Alexey Afonin

Web-site: https://bondholders.ru/

A non-paid social activity associated with my hobby - financial markets and investments

Duties:
- Running the back-office (HR, IT, Compliance, Accounting, Procurement etc.)
- Supporting and guiding assigned Council members, Association members and volunteers in their current activities
- Creating analytical notes regarding stock and bond markets
- Preparing monthly and annual reports

Achievements:
- Designed a strategic vision and organizational structure of the Association (5 areas): back-office, analytics, events, legal support, PR/mass media
- Coordinated organization of business forums for retail investors in 2021 and 2022 which involved 250+ participants and 40+ speakers

Web-site: https://visitech.ru/en/

Remote from Doha, Qatar

Goals and duties:
- Leading a team of PMs, Analysts and Administrators to deliver a portfolio of large-scale projects on integrating IT-solutions for industrial safety in heavy industries (oil, gas, metal, mining etc.)
- Implementing new project management processes from scratch (by PMBOK 7th ed)
- Designing and updating project / portfolio report system and dashboards for top management (by company's OKRs & KPIs)
- Integrating IT support services for company's products (process, SLA, monitoring system etc.)

Web-site: https://omegafuture.ru/?user_lang=en

Core achievements:

- Implemented product management process in corporate scope covering full product life cycle and connecting to business goals of the company (5 unprofitable products were shut, up to 5% of company budget saved)
- Designed and implemented monitoring and report system for product portfolio consisting of 40+ digital solutions
- Prepared business plans and raised state funding for 5 IT-projects (total budget of projects is approx. $5 million)
- Organized communication and delivery process for business team and development team within international project in telemedicine sector for US market (budget $5+ million) - virtual team in 5 time zones

Duties:

- Leading the Product Office - a company unit responsible for accounting and monitoring company's product portfolio (B2B/B2G/B2C)
- Coaching team members inside Product Office who grow as project and product experts and eventually join experienced product teams - 4 employees under my guidance were promoted to higher positions
- Designing and implementing company standards in specific areas of product management - product management and funding, license shipping, intellectual property protection, accreditation of products in government registries etc.
- Organization of product marketing (style, identity, presentations, websites) and product promotion (SEO, SMM, etc.) processes - developed in-house marketing unit (3 people)
- Playing a role of a project coordinator (international project in telemedicine sector for US market) - communications between business teams and development teams (5 time zones), facilitation of product meetings, moderation of daily standup-meetings with developers, managing task trackers (YouTrack, Asana), searching and interviewing new team members for the project (developers, analysts, designers)

Web-site: https://lenoblinvest.ru/en/

Core achievements:

- Delivered an industrial development project (4 000 m2, $10 mln)
- Designed a financial model for project portfolio (corporate scope)
- Designed and implemented corporate project management system (based on PMI PMBoK)
- Made the company a triple prize winner in competition "Project Olympus" among Russian state-owned companies
- Provided the company with certification to standard ISO-21500 "Guidance on Project Management"

Duties:

- Led the division (PMO) responsible for the implementation of industrial development projects (three industrial parks with a total area of more than 100 hectares) - 5 people who led their own expert areas (engineering surveying, design / construction, operation / maintenance, marketing, finance)
- Organized and conducted project committees involving all company's stakeholders
- Prepared and updated project management documentation (project charters, budgets, project management plans, risk register etc.)
- Prepared reports, presentations and briefs on the project portfolio for the region's supervising vice-governor

Web-site: https://lenoblinvest.ru/en/committee-for-economic-development-and-investment-activity/

- Managed & administered public-private partnership (PPP) projects & initiatives (in traffic telematics, waste, utility sectors)
- Designed and prepared 5 feasibility studies and financial models for projects ($15+ mln each)
- Participated in legislative work for regional PPP regulation