Danila Medvedev

Birthday:                          March 21, 1980

Address:                          Ruskonlahdenkatu 13-15 F 9/1, Lappeenranta, 53850, Finland

e-mail:                         medvedev@lut.fi                         phone:                         +358 041 580 2196

 

Work experience

2002 – 2003

Cocoa-Union. Contract work on developing a business plan for a new factory.

2000 – 2002

Trigon Capital (regional investment bank). Financial analyst. Project management, preparation of investment documentation, contacts with clients and investors.

Projects: regional ISP, cash & carry chain, coffee shop chain.

Aug – Oct 2000

Infocon (software development). Marketing research, sales documentation.

Apr – Jul 2000

Russky Bakels (St. Petersburg). Development of company strategy, food ingredients market research, marketing plan development.

Feb – May 1999

Canon North-East Oy. Consumables market research in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

19972001

Various small projects: market research, translations, interpreting, database development, other projects.

Education

Sep 2002 – now

Lappeenranta University of Technology, International Master Program in IT.

1997 – 2002

St. Petersburg State University for Engineering and Economics (ENGECON), degree in Management, major in Innovation Management, honours diploma.

May – Jul 2001

International Management Institute of St. Petersburg (IMISP). GAAP and IAS – translation of Russian accounts.

1996 – 2000

IMISP, degree in General Management, honours diploma.

Jan – Apr 2000

Project Management Institute, training.

Jul – Aug 1998

Lappeenranta University of Technology, International Business and Technology Management Programme (IBTM Summer-98).

Research

2001

“Securities Market”, ¹9, 2001 “Modern formats of retail trade. Current state and prospects of the Russian market”.

May 2002

“Planning for the Future”, St. Gallen University (Switzerland). ISC-Symposium.

1999, 2000

ENGECON. International management Olympiad, fourth place (twice).

May – Jun 1999

“Tomorrow: how modern telecommunication changes the definition of work”, St. Gallen University. ISC-Symposium.

May 1998

“The Russian Market Is Full of Paradoxes. Has Nestlé Abilities to Find a Key to Success?”, St. Gallen University. ISC-Symposium.

IT skills

1999, 2001

First place at ENGECON Olympiad in Informatics (twice)

1996

Participated in All-Russia Olympiad in Programming

1996

Second place at St. Petersburg City Olympiad in Programming

Windows/office/Internet power-user. MS Access. MS Project. HTML/CSS. Video editing (Adobe Premiere). Some experience with various 3D, animation, publishing and design software. Programming: Pascal/Delphi, Visual Basic, C (basics), Java (basics). Palm development: ASM (basics), RAD (Knowledge, SpbMap, ParisMap on sale at PalmGear). Documentation writing (incl. tutorials), technical support.

Additional skills

Qualification in mathematics: 3rd grade diploma at All-Russian Olympiad in mathematics, 1994. 1st and 2nd grade diplomas at St. Petersburg city Olympiad in mathematics, 1991 – 1996.

Languages: Russian (mother-tongue), English (fluent), French (basics).

Interests: Futurology and technology trends (one popular scientific book translated into Russian). IT and technology in general. Innovation management. Teaching methods, education management. Film editing.

Personality: Communicative, talented, honest. Teamworking and leadership aptitude. Winner of Russian Championship “Debates-96” (International programme “Debates”).