Biography

Responsibilities

• organize, coordinate, and control the units within ITMO University’s Administrative and Legal Department.

Education

2007 – Bachelor’s degree in law, St. Petersburg State University;

2009 – Master’s degree in law, St. Petersburg State University.

Professional activity

2021-present – head of the Administrative and Legal Department and head of the Patent and Law Department of the Technology Transfer Center at ITMO University;

2018-present – head of the Administrative and Legal Department and assistant to the Rector at ITMO University;

2015 – head of the Legal Department and assistant to the Rector at ITMO University;

2014 – expert legal assistant in education for the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education at the Center for Strategic Research “North-West” Foundation;

2013 – assistant to the Rector at ITMO University;

2013 – deputy head of the Legal Department at St. Petersburg State University;

2013 – lecturer at the Department of Business Law and Economic Security, St. Petersburg State University of Economics;

2010 – legal advisor to the first Vice Rector for Economics, St. Petersburg State University;

2009 – legal assistant to the first Vice Rector for Economics, St. Petersburg State University;

2007 – legal advisor at the legal department, LUKOIL-Neva LLC;

2007 – intern at the department for legal support, Lenenergo.

Professional interests

• management, organization, and administration systems and politology;

• technology transfer, IP & IT laws, and IP commercialization;

• human resources, people management, human resource management, labor laws, assessment of personnel and their qualifications, professional standards, and legal challenges of labor stimulation in the public sector (efficient contracts);

• law, legal tech, legal design, means of expression in legal texts (including law and language);

• regulation and deregulation, reform of control and supervisory activities (“regulatory guillotine”);

• conflict resolution and management;

• education, educational rights, and online courses;

• privacy vs. openness and personal data protection;

• legal position of state and municipal institutions and state and municipal services;

• anti-corruption and corporate compliance.

Awards

2019 – digital HR expert certificate (Digital HR Summit 2019);

2018 – certificate of appreciation from the Higher School of Economics for active participation in the Club of University Lawyers and promotion of the legal profession among higher education institutions; 

2017 – certificate of appreciation for work in state examination committees and improving the quality of training of law graduates at  St. Petersburg State University. 

Other professional activities

Lecturer, expert, mentor, author of teaching materials for educational programs and events held by the university, as well as co-author of the online course on innovation economy and technological entrepreneurship available on the national platform Open Education. The course has been running on the platform for more than five years and has attracted over 23,000 students over this time. In 2018, the course received a second-degree diploma as the Expert Choice at the international competition of open online courses EdCrunch Award.