I have enjoyed living and working in various countries from Russia and Turkey to Spain and the UK. Most of my professional life revolted around Sales and Marketing - from being a sales rep to building company-wide capabilities in data drives sales, digital marketing and multi-channel customer engagement.

I had many jobs before I started my real career: book binding for my father, school radio and newspaper chief editor, dish washer in resort canteen and translator to name a few.

I grew up in a small town inside Arctic Circle, on the Barents Sea shore of the USSR. All my childhood I dreamed about becoming an engineer, building something useful for people, or maybe launching rockets into Space.

So I went to the best technical University in the USSR to learn to design satellite propulsion systems. But Soviet Union collapsed during my 1st year of studies. Life became very different - so I decided to change too. Suddenly a whole new and fascinating world was opening in front of me.

Since then I have lived in magnificent Moscow, vivid Barcelona and electrifying London, now living in charming Prague – right in the centre of Europe. I worked on very interesting projects. Doing that I have met a lot of very talented and interesting people and developed deep friendships. That's what I am most grateful for.

In my private life, together with my wonderful wife, I am raising four very clever children. I am also a sometimes skier and a wannabe skipper. Life has been very exciting so far and the future is ever more promising!