top three students at Lviv State University of the year)