Smart Sustainable Cities Ecosystem

Alexey Shadrin

Co-founder & CEO

Blockchain, Sustainability and Smart City evangelist, serial entrepreneur and international key-note speaker. As a CEO and co-founder of DAO IPCI – blockchain ecosystem for acceleration of international green finance market – and the Russian Carbon Fund, Alexey successfully promotes sustainable development in Russia and internationally for over 6 years. Member of Green Economy committee of the Digital economy and innovations Council of Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization.

Maxim Avdeev

Co-founder & CBDO

Founder and CEO of Qiwi Platform, Founder of fintech accelerator InspiRussia (Innopolis), former CBDO of Life.SREDA VC, Maxim is a serial entrepreneur and a prominent figure in Russian venture investment community. Member of the Open Banking working group in Russia (Fintech Assosiation Russia).

Olga Flink

Head of Staff

As a COO in ID/23 and a former deputy director for Innovational development in NFK Bank (Uralsib subsidiary), Olga is multi-profile expert in product development, business processes optimisation and team management. She has rich work experience as a head of international factoring, research & analytics, quality service departments.

Ekaterina Novikova

Head of Operations

As a former head of project management office in Russian Carbon fund, former Custom developer in Elementaree, current adviser for MGIMO Goes Green and junior researcher in Geography Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterina has a 6+ years experience in managing sustainable development and smart city-related projects, analytics, modern educational technology expertise and team motivation. Winner of multiple sustainability & impact awards.

Alexandr Gryaznov

CTO

IT and cryptology expert, developer with 10+ years experience, Alexander has lead multiple teams in international companies and founded several hi-tech startups (Veche, IZX).
His completed projects include computer aided design, commodity trading risk management (Aspect Enterprise Solutions), CRM and ERP systems for largest mobile operators (MTS), retail companies and banks (VTB24).
Founder and leader of the first academic course on Ethereum Decentralized Applications at Innopolis University.

Xenia Vyazemskaya

Head of Marketing

Xenia is a marketing and investor relations professional with 5+ years experience and wide connections network in Asia and Middle East. She has extensive experience in investor & collector relations management in contemporary art field.

Denis Soldatov

Tech consultant

Founder of the Russian-speaking Ethereum community and DevOps in Parity. Denis is a member of the State Duma (parlament) Expert Council on legislative support for the development of financial technologies in Russian Federation. Crypto-enthusiast, expert in blockchain development, Soft Ware & Hard Ware projects & IT teams management.

Igor Matyukhin

Business Development consultant

Presidium member of Digital economy and innovations Council of Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization. Member of State Duma (parliament) Expert Council on legislative support for the development of financial technologies. Head of cryptocurrencies & blockchain committee in National Investment Association, Igor specialises in blockchain, Soft Ware & Hard Ware projects and IT teams management, project selection and project financing.

Nikolay Kapustin

Development Director Asia Pacific Market

International relations and IT specialist with a focus on Asian markets. Nikolay is an advanced speaker with 5+ years’ experience in community-management in China mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan (Genexi). MGIMO Chinese Club President.

Maria Vyazemskaya

PR & Community Manager

Masha is a communications specialist with 5+ years of experience in PR, communications and events for international brands in entertainment & tech industries. Content creator with journalistic background. Among other professional highlights, Masha organised and coordinated international projects of diplomatic importance in Russia.

Vladimir Naumov

Project Manager, Biotech Leader

Chief Scientific officer of Zenome (decentralised marketplace of genomic data), Head of transnational bioinformatics laboratory with 8+ years in biotech experience. Vladimir worked on various projects for iBinom, GERO, KsiValue.