Boris Klimov

Senior

Registration: 26.12.2022

Specialization: Chief Information Officer

— IT Director (CIO) with 20+ years of experience in developing and implementing IT strategies, digital transformation and managing complex technology ecosystems. — Managed departments of up to 250 people and project teams of over 300 specialists. Implemented large-scale automation, AI/ML, RPA, cloud solutions and import substitution programs with budgets of over 1 billion rubles. — Reduced Time-to-Market from 6 months to 1month, reduced operating costs by 25%, ensured EBIT growth by 234% and profitability from 6% to 16%. — Expert in optimizing the IT landscape, consolidating systems and launching e-com/CRM/ERP platforms. — Experience interacting with C-level, vendors and regulators, building long-term partnerships and managing CAPEX/OPEX budgets in billions of rubles. — Strong competencies in Agile/SAFe, project portfolio management, risk management and building high-performance teams. System Development and Process Optimization: — Built a project and strategic planning system from scratch, created a Project Management Office (PMO) and other divisions. — Implemented software development standards, cutting the time to launch new product features from 6 months to 26 business days. — Optimized operational costs by 25%, creating a reserve for import substitution programs. — Maintained a 99% SLA level for three consecutive years. Leadership and IT Strategy: — Led a software development center with 250 employees across five departments in seven regions. — Automated cross-team collaboration tools, boosting efficiency by 20%. — Completed a ₽1 billion import substitution project for key software and hardware systems. Large-Scale Process Optimization: — Enhanced operational efficiency for 3,000+ employees by 25%. — Increased budget transparency through software planning and production management systems. — Successfully deployed MS TFS for 2,000 employees in record time. Project Management and Training: — Developed and delivered courses on project management and corporate Agile. — Recognized over 10 times as the "Best Lecturer" in project management at HSE University.

Agile Scrum Project Management Software Development Business process optimization Business Process Management Business Analysis Requirements Analysis Program Management CTOs Cio Technical Director DevOps

Portfolio

Touch Bank

CTO

Mediascope

CPMO

Mediascope

Chief Process Officer

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Scrum

Software Project Management

Software Development

Project Management

Project Portfolio Management

Business Process

Business Analysis

Analysis

Resource Management

Requirements Analysis

Program Management

HP PPM

MS TFS

Jira

IDEF0

RUP

MSF

Kanban

SVN

Git

SAFe

E-com

AI/ML

RPA

Cloud

Work experience

Strategic Projects Director

since 08.2018 - Till the present day |Mediascope

CRM, ERP, Agile, SAFe

Mediascope is a technology research company, the leader of the Russian market for media research and monitoring of advertising and media. Companies are based on international standards for research. The company is a member of industry associations and associations EMRO, ESOMAR, OIROM. The clients of Mediascope are the majority of participants in the media and advertising market: advertising agencies and groups, publishing houses, television channels, radio stations, Internet sites and companies advertisers. Mediascope information bases provide them opportunities for making strategic decisions. ● Reduced new feature implementation timelines from 6 months to 26 business days. ● Optimized operational costs by 25%, enabling strategic import substitution programs. ● Maintained a 99% SLA level over three years. ● Operating profit by 234%, increasing profitability from 6% to 16%. ● Implemented business process automation programs, including CRM and ERP, project management systems, corporate knowledge base, and office space management system. ● These initiatives significantly improved efficiency and reduced operational risks. Key competencies: Strategic management, development of operational and technological strategies, scaling Agile and SAFe, risk management, process automation, project management, import substitution, digitalization of corporate systems, team management and achieving high operating profit indicators.

CTO

01.2016 - 06.2017 |Touch Bank

Java, Objective C, Python, SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Jira, Confluence, TeamCity, Amazon AWS, MS Azure, gitlab-ci, gradle, maven, docker, docker-compose, ansible, Jenkins, graylog

Touch Bank (OTP Group) is a retail digital bank that provides financial products and services through a personal online office and mobile application. ● Ensured timely implementation of all stages of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and continuous optimization of processes. ● Developed and implemented the bank's IT systems development strategy, which ensured effective scaling and stable functioning of key services for clients. ● Oversaw the management of software architecture and the implementation of all key systems. ● Tripled testing and release speeds through automation tools. ● Cut IT budgets by 25% while maintaining 98% SLA compliance. ● Established predictable metrics for development effort estimates.

Chief Technology Officer

05.2014 - 09.2015 |RN-Inform (Rosneft)

.NET, Delphi, C++, Python, SQL, Oracle, MS TFS, SharePoint, MS Azure, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, VMWare

● Managed a software development center with ~300 employees in 5 departments and 4 regions, ensuring stable operation and development of key corporate systems. Formation and provision of qualitative and quantitative indicators of the direction, provision and development of internal automation tools, optimization of development and management processes. ● Optimized software development processes and implemented internal automation tools, which allowed organizing cross-team development in the conditions of distributed and remote employees and reduced development time by 15% and increased team efficiency by 20% (largely due to more efficient communication processes between departments). ● Developed and implemented standards, policies and procedures, which ensured process transparency and predictability of project plans for customers, reducing operational risks by 10%. ● Ensured proper management of architecture and implementation in all areas of software development. ● Organized the collection of metrics and ensured their analysis (internal, external, key performance indicators).

Deputy Head of Project Management Department

05.2013 - 05.2014 |JSC SBT

CRM, ERP, Agile, SAFe

Implementation of a software production planning and management system. ● Regular internal audit and management training allowed for balanced P&L control and automated reporting to the customer. ● Organized the collection of metrics and provided their analysis (internal, external, key performance indicators) ● Managed the project portfolio, resources, requirements and risks, ensuring stable project implementation within the established deadlines and budget ● Optimized processes for 3,000 employees, improving operational efficiency by 25%. Key responsibilities: ● Hire, manage and coach Team. ● Define data structures and object models. ● Solve high-value problems using algorithms. ● Map solutions to large “building blocks” of existing components and cloud services. ● Make decisions that reduce scope in favor of simplicity. ● Create technical design specs that define the core of software products. ● Review and provide feedback to more junior product managers, turning decisions into detailed engineering plans.

Head of Internal Tools Development

12.2010 - 12.2013 |Kaspersky Lab

CRM, ERP, Agile

Built a team of internal tools development from scratch (all employees are still working for the company today). ● Ensured successful completion of the Application Lifecycle Management implementation program 2 times faster than the vendor's standard regulations. \ ● Implemented software development process automation systems, including HP Project and Portfolio Management and Microsoft Team Foundation Server, which became one of the largest implementations in the CIS, which improved control over the company's projects and products and reduced project management costs by 20% and increased predictability in planning by more than 40%. ● Optimized business processes for RnD as a whole (~900 employees), which increased operational efficiency by 20% and reduced operating costs by 10%. ● Managed projects and project programs, ensuring priority implementation of key initiatives.

Head of Development | Founding Member

01.2008 - 12.2010 |SummerLightning

CRM, ERP, Agile

Product 1 – Integrated System for automating the process of setting up and monitoring the advertising companies. The main feature of the product is to provide the user with the ability to create and plan the company strategy not only based on the standard parameters but also on those which are not functionally implemented by PPC providers (google, yandex, begun). The system provides a complete web-based (SaaS) and full-featured cross-platform client with the opportunity to work offline as well. Product 0 – Open-source Project; It's an Application Layer Firewall (ALF). It is a firewall, working at level 7 of model OSI (L7). Practically, this means that it is able to monitor the data, which are to be exchanged with any applications via network data. This Product is a modular platform, which task is to provide an abstract interface for constructing and processing the rules and network traffic as well. It supports both modes for proxy traffic (classic and transparent). The system is designed to provide comprehensive protection of corporate networks, although this does not preclude its use at home.

Head of PMO

01.2008 - 12.2009 |Smartus

CRM, ERP, Agile

Practising in clarifying business requirements, performing a gap analysis between goals and existing procedures/skill sets, and designing process and system improvements to increase productivity and reduce costs. Formalization of business processes and requirements, making functional specifications, creating the architecture of projects, working up models of dates, monitoring and control status of projects. Key responsibilities: ● Hire, manage and coach Team. ● Define data structures and object models. ● Solve high-value problems using algorithms. ● Map solutions to large “building blocks” of existing components and cloud services. ● Make decisions that reduce scope in favour of simplicity. ● Lead and manage a team. ● Create technical design specs that define the core of software products. ● Review and provide feedback to more junior product managers, turning decisions into detailed engineering plans.

Visiting Scholar: Faculty of Computer Science / School of Software Engineering

since 01.2007 - Till the present day |National Research University — Higher School of Economics

Agile, Project Management, Software Development, Risk Mitigation

Consistently ranked as one of Russia’s top universities, the Higher School of Economics is a leader in Russian education and one of the preeminent economics and social sciences universities in eastern Europe and Eurasia. I am Lecturer and Author of courses: ● Agile and Project Management. ● Project Management in Software Development. ● Requirements Management and Risk Mitigation. ● Management development of complex software systems and applications.

Project Manager

12.2006 - 12.2008 |Amphora Group

MIIS, HP OV SD

Project Management. ● Planning, tracking, risk mitigation and follow up projects according to cost, quality and time objectives. ● Presale and sale activities.

Developer -> Senior Expert

12.2004 - 12.2006 |CBOSS

CRM, ERP, Agile

● Developing and implementation software developing technology based on agile methodologies. ● Project Management. ● Planning, tracking, risk mitigation and follow up projects according to cost, quality and time objectives. ● Requirements management.

Educational background

The system analysis, management and processing of the information

2004 - 2007

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

Diploma, Engineer-mathematician

1998 - 2004

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

Languages

EnglishUpper IntermediateRussianNative