Mark Shmulevich is group Chief Operations Officer at Taiger, AI solution provider for Knowledge Work Automation.
Born in Moscow, Mark is a permanent resident of Singapore now.
He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with honours, where he earned his B.A., MSc and PhD degrees in applied mathematics, focusing on data mining. Mark then led the business development division of the largest Russian space technology corporation and has supervised establishment of the first US-Russia joint venture in satellite navigation. He also launched an international research centre in quantum physics in Russia and brought the centre’s research focus to steady state as Chief Development Officer.
From 2012 to 2014, Mark served as Russia’s Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Technologies of Russia. He elaborated a nationwide IT industry support strategy, introduced a 50% tax benefit for small IT businesses and increased the number of free slots for students to get higher education in IT. During his term, Mark was also
overseeing the interaction between the government and IT associations and Expert councils on IT in Russia.
From 2014 to 2018, Mark was group Chief Strategy and Operations Officer at Acronis, a data protection company with international HQ in Singapore.
Mark is certified as an Independent Director by INSEAD Business School and has delivered lectures on innovation strategy and technology commercialisation in various organisations. He was recognized as Global Shaper by World Economic Forum (WEF).