CEO and co-founder

• Jul 2022 - Present

CEO and co-founder

• Apr 2016 - Jul 2022

As one of the pioneers and co-founders of the company, have always played an active role. First acted as Enterprise Architect, but in 2016, when the company faced a financial and managerial crisis, took the role of CEO and brought the company to the level of financial sustainability by developing a new area of business. Led the company to the following results:• Raised the company's employee engagement level to 95% through the following steps: o Involved all active employees in the formulation of the new mission, vision and values of the company o Delegated 30-40% of managerial authority to rank-and-file employees, allowed the latter to make independent decisions and take the initiative• Transitioned to a non-hierarchical management model and a divisional (product) organizational structure, which resulted the following: o Software engineer turnover dropped to 5%, against a strong outflow from all local companies abroad and to remote work for foreign companies o Managers freed up to 50% of time from routine operational tasks and were able to focus on strategic goals o Company identified and liquidated two unprofitable products and directed the freed resources to the development of promising products• Conducted a successful merger with a company of identical scale: o Staff losses during the merger were only 6% (not a single resignation - everyone left by choice) o The companies' combined earnings increased from $1.1M to $2M• Initiated transition from bureaucracy to human-centric environment, and promoted the idea that the company's success in innovative areas depends on motivation and internal growth of the rank-and-file employees: o Over the next 2 years, employees, besides regular work, banded together in small groups acting on startup principles and created 8 new productso The heads of 3 of the company's 5 divisions were employees who had not previously held managerial positions, but who revealed leadership qualities in a favorable environment

Enterprise Architect and co-founder

• May 2010 - Apr 2016

Aligned the activities of the IT department with ITIL practices and brought the level of customer satisfaction to 78%• Launched three large-scale projects: o Mobile Devices Registration System - a nationwide system that covered the networks of all GSM operators and reduced the smuggling of mobile devices from 70% to 20% o Unified Call Center that consolidated 7 ministries and implemented the "one window" principle to support entrepreneurs of the country o Workforce Management System for Baku City Circuit (Formula-1), accomplished within 6 months and formed a base of 15K volunteers

Enterprise IT Manager

• Feb 2009 - May 2010

Within the framework of the work on preparing the company to enter the international market, developed and implemented policies and procedures in the field of information security, e-document flow, corporate communication and project management Within the framework of the work on preparing the company to enter the international market, developed and implemented policies and procedures in the field of information security, e-document flow, corporate communication and project management

Enterprise IT Department Manager

• Oct 2008 - Feb 2009

IT Specialist

• Nov 2004 - Oct 2008

System Administrator

• Dec 2003 - Nov 2004