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Some comments of participants in the International Conference High-Tech Marketing (Kiyv, 30th September 2008):

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to attend this year's event. I was very impressed with the organizational side as well as the selection of the Speakers. Ivo Saluoks, Member of the Board, Norby Telecom (Estonia)

Thank you very much for the excellent opportunity given, excellent experience and hospitality. I really enjoyed my stay in Kiev. Elena Gligorovska, Market Development Manager, Cosmofon, FYROM (Macedonia)

Thanks for all the hospitality in Kiev. It was great to be part of the conference. Ivan Skender, Director, Product Development, T-Com Croatia (DT Group), Croatia

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Bart Staelens

Strategy & Marketing Director, Orange Business Services, Russia&CIS

 Bart Staelens has 18 years experience in telecom. Before joining Orange Business Services he served as Director Carrier Business & Wholesale in Mobistar (the principal France Telecom affiliate in Belgium), where had been working since 1999 in a number of positions. Under his guidance, among other things, 3 MVNOs signed up since the launch of the Mobistar’s MVNO activity since the first quarter 2007. Prior to that, he worked for such companies as ADC Telecommunications in USA, Telenet and Alcatel Bell in Belgium.

 He was born in 1966 in Roeselare (Belgium). Bart holds a Bachelor of Science Electronics, a Master of Science in Information Technology and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium).

 Bart is highly experienced in marketing a large company as well as responsibility for a large budget. His knowledge of France Telecom products and experience in development and launching of new products will allow Orange to offer unique services to our customers in Russia.

Tatiana Tolmacheva
Managing Partner, iKS-Consulting, Russia

Tatiana Tolmacheva is one of the founders and Managing Partner of iKS-Consulting.

She is responsible for research and consultancy practice in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

 Tatiana has been a consultant for 7 years. She has worked in a large number of projects covering broadband, pay TV, long distance markets as well as carrier’s carrier business and digital media.

 Tatiana has been working in the telecom industry since 1999 when she joined Metrosvyaz, a joint venture building CDMA networks in the regions of Russia.  She also worked for Pentacom, multiservice CATV operator in the Moscow region where she was responsible for investor relations. 

 Prior to joining Metrosvyaz Tatiana worked in office administration and project coordination, including projects sponsored by US AID.

 Tatiana is a graduate of the Russian President’s Management Training Initiative Program (Marketing, 2003), Financial Academy (2000) and Nizhegorodsky Linguistic University (1989).  

Dmitry Bagdasaryan

Chief Marketing Officer, Stream-TV, Russia

Dmitry Bagdasaryan was born on November 18^th, 1979 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

 In 2000 he got Bachelor’s degree with honors in Telecoms at the Tashkent Electro-Technical Institute of Communications (Uzbekistan).

In 2001 he got Master’s degree with honors in Telecoms at the Volga State Academy of Telecommunications and Informatics, Russia.

In 2005 he defended Ph.D. in “Networks and Telecommunications” at the Volga State Academy of Telecommunications and Informatics. Dmitry Bagdasaryan has 15 scientific published works.

Dmitry has 3-years’ MBA “Strategy” studies at the Open University, UK.

In 2001-2007 he was working for CJSC “SMARTS”, Samara (the regional mobile operator) as: Customer department manager, MSC engineer, Head of new services department and Marketing and Sales Director.

Since August, 2007 he has been working for AFK “System” (Moscow), first - as the Project Director of Corporate Centre at JSC “MTS” (the biggest mobile operator in CIS), then - as the Chief Marketing Officer at JSC “Stream-TV” (the biggest cable TV and Internet provider in Russia).

Gamid Kostoev

Director - Corporate Communications, IBS Group, Russia

Gamid Kostoev joined the IBS Group in July, 2007. He is the Director of Corporate Communications.

Gamid Kostoev is one of the most experienced specialists in PR and marketing sphere on the Russian high-tech-market. He has successfully realized a wide range of marketing projects – from launching to the market new key IT-products and brands to imaging campaigns. Gamid Kostoev graduated from the Moscow Electro-Technical Institute of Communications in 1984. He also finished the School of Consultants in Economics and Management in 1992 and the MBA Course at the Moscow Business School «Mirbis» in 2000.

Within 1993 – 2006 Gamid Kostoev was repeatedly noted as one of the most professional top-managers on the Russian IT-market (the ratings of “Dator” Agency, The International Computer Club, The Publishing House "Commersant”, Association of Managers, etc.).

Gamid Kostoev is also engaged in teaching activities. He gives a course in marketing communications at the Moscow International Business School “MIRBIS“.