Michael Kouznetsoff

Michael was accepted to the Moscow University of Electronic Machinery at the age of 15. He graduated six years later with the Master Degree with Honors in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.

As one of top-3 graduates Michael was invited to join the Institute of General Physics with the Academy of Sciences (the net of national academic research entities, the job there is considered the most prestigious).

Michael's impact was noticed at the Institute and he was quickly promoted to the job of Senior Scientific Researcher, the position that is usually offered to scientists with a PhD.

When Perestroika was launched, MK switched to the financial industry path. He worked as the Director of a brokerage company and was the Founding Board Member of the first Currency Futures Exchange in Russia - MTB. Michael was invited to the join Alfa-bank – the largest non-government bank in Russia, one of top-5 banks. MK was building his career through the ranks in various departments while studying at the Financial Academy under the Government of Russian Federation. Michael graduated with the Bachelor in Banking, his top position at the Alfa-Bank was the Head of FX Desk at the Treasury. He was also appointed as the Board Member of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange Derivative Section (now MOEX). MK also invented the new way to plot TA-charts – some kind of 3D-charting – that he used for proprietary currency trading.

MK moved to Canada twenty years ago through the program for high skilled workers and made the British Columbia his new home.

Michael was involved in internet savvy communities, worked on various software projects, mostly related to web servers and databases. On the financial industry side, Michael passed the Canadian Securities Course (CSC) exam as well as the Personal Insurance exams and worked for the investment firm as the Financial Security and Personal Insurance Advisor. Michael also earned his second Master Degree with Honors, now in Financial Engineering from the International University of Monaco.

MK was the first wave member at Envisioning Labs – the Vancouver-based innovation consultancy that assists organizations in identifying growth, innovation and business opportunities and is involved in various IT projects at the start-up stage.

Michael is currently dedicating his time to a new start-up – using the new digital currency (similar to the Ehter) to significantly improve community engagement to help single-parent families.