Alex Suntsov

Experience

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  Various company

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2005

  Senior Programmer
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  Мобиле транспорт

  Apr 2005 - Aug 2007

  Head IT department

  - Creation of the IT department of 5 persons (2 system administrators, 2 programmers, a technician), assignment of tasks and regulation of business processes, organization of internal reporting (bug tracker, help desk).- Development of the IT structure of the holding and organization of work of the branch offices (Saint-Petersburg (4 offices), Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara) in a single VPN network. - Development of 1С: current configurations (data exchange between databases, establishment of management reporting), management of the project for description of the business processes of the holding and implementation of the original configuration based on 1C: 8.0 Show less

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  Управляющая компания "Теорема"​

  Aug 2007 - Dec 2008

  Project Manager

  Duties: Management of the ERP and financial (1C: 8) systems implementation projects:- management accounting systems based on Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta)- budgeting and financial planning systems based on Microsoft Dynamics Ax (Axapta)- IFRS consolidated accounting system with the import of data from 1C:- transferring of the accounting system of the group companies to 1C Accounting 8- consolidated personnel management system based on 1C: Personnel Management Outcomes:- Transferring of the accounting system to 1C: 8.- Implementation of a consolidated system of personnel management based on 1C: Personnel Management 8.- Implementation of management accounting, financial planning and budgeting systems based on Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta) with two-way data exchange with 1C: systems.- A unified system was created for consolidating from 1C: and preparing accounting information for transformation in accordance with IFRS. Show less

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  Yandex

  Dec 2008 - Dec 2009

  Senior QA engeneer

  Defining approaches to testing 1C 8.1, testing methods, technical solutions; Development of test plans / test cases / test scripts. Case management in the TestLink system and requirements in Jira;Responsibility for testing internal financial work flow (1C 8.1 + web-interface, integration with external systems);Testing automation (Desktop part, Web interface) using TestComplete and Functional testing from 1C;Organization of the solution of the assigned tasks - interaction with the development team, Evaluation of the efficiency of testing, load testing of the 1C web interface. Show less

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  Gazpromneft Marine Bunker

  Dec 2009 - Mar 2013

  Head IT department

  Responsibilities- Starting from scratch and managing IT division (15 people) of the head office, branches (13 offices + 6 offices on tankers) and subsidiaries in Russia, Romania, Baltics.- IT project management of infrastructure (server rooms, communication channels) and business applications- Regulation and standardization of IT processes, planning and budgeting of IT expenses- Ensuring user support and contractor SLA complianceResults- Formed IT service in a geographically distributed group of companies from "0". Organized IT service at all sites from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok (13 offices).- Formed a package of LNAs to standardize the work of the IT department- Reduced the unit cost of IT service by 10% by optimizing the work of contractors. - Implemented a portfolio of IT projects (1C:UPP, construction of computing core, opening of new offices). Show less

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  Gazprom neft

  Mar 2013 - Nov 2017

  Head of service management of upstream units

  Responsibilities- Organization of IT services within the Exploration and Production Block (Corporate Center + 20 subsidiaries in Russia and abroad, 8,000 users).- IT service lifecycle management (creation of service architecture within projects, acceptance for service, decommissioning of systems from support).- Formation of a unified strategy and methodology for IT services across the entire block in accordance with ITIL recommendations.- Support budget management, license procurement within the whole blockResults (methodology and regulation of processes):- Created and organized the support of Services line of business in the block from "0". The composition of the unit of direct and functional subordination is more than 60 people.- Developed and implemented a methodology for monthly control (QLik+ HPSM) of service support work and performance management of service contractors with the calculation of KPI and quality indicators of service- Developed and implemented visual reporting (Qlik) for business customers on system service quality and achievement of business indicators.Quantitative and qualitative results:- Successfully implemented a portfolio of Block IT services implementation projects totaling 40 IT systems, covering the entire perimeter of the Company and a user base of 8,000 workstations.- Consolidated heterogeneous service contracts for large systems and built a model of a unified support scheme for KC and 20 subsidiaries in Russia and abroad (Iraq, Serbia), which reduced the unit cost of support.- Improved service quality indicators (SLA, FLR, Average User Rating) by 10-15%.Economic results - Reduced the cost of support of one user of IT systems, due to consolidation of support and optimization of work composition by 5-15%, without loss of quality and speed of service.- Concluded unique agreements for support and license supply with global software vendors Roxar, Schlumberger and Russian vendors (OtOil, GisAsuProject, SibGeoProject). Show less

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  JSC KazMunayGas

  Dec 2017 - Jul 2019

  Director of IT Development Department

  Responsibilities:- Methodological support for the transformation of the IT function in the company group (Corp Center + 10 subsidiaries in Kazakhstan)- Preparation and defense of the company's digital transformation strategyResults:- Formed and agreed the Company's digital transformation strategy for 3 years, approved the architecture of corporate solutions.- The project of centralization of IT function was implemented and CRO was created, 10 IT processes were formalized in KC and in three largest POs.- The service strategy of the IT DPC was formed (a dedicated IT service subsidiary).- A strategy for category-based procurement of IT equipment was introduced, which resulted in savings of about 20% of the budget. Show less

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  Highland Gold Mining Ltd (HGM.L)

  Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

  Chief Information Officer

  Responsibilities: Restructuring of the IT group function (55 employees) and organization of its work throughout the territory (corporate center + 8 subsidiaries in Russia and abroad, 4.5 thousand employees / 2 thousand users). Regions of the company's presence: Moscow, Transbaikal Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Chukotka Autonomous District.Organization of work in the following areas of IT service:- Corporate communications (CSPD/OGR/PGR), PGR positioning systems (SUBR/ASUPOG)- Accounting systems (EPM, Accounting, HR accounting), special systems (MacroMine, Deswick).- Management (consolidation, protection) of the unified IT budget of the group. Results:- A single service desk for all assets was organized, IT competence center was created (Khabarovsk).- Contracts of unified service and equipment suppliers were optimized.- Seamless transition to remote work of the majority of office employees without interruption of processes. Launch of a unified communication space based on MS Teams.- All projects of IT departments were organized in MS Azure DevOps as a tool for communication with business goals.- Prepared a program of digitalization of the company using several classes of systems (APCS, MES, EPM, ERP).- Market analysis, testing and selection of ERP/EPM solution (1C, SAP, Cognos).- Infrastructure projects were implemented (industrial WIFI at the Mill, organization of cellular communication at the Chukotka assets, creation of a computing cluster in the SSC). Show less

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  CJSC ForteInvest

  Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

  Chief Information officer

  Responsibilities:Managing the IT service of the holding company of oil refining assets of PFG Safmar. Refineries: Orsknefteorgsintez (Orsk), Afipsky Refinery (Krasnodar) and 3 oil production enterprises (Orenburg Region).Total number of IT specialists: 75 people in direct and functional subordination: DIT in the MC and IT departments in subsidiaries, total number of employees of more than 5 thousand people.Results:- The structure of DIT was reorganized- The work of the support service was improved (15-20% increase in indicators).- A portfolio of projects was formed to upgrade the accounting and trading system Show less

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  Udokanskaya copper

  Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

  Chief Information Officer

  Responsibilities:Management of IT functions of the company (3 directorates of 60 people) functionally covered infrastructure functions, communications (including radio and production) and business systems (1C). On service 3 offices: Moscow, Chita, Chara (Udokan deposit), total number of users 2000 people. Results:Operational activities:- Distributed support service (Chita, Chara, Moscow) was built. The average time to resolve a request was reduced by 2 times.- The scheme of work of internal development department on flexible methods (software - Kaiten, sprint 2 weeks, closing on average 85% of tasks). Unified architecture of business automation on Russian solutions: 1C:ERP UX, 1C:Document Management, 1C:ZUP.- The organizational structure of DIT was reorganized with optimization of headcountProject activities:- Optimized IT project portfolio (55 projects, budget about 1 billion rubles) in the areas of infrastructure, communications, business applications, industrial applications.- Commissioned a Tier 3 data center at an altitude of 1000 m above sea level (18 racks, 0.5 MW capacity, 7 days autonomy), which increased the continuity of IT services and reduced the number of downtimes.- A private LTE network (Megafon, on the Russian core) was launched to control mining equipment.- Migrated to a non-sanctioned solution for industrial radio communication (Hyterra) - A Russian system of industrial BI and unified industrial data storage was introduced at OPU, which allowed optimizing equipment operation modes. - Information systems Transport Logistics (1C:TLUAT) and Industrial Safety Management (1C:EHS) were put into operation to reduce fuel consumption and optimize the use of PPE. Show less

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  Russian Fishery Company

  May 2024 - now

  Director for IT methodology and development

  Развитие, оптимизация и методологическая поддержка процессов ДИТ•⁠ ⁠Разработка и поддержка в актуальном состоянии методологических документов (стандартов, положений и регламентов) поддерживающих работу ИТ функции Компании согласно методологиями ITIL, COBIT •⁠ ⁠Поиск технологических и методологических партнеров ДИТ•⁠ ⁠Методологическая экспертиза текущих ИТ проектов