Programme

As the competition between US and European-centric IT firms and their Chinese and Asian counterparts increases, Russia has a unique opportunity to borrow and barter with best-in-breed solutions to strengthen its own position in the sector. What are the dynamics, differences, and features that characterize Eastern and Western models of IT development, and how is Russia embracing these trends? What additional steps should be taken? What is the prognosis for the Russian IT sector over the coming decade?

Moderator:
Edwin Van der Ouderaa , Senior Managing Director, Global FS Digital Lead, Accenture

Edwin Van der Ouderaa

Senior Managing Director, Global FS Digital Lead, Accenture

Dr. ir. Edwin Van der Ouderaa is a Senior Managing Director of Financial Services Digital and Analytics in Accenture. He coordinates FS Digital around the world and leads the FS EALA and APAC Digital practices from 2014 and up to now. Prior to this Edwin launched and managed the global FS Analytics practice, from 2009 to 2014. He participated in the Basel III creation work streams with the Basel Committee and G20 Financial Stability Board, chaired the Liquidity kick-off sessions. Edwin was in charge of the Accenture UKI Insurance practice in 2009 and also was the global head of the Accenture Payments and Corporate Transaction Banking Practice from 2000 to 2008. Edwin is a Computer Science Engineer, holds a PhD in Information Theory, an MBA and a Master in Pedagogy. He is a certified expert-in-court for IT lawsuits (40+ cases). Edwin is based in Brussels and London.

Panellists
Markus Borchert , Senior Vice President, Market Europe, Nokia
Stephen Brobst , Chief Technology Officer, Teradata
Shlomo Weber , Rector, Academic Head, Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School; Professor, Southern Methodist University
Dmitry Kostygin , Сhairman of the Board of Directors, Ulmart
R. Preston McAfee , Corporate Vice President, Chief Economist, Microsoft
Pavel Eyges , General Director, Open Mobile Platform

Markus Borchert

Senior Vice President, Market Europe, Nokia

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical University of Munich; Master of Business Administration (Sloan Fellow), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Senior Vice-President Nokia, Market Europe – April 2015 – today. President Greater China Region, Nokia Networks (formerly NSN) - March 2012 – March 2015. Head of Customer Operations Greater China, NSN - January 2010 – February 2012. Global Head of Sales and Marketing, Radio Access Business Unit, NSN - April 2007 – December 2009. Senior Vice President Strategy and Marketing, Siemens Mobile Networks - July 2005 – March 2007 Senior Vice President Global Customer Unit Vodafone, Siemens Mobile Networks - January 2001 – June 2005 Multiple leadership and management roles, Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems and Siemens Business Services - 1991-2001. In 2014, Markus received the China Friendship Award, the highest honor awarded by the Chinese government to foreign nationals working in China. Markus is married and has three children.

Stephen Brobst

Chief Technology Officer, Teradata

Stephen Brobst is the Chief Technology Officer for Teradata Corporation. His expertise is in the identification and development of opportunities for the strategic use of technology in competitive business environments. Over the past thirty years Stephen has been involved in numerous engagements and has worked with such leaders as eBay, Staples, General Motors, Wells Fargo Bank, Wal-Mart, AT&T Communications, VISA, Vodafone, Nationwide Insurance, American Airlines, and many more. In 2009 he was also appointed to the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) of USA in the working group on Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD). In the last ExecRank ranking he was named the #4 CTO in the United States (behind the CTOs from Amazon.com, Tesla Motors, and Intel) out of a pool of 10,000+ CTOs. Stephen performed his graduate work in Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his Masters and PhD research focused on high-performance parallel processing. He also completed an MBA with joint course and thesis work at the Harvard Business School and the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Shlomo Weber

Rector, Academic Head, Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School; Professor, Southern Methodist University

2016 – present Rector — New Economic School, Moscow, Russia, 2013 - present — Academic Director, Center for Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia, 1997 – 2016— Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Trustee Professor of Economics Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University.Some of Professional And Other Positions:Chair of Finance and Audit Committee, Global Development Network (GDN); Member of the Executive Committee, Global Development Network (GDN); Member of the Board of Directors, Global Development Network (GDN); Member of the International Academic Council, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg; Member of the International Advisory Board, Economic Education Research Consortium (EERC).Some of recent Academic Awards:2013 – Winner of the National Megagrant Competition,3rd wave, The Ministry of Education and Science, Russian Federation; 2010 –Fernand Braudel Fellowship, European University Institute, Florence; 2004 – E.H.E.S.S. Professorship, University of Toulouse, France; 2002 – The Humboldt Research Prize for Outstanding Foreign Scientists; 2000 – Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan.Some of the administrative duties:Academic Director, International School of Economics, Tbilisi, Georgia, Research Director, CORE, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Chairman, Department of Economics, SMU.

Dmitry Kostygin

Сhairman of the Board of Directors, Ulmart

• He graduated from The Military medical Academy and St. Petersburg State University of finance and economics. • Dmitry started his career as an entrepreneur, founded several projects in the sector of trade, advertising services and financial consulting. • He is actively engaged in the sector of private investment since 1997. • Dmitry is the co-owners of a number of developmental projects and existing trading companies, in particular, the Rive Gauche chain of perfume and cosmetics stores, Obuv.com footwear chain, Wild Orchid Group and chain stores OPTOKLUB Ryady.

R. Preston McAfee

Corporate Vice President, Chief Economist, Microsoft

R. Preston McAfee, Corporate Vice President and Chief Economist of Microsoft, is an well- known economist and the author of over 100 refereed articles, seven patents and three books. McAfee received a B.A. in economics from the University of Florida in 1976, M.S. in mathematics and economics, both in 1978, and Ph.D. in economics in 1980, from Purdue University. He joined Yahoo in 2007 as chief economist, moved to Google in 2012, and joined Microsoft as CVP and chief economist, in 2014. Working with colleague John McMillan in the 1980s, McAfee developed research that showed how auctions could be designed to improve government procurement and sales. This theoretical and empirical research was used in the 1994-5 sales of spectrum (radio frequencies) by the FCC, which netted $20B for the government. The auction design that emerged has been used around the world, in the sale of over $100B in spectrum. For this work, McAfee was awarded a Golden Goose award in 2014. In 1995, McAfee together with colleagues formed a company, Market Design, Inc., that provided auction advice and expertise in many countries. McAfee has done extensive work in antitrust, and testified in the mergers of Exxon and Mobil, BP and Arco, and Peoplesoft and Oracle. In addition, he testified in the FTC v. Rambus. In 2006, McAfee finished Introduction to Economic Analysis, a freely available textbook covering both introductory and intermediate microeconomics. He won the Association of Research Libraries’ SParc Innovator award in 2009.

Pavel Eyges

General Director, Open Mobile Platform