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Personnel changes in the largest Russian IT and media companies this week.

The work week (April 25-30) was not oversaturated with personnel changes. Despite the fact that there were few changes in the staff of the largest Russian IT companies and media resources, they attracted public attention.

Someone stubbornly denied rumors about the upcoming departure, and now left the company. Someone left the post due to old age. With someone they did not renew the contract. Someone quit, but now he doesn’t know what he will do next.

Some employers value “emotionality” in employees and are even ready to offer for this position on the board of directors.
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"Megamind" invites readers to recall these events and make a "commit" of the changes that have occurred.

1. On April 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Ivan Bortnik as chairman of the supervisory board of the Foundation for Assistance to the Development of Small Units of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere (he is also the Bortnik Fund ). His place will be taken by the general director of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs ( FIEP ) Rosnano, Andrei Svinarenko.

Bortnik asked to relieve himself of his position in September, he told Vedomosti, explaining that with his old age (on May 9 he will be 76 years old).

Bortnik said that he now hopes to become an advisor to the general director of the fund in order to continue doing what he is doing now: involving young people in innovative entrepreneurship, he explained. But Svinarenko at the post will be engaged in a clearer planning and organization of the fund’s work, Bortnik says.

2. Ivan Tavrin resigned as CEO of MegaFon . The board of directors of the operator has satisfied his resignation letter. Instead, the. Sergei Soldatenkov, who until recently headed the operator’s board of directors, was appointed CEO.

Whether his candidacy will be approved will be known at the annual meeting of shareholders on June 30, 2016.

At the same time, Soldatenkov resigned as head of the board of directors of MegaFon. His place was taken by Ivan Streshinsky, CEO of USM Advisors, managing assets of USM Holding . Ivan Tavrin will work on the board of directors of USM Holding, of which he is a minority shareholder.

3. Andrei Kravchenko, head of educational projects at Mail.ru Group, left the company. This was told by the head of the Kravchenko, director of the department of research and education Mail.ru Group, Dmitry Voloshin on his page on Facebook.

Kravchenko was responsible for educational projects for additional training of programmers at Moscow State Technical University, Moscow State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, worked on the Mail.Ru Group internship programs, and also held IT championships in the holding.

Kravchenko came to MRG in 2013. Previously, he headed the HR departments at Yandex and Megaplan. Before that, he worked in HR at Abbyy, Luxoft, and Russian Standard Bank.

4. Mikhail Kozlov, Director of Product Development at Spatnik, leaves the company. This Koemlov told Roem.ru:
At Sputnik, my colleagues and I did a great job in building a grocery team that is unique within Rostelecom. This is a very big success when a full-fledged Internet company with people who have experience in the market leaders, Yandex, Mail.Ru Group, Rambler and others, appears inside the operator.

In the past six months, active work has been done in developing a new strategy for Sputnik. It provides for a greater focus on services for Rostelecom and custom development based on existing technologies and products.

The final decision on what to do next, until I have accepted it, I am considering various options, both employment and own projects.
The company has not yet found a replacement for Kozlov.

5. On Thursday, April 29, the Chairman of the Board of the Skolkovo Foundation, Andrei Burenin, resigned from his post and until June, Vice-President for Legal Affairs Igor Drozdov took his place, RBC reports citing its sources.

Burenin heads the fund since 2013. The final candidacy of the new chairman of the board of directors will be approved at a meeting of the board of trustees of the foundation in June.

Burenin just expired contract, says one source. Another points to family circumstances. Complaints to the effectiveness of work Burenin leadership does not.

And for dessert


The founder and chief editor of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, joined Uber’s board of directors to develop the company's “emotional” side. This was announced by the founder and head of the service Travis Kalanik.

According to Kalanik, Uber is counting on Huffington’s help in dealing with the company's customers. “Her ability to tell stories is invaluable to me, as an engineer who is used to relying on data. As I found out, this does not always work perfectly. Arianna's emotionality is what I would like to learn from her, ”said the Uber manager.

“Arianna embodies the type of optimistic leadership that is needed to grow Uber. Her ability to lead was a model for me for several years and I believe that in the new position she will take Uber to a new level, ”said Kalanik.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/300546/


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