Timur Akhimov

Partner at DNF Digital Marketing Agency
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(386) 825-5501
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Almaty, Kazakhstan, KZ
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  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Russian Native or bilingual proficiency
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Experience

  • DNF Digital Marketing Agency
    • Kazakhstan
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Partner
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      UAE Branch of our Content Studio, serving MENA customers in fields such as content creation via videoshooting, graphic design and animation in social media (Instagram, TikTok, Telegram)

    • CEO / Owner
      • Feb 2018 - Present

      Digital Marketing & Social Media Management.Over 5 years we made 14000+ posts, 36000+ stories, 1200+ videos, 40+ websites.Clients: Halyk Bank, KFC, Hardee's, Costa, Pizza Hut, Fortebank, Fortebank Business, Fortebank Premier, Freedom Broker, Freedom Insurance, Chocolife, Mercedes-Benz Kazakhstan, Helios, Nurbank, Chivas, Ararat, Ballantine’s, Olmeca, The Glenlivet, Diageo, Captain Morgan, Paulaner, Bakalář, Staročeské, Pražačka, Nandu, Hendrick's Gin, Tullamore D.E.W., Reyka, Glenfiddich, KFC, Hardee's, Costa, PizzaHut, Absolut, Jameson, Beefeater, Lillet, Martell, Miele, Nurbank, Sonett, Kusto Group and others.We do brand reputation management, content management, social media management, websites / landing pages development, growth strategies, digital promotion campaigns, CRM integrations, social activities automation and performance marketing and video shooting & post-production. Show less

  • XO
    • Retail Groceries
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Managing Partner
      • Aug 2018 - Present

      XO.kz - B2C & B2B beverage sales destination. We overtook #1 spot w/ $3M+ in sales. As a chief manager I oversee positioning, operations, marketing, sales and quality assurance. The company was developed as a business entity from the ground up. Also, we managed the distribution network and secured all distributor partnerships. We did the whole website development and programming, as well as campaigns creation, promotion through digital channels and social media. We managed management for B2C & B2B segment via omnichannel business flow in mind. Continuous performance marketing and brand awareness management via GDN, YAN, FB, IG and CPA networks. Show less

  • Waultr
    • United States
    • Information Technology & Services
    • Co-Founder
      • Oct 2018 - Present

      Event Management System CRM & Campaign Management solution developed from scratch. Stands for flawless automated data integration across multiple Social activities for the client vs multiple endpoints with manual sync. Software contains modules for client management, mass email & sms distribution, events population, location & brands attribution, questionnaires, ticket management, RSVP w/ QR shortlink generation and more. Front-end based on React + Redux. Back-end stands on PHP via Laravel. As well as webpack and other preliminaries. Our clients: Pernod Ricard Kazakhstan (18 companies), Miele, XO and others. Show less

  • Raimbek Group
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Digital Transformation Advisor
      • Feb 2021 - Feb 2022

      Digital advisory to Board of Directors through a number of projects in FMCG online beverages delivery business. Digital advisory to Board of Directors through a number of projects in FMCG online beverages delivery business.

  • Saks Fifth Avenue
    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Chief Marketing Officer
      • Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

      - Marketing activities management for a group of companies in fashion, jewelry, perfume and cosmetics - Marketing strategy proposal to the Board of Directors - Budget allocation between offline & online ATL & BTL channels - Overseeing omnichannel marketing campaigns launch in several cities - Managing customers, service, pull strategies - especially for VIP segment - Working with Europe & Russia brand managers for fashion & jewelry segments - Managing social media presence, gathering influencers to support and further contribution - Offer creation & AB testing for digital media campaign launch with additional GA + data analysis - Implementing CRM mechanics with automated botting procedures via scripts and APIs - Launched an online Ecommerce marketplace in highend fashion segment (viled.kz) - Managing offline stores representation and merchandising with props assignment Fashion stores managed by the group: Saks Fifth Avenue (over 100 brands), Gucci, Dolce&Gabbana, Loro Piana, Brunello Cucinelli, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Kiton, Moncler and others. Jewelry & Watches stores: Graff, Cartier, Chopard, Tiffany&Co, Van Cleef and Arpels, Boucheron, Breguet, Blancpain and more. Perfume & Cosmetics stores: Kiehl’s, Jo Malone, Bobbi Brown, Creed, Montale, Kurkdjian, Dior, Chanel and many more. Show less

  • Yandex
    • Russian Federation
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Country Manager KZ
      • 2018 - 2019

      - Yandex Search share provision and boosting in Kazakhstan; - Yandex Search business development activities and negotiations; - Yandex Search related products launch, PR and integrations; - Desktop & Mobile distribution KPI monitoring and planning. - Managed "Fast Yandex.Browser" ad campaign launch for Kazakhstan, Belarus and Uzbekistan. ATL media planning and placements for OOH, DOOH, TV, OLV, Banner network. Gathering teams in production, copywriting, legal and others. Delivering a project under 1.5 months launch deadline; - Video parsing for Yandex.News launch, as well as kazakh interface and language based adaptation; - Yandex.TV streaming in Kazakhstan launch with regionally acquired movies via fresh Yandex.Channels and other channels; - KidPhone 3G w/ Alice launch in Kazakhstan - timely product distribution and PR activities; - Negotiations with Samsung in various mobile based projects for Yandex.Browser and other Yandex related products and services; - Securing Yandex.ForMedia deals in distribution of Yandex.Weather over KTK, NTK and others; - Contribution in Yandex.Music, Yandex.Taxi and Yandex.Plus matters and projects participation; - Negotiations for NUR.kz Yandex.Search placement & customized Yandex.Browser placement; - PR activities participation by mass media and bloggers attribution for New Yandex.Search event; - Securing BRT, LRT, Bicycle Lanes and Trails from Almaty Development Center for Yandex.Maps; - Negotiations for geolocation data gathering on points of interest with Kazakhtelecom & 2GIS; - Yandex.Map Editor launch in kazakh language and calibrating russian based queries. Show less

  • Tele2
    • Sweden
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head Of Digital
      • Jul 2017 - Sep 2018

      - Digital Product Management Division establishment in Commercial Department; - Digital Management for 2 TelCo Brands of Combined 7 Million User Base; - Digital Revenue growth vs Overall Joint Venture Revenue to 7.92% from 4.10% YoY (+93.21%); - Digital User Base penetration for Mobile Apps: +98.04% Overall YoY (+169.48% for ALTEL); - Digital Unique Mobile Apps installations growth +190.81% YoY (+334.65% for ALTEL); - ALTEL relaunch: Mobile Revenue +1166% & Web Revenue -51% YoY proving mobile migration; - Participation in strategic meetings and Roadmap discussions with C-Suite and Tele2 Sweden BoD; - Organization of 6 outsource development teams made of project managers, web & mobile front/back-end developers, analysts, strategic consultants, designers, UI/UX experts and more; - Digital Roadmap management: priorities, risks and resources allocation (internal & external); - New tools and modules implementation: JIRA, Confluence and JIRA Portfolio; - CBM project management for digital: email, mobile & web campaigns integration; - Management of over 40 digital endpoints for Tele2 & Altel brands. - Tele2 global relaunch for Web, Cabinet, iOS & Android platforms with new identity profile; - ALTEL mobile apps relaunch for iOS & Android with fresh tariff constructor mapping, new functionality - header enrichment, roaming module and more, as well as UI/UX; - tele2.kz relaunch w/ Sylex & Symphony frameworks, analytics & trigger based actions research; - altel.kz relaunch w/ Bitrix CMS, online services activation and selfcare modules development; - business.altel.kz launch for B2B Department with revamped UI/UX approach for Tele2 BoD; - Auto-payment and payment related procedures revamp by driving all resources to quick pay; - Over 20 web LP redesign and remapping to drive add-on services and upsell slow products; - Internal system development for gifting personnel w/ appreciation marks via guidelines. Show less

  • Kcell JSC
    • Kazakhstan
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head, B2B Project Management
      • Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

      - Organization of B2B Project Management Unit within Technology Department; - Communicating Business Section tasks and projects to Technology Department; - Project team organization of up to 30 allocated P&PMO + P&S specialists: project managers, product managers, IT experts, developers, analysts and others; - Finance and budget management from B2B CAPEX perspective; - B2B Department CAPEX management and monitoring up to $1.5M; - Participation in B2B Top Management meetings and Roadmap discussions; - B2B Roadmap management: priorities, risks and resources allocation; - B2B Roadmap digitalization out of static Excel spreadsheets to the automated dynamic dashboard via recreating epics, teams, skills and staff in JIRA & Portfolio for JIRA w/ wiki in Confluence; - New tools and modules implementation - JIRA, JIRA Service Desk and Portfolio; - Agile (Scrum and Kanban) implementation and evangelism within Technology; - Project & resources management in conjunction with analysts and developers. - Almaty Parking, software integration for the payment via SMS; - Corporate Phones Selling System, web portal development; - INFO Port, scripting and integration with IP-PBX machine (Asterisk); - B2B Selfcare, redesign and revamp of selfservice portal (JAVA); - TTK Reserve Channel, implementation and monitoring; - vPBX 2.0, new solution implementation and management; - Camunda BPMN, "Revision" process implementation; - MEGA, hardware and software implementation; - Universiade, ticketing and call center support; - PTT, mobile app release, bug fixing and new features development; - Targeted Bulk SMS, system revamp and status page development. Show less

  • dentsu
    • Japan
    • Advertising Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head, Digital Production
      • Mar 2016 - Jul 2016

      • New division establishment with further replication to full service digital agency; • New product line: digital audit, product development, automation, CRM integrations; • Created conjoined eCRM integration offers for TelCo and banking clients; • Developed a digital strategy and unit's structure for company’s shareholders; • Tailored multiple keynotes to various clients respecting current and future needs; • Managed design projects with external vendors and subcontractors; • Deployed clients’ demo instances to showcase POCs (front-end + back-end); • Created and presented new offers to variety of new clients on weekly basis. Show less

  • Alma Telecommunications Kazakhstan
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head, Digital Projects Development
      • Mar 2015 - Feb 2016

      Overall:• Internet Projects Development Division establishment in Corporate Headquarters;• Securing and segregating internet and web related goals in a new division for CEO;• Preparation of all required documents and employee responsibilities for the Unit;• Gathering data on manual operated procedures and securing Business vision;• Direct collaboration with Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Executive Officer;• Undertaking pilot Agile / Kanban projects via web and app development projects;• Developing Kanban culture in other Company's section for Agile introduction;• Using outsourced resources in terms of Time&Materials for web portal development.Projects:Android mobile app development- Gathered an array of companies based on reviews and ratings (Ruward, Tagline);- Gathered business requirements and technical feasibility request options;- Remote project management of two different teams: design and coding;- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.appkode.almatvWeb portal development- Lead website development projects with contributions to UI/UX design, architecture and analysis.Main one, almatv.kz, has several I/O points for gathering (RESTful, JSON/XML) data from 3rd parties;- After redesign, conversion rate went up to ~58% for the main category and bounce rate went down to ~31% (via Google Analytics). Redesign process w/ total revamp and module development;- Managed remote groups of designers, front and back end developers. Show less

    • IT Department Director
      • Apr 2013 - Feb 2015

      Overall:• IT Department establishment in Corporate Headquarters;• IT Department strategy, yearly and quarterly plans preparation;• Secured hiring procedures and evolved role entry benchmarks;• Organized department's structure, hierarchy and cross-functions;• Developed training plans and secured the needs for HR section;• Optimized redundant IT functions by managing business processes;• Automated selfcare and support systems for internal and regional users;• Supervised 4 IT Units in terms of BSS, Inf. Systems, Telecom and Tech Support;• Reported to CEO and BoD on regular for advancing IT Department development;• Supported regional CTOs/IT managers via weekly feedback and communication;• Tier 2 backbone GBit Buyouts, BSS implementation & global IP-PBX switch.Unit Management• Planned on-premise services migration to MS Azure (AD, VMs, VNet) and AWS (EC2, EBS, S3);• MS Forefront TMG proxy server deployment w/ Kerio Control test runs and ISA Server migration;• MS Lync Server deployment with Lync Edge for external user access (HQ and Branches);• Zabbix monitoring solution deployment for gathering data on server farm health status;• Custom Redmine project management instance deployment for HQ and Branches w/ LDAP sync;• Corporate Portal (1C-Bitrix) deployment with seamless LDAP authentication and AD sync;• WSUS deployment to handle update distribution across servers and clients;• Oracle Database upgrade and Oracle Weblogic Server deployment for billing and B/OSS projects;• NVR deployment in regional branches to stream camera feeds remotely with HQ access;• Thawte SSL signed web servers deployment for web apps (Apache HTTP Server & NGINX);• LDAP/AD connected web apps and GPO deployment - phonebook, signatures, reminders etc.;• SIP trunks configuration (IP-PBX identification, extensions etc.) between HQ and branches;• 1C:Enterprise (1C:Accounting, 1С:Payroll and HR Management) DB and clients optimization. Show less

    • IT Consultant
      • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

      Overall:• Consulted CEO in terms of incorporating an IT Department in company's structure;• Worked out BSS implementation problems with solution's vendor (MagnaQuest);• Prepared IT development plans for Board of Directors and C-Suite;• Optimized resource allocation and usage in terms of HW and SW.Unit Management• Configuration of HTTP, HTTP/S, FTP, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, SSH and other network services;• Microsoft Sharepoint w/ Nintex Workflow EDM system support and optimization;• Microsoft Exchange Server upgrade and Exchange ActiveSync service activation;• VMware vSphere and MS Hyper-V deployment - over 90% physical to virtual machines transfer;• HP StorageWorks SAN deployment via ProCurve switches to a farm of ProLiant servers;• SRS development for the billing system, B/OSS, secured areas and other enterprise software. Show less

  • Kazpost JSC
    • Kazakhstan
    • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior IT Manager
      • Jul 2009 - Sep 2012

      Overall: • Substituted an IT Director in times of absence, vacation or other times of need; • Annual IT report preparation for the Board of Directors (as an Acting IT Director); • Best practices execution via ITIL v3 methodology and COBIT framework; • “Incident Management”, “Problem Management” and “Change Management” deployment; • Recommendations fulfillment from “Ernst&Young”, “PricewaterhouseCoopers” and “Deloitte”; • Weekly conference calls with regional branches directors for the implementation projects; • ISO 9001:2008 IT unit coverage for the company, quality assurance committee member; • Participation in data and components migration of Colvir Banking System (version “2” to “3”); • SQUID proxy server rules and traffic management with additional segregation between users; • Representation of Kazakhstan as a member of Universal Postal Union at .post domain launch; • Gathering data on web studios and PHP frameworks in order to develop a high-load portal. Projects: Nation-scale branch automation project management - Increased overall branch automation share from ~34% to ~85%; - Gathered multiple hardware vendors due the need of thin clients; - Project charter preparation. Timeline, milestones and requirements gathering; - Team leadership as a project manager on a timely basis; - Stress tested Cisco Citrix connections and load balancing; - Automated manual registration and financial transactions (CBS) Enterprise Service Bus implementation project management - Technical requirements gathering, system usage buffer analysis; - Secured the array of needed adapters and involved interfaces; - Developed a project charter alongside the project milestones; - Went through appropriate training courses and shared the knowledge. Show less

  • Freelance
    • Freelance
      • 2003 - 2009

      Web Development - Web sites development using HTML and CSS; - JS programming and library adaptation to web projects; - CMS adjustment to portals, shops, corporate web sites etc.; - Application data representation via XML schemas and JSON; - Web services access and configuration via SOAP and REST. Internet Activities - Server architecture security analysis (exploits db monitoring and scanning); - IRC Eggdrop bot development (programming, customization etc.); - IRCd deployment and IRC network servers maintenance (rinet.ru); - Shells (UNIX) deployment automation and configuration (xploit.ru); - Custom ICQ mods and packages assembly (asechka.ru); - Chats and forums support and exploits fixing (igromania.ru) 2D Graphics Development - Web Banners (GIF editing and composing, Flash animation); - Logotypes via typography or illustrations (Raster & Vector); - Icons (.ico drawing, vector graphics for web projects); - Layout Prototyping and Web Design (Photoshop, Illustrator) 3D Models Development - MMORPG game models development (combats.ru, territory.ru); - Human modeling and clothing development (Cinema4D, Zbrush) Show less

Education

  • San Francisco Bay University
    Bachelor, Business Administration and Information Sciences
    2005 - 2009

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