Mathematics      I finished St.-Petersburg University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, obtaining a distinction (GPA 5 on 5 scale); completed post-graduate study; took PhD degree in specialty of computing mathematics; made publications and participated in scientific conferences, took part in their organizing; taught differential equations, geometry, high algebra and special courses.

Programming    This is my job and hobby concurrently. I deal with computer languages and technologies such as C/C++, MFC, COM, OLE, ActiveX, PASCAL, JAVA, HTML, XML, HTTP, working primarily with Visual Studio, Borland JBuilder, Visual Source Safe.

Economics            I have been always interested in economics. That is why I finished several additional courses:

-         "Customer driven management" (Institute of Global Marketing, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea);

-         Academy of Saving Bank of Russian Federation (St-Petersburg, Russia; Moscow, Russia);

-         Business School at Economic Faculty of St-Petersburg State University (St-Petersburg, Russia);

-         Center of public opinion's study at St-Petersburg association of young psychologists (St-Petersburg, Russia).

When being at Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, I was a scientific secretary of seminar "Mathematical methods in economics" in department of Economic Systems Modeling. Some of applications in my dissertation are devoted to solving problems in economics. There was period when I worked in Saving Bank of Russian Federation, the largest bank in Russia, as a senior analyst, analyzing effectiveness of financing business and financial products and writing automated system for analysis of bank's financial-economic activity.

Sport      I am really keen about sport. I studied in specialized sport class at elementary and middle school with specialization in swimming; took part in many competitions; got sport grades in swimming and cross-country skiing; was a member of university’s faculty team in volleyball; also like and go in for bodybuilding, basketball, soccer, Alpine skiing, bowling, running; champion of Novgorod province (Russia) in all-round competitions.