Our Team

Valentin Makarov

President

Graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation in 1978. Completed a course of Manchester Business School (MBS) on the privatization of industrial enterprises in 1993 and a course of advanced training at the Diplomatic Academy on international cooperation in 1997. During the decade from 1978 to 1988 was working as a defence enterprise engineer at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. From 1988 to 1992 - secretary of the USSR Mission to UNESCO. From 1992 to 1995 – deputy director of the office of the ‘Interprivatization’ Fund. From 1995 to 1996 - executive director of the Association of Special Economic Zones of Saint-Petersburg. From 1996 to 2000 - Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of Saint-Petersburg. From 1999 – President of ‘Fort-Ross’ - Saint-Petersburg Consortium of software developers, which was transformed into Non-Commercial Partnership ‘RUSSOFT’ after merging with NSDA Association in 2004. Valentin Makarov is also a member of the Board of APKIT, a member of the Expert Council at the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, a member of the IT-Associations at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The leader of the SafeNet working group at the National Technology Initiative.

Roman Kletskikh

Vice President of RUSSOFT for GR, Chairman of the Management Board of RUSSOFT, GR Director of Naumen

gr@russoft.org

30 years in the IT industry in the field of GR. Has a higher legal education, MBA. Certificates in GR and Public Administration from MGIMO and RANEPA. Held senior GR positions in the following companies: ConsultantPlus, 1C, InfoWatch, MDG. RUSSOFT representative in APKIT, in particular: member of the Council for the Development of IT Specialist Certification, member of the Council for Sustainable Digital Development. RUSSOFT representative in the Expert Council on Regulatory Policy under the ANO ‘Digital Economy’. Head of the IT Committee of the National Champions Association. Expert of ANO Digital Economy. Member of the Council for
Member of the Council for the Development of Information Technologies and Digital Economy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Expert of the Bortnik Foundation. Speaker at MGIMO, Moscow State University and Moscow State Law Academy.