Alexey Chekanov
Miami, FL, USADigital product developer and producer with 22+ years of experience. Successfully delivered high business results and have developed expertise in all elements of the digital products production process—from the identification of business goals to mobile applications development.
Combined the roles of manager, business- and human behavior analyst, information architect, and processes designer; nevertheless, true passion and strength lie in user experience, solution architecture, and development.
Combined the roles of manager, business- and human behavior analyst, information architect, and processes designer; nevertheless, true passion and strength lie in user experience, solution architecture, and development.
Work Experience
Sberbank Technology
Deputy Chief of Project Management Division of Internal Bank Processes Development
200+ subordinates in the division, among them 80+ people in the Ergonomic and Design group under my direct management.
Areas of responsibility:
— Interaction design, User interfaces architecture & User experience
— Service and product design and prototyping
— Internal bank processes optimization
— Digital channels design (mobile applications, sites, kiosks, etc.)
— Productivity and collaboration tools
— Portal solutions and services
— Intranet, social network, crowdsourcing platform
Achievements: developed new usability concepts and functionality for all main client channels of Sberbank as well as internal software and services — ATM’s, Internet-bank, Mobile bank for iOS and Android, Internal systems for tellers, clerks, cashiers and client-managers, Career portal, Internal Social Network and Clerk’s Sales Book (knowledge management system); Recruited high-level professional UX and UI design team of 80+ people in Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Minsk (Belorussia).
Areas of responsibility:
— Interaction design, User interfaces architecture & User experience
— Service and product design and prototyping
— Internal bank processes optimization
— Digital channels design (mobile applications, sites, kiosks, etc.)
— Productivity and collaboration tools
— Portal solutions and services
— Intranet, social network, crowdsourcing platform
Achievements: developed new usability concepts and functionality for all main client channels of Sberbank as well as internal software and services — ATM’s, Internet-bank, Mobile bank for iOS and Android, Internal systems for tellers, clerks, cashiers and client-managers, Career portal, Internal Social Network and Clerk’s Sales Book (knowledge management system); Recruited high-level professional UX and UI design team of 80+ people in Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Minsk (Belorussia).
November 2011
- November 2016
Russian Federation
SberBank
Project Director: Interaction Design & User Experience
Areas of responsibility:
— Interaction design, User interfaces architecture & User experience
— Special events (Exhibitions, forums)
— Portal solutions and Crowdsourcing platform
Achievements: Several large-scale crowdsourcing projects with more than 100,000 participants from Russia and abroad were launched; Sberbank’s interactive stands at St. Petersburg and Sochi Economic Forums have received the number of significant awards.
Note: Sberbank of Russia is the largest bank in Russia and CIS (240,000+ employees). The founder and principal shareholder is the Central Bank of Russia, which owns 50% of the Bank’s authorized capital plus 1 voting share. The Bank’s ordinary and preferred shares have been publicly traded in Russia since 1996, and the American Depositary Shares (ADS) were listed on the London Stock Exchange, admitted to trading in Frankfurt Stock Exchange and over the counter in the US.
— Interaction design, User interfaces architecture & User experience
— Special events (Exhibitions, forums)
— Portal solutions and Crowdsourcing platform
Achievements: Several large-scale crowdsourcing projects with more than 100,000 participants from Russia and abroad were launched; Sberbank’s interactive stands at St. Petersburg and Sochi Economic Forums have received the number of significant awards.
Note: Sberbank of Russia is the largest bank in Russia and CIS (240,000+ employees). The founder and principal shareholder is the Central Bank of Russia, which owns 50% of the Bank’s authorized capital plus 1 voting share. The Bank’s ordinary and preferred shares have been publicly traded in Russia since 1996, and the American Depositary Shares (ADS) were listed on the London Stock Exchange, admitted to trading in Frankfurt Stock Exchange and over the counter in the US.
March 2011
- November 2011
Moscow, Russian Federation
The Coca-Cola Company
Digital brand experience manager
The Coca-Cola Company’s brands digital campaigns design, budgeting, development, management and analysis. Digital channels design and implementation.
Areas of responsibility:
— Marketing strategy of interactive communications
— Project management for all brand categories
— Agencies pitches, supervision and coordination
— Digital campaigns analysis
— Internal marketing management tools development
Areas of responsibility:
— Marketing strategy of interactive communications
— Project management for all brand categories
— Agencies pitches, supervision and coordination
— Digital campaigns analysis
— Internal marketing management tools development
June 2010
- March 2011
Moscow, Russian Federation
TeleType Studio
Business and creative director, Owner
Business development. Internet, graphic design, UI and UX project management. Clients relationship management. Creative direction. Negotiations. Sales.
More than 200 projects such as web-sites, internet-services, application interfaces, corporate identities and advertising campaigns were developed under my management.
Established and maintained critical partnerships with such clients as: The Coca-Cola Company, Hitachi, LG, Hyundai, Renault, Michelin, Daimler Chrysler, Dresdner Bank AG, Diners Club.
Note: Teletype Studio was founded by the Art. Lebedev Studio (www.artlebedev.com) in 1999 as a full circle digital agency with a specialization in development, support and promotion of websites and solutions on e-commerce, localization and development of user interfaces.
More than 200 projects such as web-sites, internet-services, application interfaces, corporate identities and advertising campaigns were developed under my management.
Established and maintained critical partnerships with such clients as: The Coca-Cola Company, Hitachi, LG, Hyundai, Renault, Michelin, Daimler Chrysler, Dresdner Bank AG, Diners Club.
Note: Teletype Studio was founded by the Art. Lebedev Studio (www.artlebedev.com) in 1999 as a full circle digital agency with a specialization in development, support and promotion of websites and solutions on e-commerce, localization and development of user interfaces.
September 1999
- June 2010
Moscow, Russian Federation
Art. Lebedev Studio
Business director
Business development. Large-scale internet, graphic design and industrial design projects management. Clients relationship management. Negotiations. Sales.
Dozens projects were developed.
Successfully oversaw the startup and development of the branch—«TeleType Studio»—from $0 to $1 million in revenue with 40+ employees.
Note: Founded in 1995, Art. Lebedev Studio is a privately held company employing over 200 people and offering advanced industrial, graphic, web, and interface design. Studio works to find the most simple, elegant, and convenient solution to any problem without losing the purport.
Dozens projects were developed.
Successfully oversaw the startup and development of the branch—«TeleType Studio»—from $0 to $1 million in revenue with 40+ employees.
Note: Founded in 1995, Art. Lebedev Studio is a privately held company employing over 200 people and offering advanced industrial, graphic, web, and interface design. Studio works to find the most simple, elegant, and convenient solution to any problem without losing the purport.
July 1999
- June 2007
Moscow, Russian Federation
Tips & Tricks
Owner
Areas of responsibility:
— Product and services design
— Prototypes development
— Mobile and web- development
— Information architecture
— UX-driven business transformation strategies development
— New products ideation
— Processes optimization
— Product and services design
— Prototypes development
— Mobile and web- development
— Information architecture
— UX-driven business transformation strategies development
— New products ideation
— Processes optimization
November 2016
- Present
Florida, United States
Education
INSEAD
MBA core curriculum diploma
INSEAD’s executive education programme to 500 managers of Sberbank (MBA core curriculum)
Disciplines: Decision making under uncertainty; Human capital management; Operations management; The principles of finance; Fundamentals of economics; Managing marketing strategy; The challenges of leadership and Fundamentals of strategy.
Note: INSEAD’s largest management training programme to date—is being offered in partnership with The New Economic School (NES) to 500 of Sberbank’s high potential managers from August 2011 through June 2012.
Disciplines: Decision making under uncertainty; Human capital management; Operations management; The principles of finance; Fundamentals of economics; Managing marketing strategy; The challenges of leadership and Fundamentals of strategy.
Note: INSEAD’s largest management training programme to date—is being offered in partnership with The New Economic School (NES) to 500 of Sberbank’s high potential managers from August 2011 through June 2012.
August 2011
- June 2012
Moscow, Russian Federation
Gubkin Russian State University Of Oil And Gas
Engineer, Oil and Gas fields development
Speciality: Information systems and computer technologies.
Disciplines: Oil and gas well drilling; Operation and maintenance of oil producing assets; Operation and maintenance of gas, gas condensate assets and underground storages; Physical processes of mining and petroleum engineering; Information-measuring system in oil and gas industry and Automated data processing and control.
Note: Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and GAS—Russia’s principal university of petrolium engineering—was founded in 1930 by an eminent scientist, academician Ivan Mikhailovich Gubkin. With over an age-long history Gubkin University has trained over 90,000 graduates, candidates and doctors of science. The University is proud of its graduates working in all major Russian and international oil and gas companies.
Disciplines: Oil and gas well drilling; Operation and maintenance of oil producing assets; Operation and maintenance of gas, gas condensate assets and underground storages; Physical processes of mining and petroleum engineering; Information-measuring system in oil and gas industry and Automated data processing and control.
Note: Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and GAS—Russia’s principal university of petrolium engineering—was founded in 1930 by an eminent scientist, academician Ivan Mikhailovich Gubkin. With over an age-long history Gubkin University has trained over 90,000 graduates, candidates and doctors of science. The University is proud of its graduates working in all major Russian and international oil and gas companies.
1992
- 1998
Moscow, Russian Federation
Languages
English (Fluent),
French (Advanced),
Russian (Native),
Skills
Branding And Identity,
Business Processes Improvement,
Digital Marketing,
Information Architecture,
Interaction Design,
Project Management,
Software Design,
User Experience,
Web Design,
Web Development,