Aleksander Afanasyev

Experience

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  Institute of Radiotechnics and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences

  Jun 1988 - Sept 1990

  Researcher

  Thin film bridges of high-temperature superconductors.

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  Wang Global

  Nov 1990 - Oct 1991

  Customer Engineer in MOW subsidiary

  Low to High end computers, service and installation

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  American Express

  Nov 1992 - Oct 1993

  Technical manager

  Responsible for all equipment in the Moscow Cards and Travel offices/

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  Mars

  Oct 1993 - Oct 1995

  Telecommunication analyst

  Central office data and voice supervision, Data project to remote factory project.

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  LLC TriAD, LLC AnDa,

  Sept 1994 - Feb 2003

  Owner, General Manager

  Retail Petfood and Accessories chain in Moscow

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  ROLKO

  May 2003 - Jun 2004

  General Manager

  Wood industry Holding

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  CENTROAVTO

  Oct 2005 - Jan 2023

  Retail automotive chain project of auto-shops localizing Japanese Autobacs Automotive chain for Russian Federation. Total 75 branches, 1B USD investment.

  • Owner

    Oct 2005 - Jan 2023

  • CEO

    Oct 2005 - Aug 2016
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  Institute of Business & Economics of Russian Chamber of Commerce

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2010

  Senior Professor

  Lectures and Courses in Start-ups and Business Planning, Investment, Financial Analysis, IT in business.

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  "Delovaya Rossia"

  Jan 2008 - Jun 2010

  Executive Secretary Automotive Industry Department
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  CENTROCAPITAL Inc.

  Feb 2008 - Jan 2012

  CEO

  Connecting World finances to start ups and bisnesses in BRIC countries.

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  AVTOMOLL

  Aug 2009 - Oct 2010

  Project Leader

  Adding value to the team for Automotive Aftermarket project and passing some of my experience and tools to the project.

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  MERGE CLUB L3C

  Nov 2010 - now

  Owner

  Moscow English Russian Group of Excogitation (MERGE) is devoted to spread and develop method of A. Afanasyev in foreign tongue acquisition field. Learning foreign tongue as native is the only way to shorten the educational term and keep acquired skills life-long.

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  Harvard University

  Mar 2014 - now

  Adjunct Associate Professor
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  CENTURY 21®

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  Associate Partner

  Real Estate Agent

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  K&I Services Inc. (Papa Shop)

  Feb 2023 - now

  Business Partner

  Start up for Home and Garden Division. Start-up U-haul Dealership.

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  U-Haul

  Oct 2023 - Nov 2024

  Partner

  U-Haul Neighborhood Dealership Startup10-fold revenue, AA location status in 8 months, 4th place in customer satisfaction across Detroit U-Haul Dealers.