Ilya Ponomarev
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Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev is a Russia
n left-wing politician, entrepreneur and an author.
Ponomarev holds BSc from Moscow State University
(Faculty of Physics
) and MSc from Russian State Social University
in Public Administration.
Ponomarev started his career in 1989 in Institute of Nuclear Safety, USSR Academy of Sciences, as a system programmer and training group manager.
In 1991 he founded his own company RussProfi Ltd., specialized in IT and software development.
In 1995 it merged with Russian-American joint venture «International Network Connections», where Mr. Ponomarev became chief of operations. JV INC specialized in creation of nationwide heterogeneous corporate networks, including biggest in Russia corporate network for Yukos
oil company.
In 1996 Mr. Ponomarev joined Schlumberger
Oilfield Services as CIS business development and marketing manager, responsible for search of new technologies in Russia which had global potential within oil and gas industry. Such technologies as ProMIS production management system was implemented in such companies as BP
, PDVSA, Sonatrach
, Yukos
, Lukoil
and Surgutneftegas
.
In 1998 under framework of Schlumberger-Yukos alliance Mr. Ponomarev became CIO of Yukos E&P. In 1999 founded Yukos subsidiary Siberian Internet Company, which later gave birth to a majority of Yukos social and education initiatives, including Federation of Internet Education and Open Russia Foundation. In 2000 Mr. Ponomarev became president of Yukos-owned ARRAVA venture capital fund, which fathered projects in interactive TV domain and analytical “mission control” systems.
Since 2001 Mr. Ponomarev worked in GR – firstly, in Yukos, overseeing Yakutiya; later, since 2002 – in Russian biggest IT company IBS
as Vice-President, GR and Strategic business development.
In 2002 joined Communist Party of Russian Federation and became party’s CIO, creating most popular partisan Web site kprf.ru and votes counting system, parallel to official one – which helped to prove a major fraud in Russian legislative election, 2003
, barring liberal parties from getting into State Duma
. Since 2002 Mr. Ponomarev also became director of New Policy Research Center in Institute of Globalization Studies.
Since 2004 he is one of founders and most prominent leaders of Left Front
coalition, uniting Russian alternative left groups and labor unions, communist and socialist youth. In 2006 was coordinator of G8 contrsummit in St.-Petersburg, which became most massive nationwide protest action – and most massive police operation with hundreds of detained activists in different Russian regions.
Since 2004 Mr. Ponomarev is involved in several government projects and task force group aimed to support innovation
and entrepreneurship
. In 2004 he chaired expert team for the State Council of Russian Federation for creating special economic zone
s. This work resulted, after President Vladimir Putin
's visit to Bangalore
in early 2005, in drafting a special law and initiating two government-sponsored initiatives: one for developing special economic zones, and another - for creating a network of hi-tech parks.
In 2005-2006 Mr. Ponomarev worked as first deputy director of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov's initiative "Civil Shift" (Grazhdanskaya Smena), responsible for entrepreneurship support.
In September 2006 Mr. Ponomarev was appointed as national coordinator for hi-tech parks development task force under Ministry of IT and Telecom of Russian Federation. He supervised construction of hi-tech park facilities in Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Obninsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Kemerovo and Saransk.
In 2007 Mr. Ponomarev claimed that Communist Party leadership fell under control of Kremlin administration and joined Spravedlivaya Rossiya (Fair Russia
, social democrats led by Russian Senate speaker Sergey Mironov
) party ranks.
In 2007 he was elected into State Duma
(representing Novosibirsk
– capital of Siberia and major Russian fundamental research and science center). In State Duma became chairman of Hi-Tech Development Subcommittee, responsible for legislation in hi-tech parks, special economical zones, tax breaks, venture capital funding, etc. Since 2008 – programs director of Institute of Strategic Development (Advisory Board is chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev
).
In 2010 Ilya Ponomarev was appointed as chief of International Business Development, Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Skolkovo Foundation - ambitious project initiated by President Medvedev to facilitate Russia's transitioning towards innovation economy.
He is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers/IT, Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (СВОП), Council for National Strategy (СНС). Fellow at «Open Russia» Foundation. Ilya Ponomarev is also a Board member in MIT Enterprise Forum - Russia, Board member of MassChallenge projects competition, and member of Advisory Board in Russian Foundation for development of e-Democracy (ФРЭД).
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n left-wing politician, entrepreneur and an author.
Ponomarev holds BSc from Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
(Faculty of Physics
MSU Faculty of Physics
The Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University is the largest faculty of Moscow State University.-Nobel winners:*Igor Tamm *Ilya Frank *Lev Davidovich Landau...
) and MSc from Russian State Social University
Russian State Social University
Russian State Social University is a public university located in Moscow, Russian Federation.-History:...
in Public Administration.
Ponomarev started his career in 1989 in Institute of Nuclear Safety, USSR Academy of Sciences, as a system programmer and training group manager.
In 1991 he founded his own company RussProfi Ltd., specialized in IT and software development.
In 1995 it merged with Russian-American joint venture «International Network Connections», where Mr. Ponomarev became chief of operations. JV INC specialized in creation of nationwide heterogeneous corporate networks, including biggest in Russia corporate network for Yukos
YUKOS
OJSC "Yukos Oil Company" was a petroleum company in Russia which, until 2003, was controlled by Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a number of other prominent Russian businessmen. After Yukos was bankrupted, Khodorkovsky was convicted and sent to prison.Yukos headquarters was located in...
oil company.
In 1996 Mr. Ponomarev joined Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
Oilfield Services as CIS business development and marketing manager, responsible for search of new technologies in Russia which had global potential within oil and gas industry. Such technologies as ProMIS production management system was implemented in such companies as BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
, PDVSA, Sonatrach
Sonatrach
Sonatrach is an Algerian government-owned company formed to exploit the hydrocarbon resources of the country. Its diversified activities cover all aspects of production: exploration, extraction, transport, and refining...
, Yukos
YUKOS
OJSC "Yukos Oil Company" was a petroleum company in Russia which, until 2003, was controlled by Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a number of other prominent Russian businessmen. After Yukos was bankrupted, Khodorkovsky was convicted and sent to prison.Yukos headquarters was located in...
, Lukoil
LUKoil
Lukoil/LUKoil ; ) is Russia's second largest oil company and its second largest producer of oil. In 2009, the company produced 97.615 million tons of oil; ....
and Surgutneftegas
Surgutneftegas
Surgutneftegas is a Russian major oil and gas company. It was created in 1993 by merging several previously state-owned companies with large oil and gas reserves in Western Siberia. The company's headquarters are located in Surgut, Tyumen Oblast....
.
In 1998 under framework of Schlumberger-Yukos alliance Mr. Ponomarev became CIO of Yukos E&P. In 1999 founded Yukos subsidiary Siberian Internet Company, which later gave birth to a majority of Yukos social and education initiatives, including Federation of Internet Education and Open Russia Foundation. In 2000 Mr. Ponomarev became president of Yukos-owned ARRAVA venture capital fund, which fathered projects in interactive TV domain and analytical “mission control” systems.
Since 2001 Mr. Ponomarev worked in GR – firstly, in Yukos, overseeing Yakutiya; later, since 2002 – in Russian biggest IT company IBS
IBS
- Academia :* International Business School, Budapest, a partnership with Oxford Brookes University based in Hungary dating from 1991* International Biometric Society, an academic statistical association for mathematical and statistical methods in the biosciences...
as Vice-President, GR and Strategic business development.
In 2002 joined Communist Party of Russian Federation and became party’s CIO, creating most popular partisan Web site kprf.ru and votes counting system, parallel to official one – which helped to prove a major fraud in Russian legislative election, 2003
Russian legislative election, 2003
Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 7, 2003. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma , the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia ....
, barring liberal parties from getting into State Duma
State Duma
The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
. Since 2002 Mr. Ponomarev also became director of New Policy Research Center in Institute of Globalization Studies.
Since 2004 he is one of founders and most prominent leaders of Left Front
Left Front (Russia)
The Left Front is a revolutionary anti-capitalist united front encompassing a range of far-left and ultra-left political organisations in Russia, as well as other countries of the former Soviet Union...
coalition, uniting Russian alternative left groups and labor unions, communist and socialist youth. In 2006 was coordinator of G8 contrsummit in St.-Petersburg, which became most massive nationwide protest action – and most massive police operation with hundreds of detained activists in different Russian regions.
Since 2004 Mr. Ponomarev is involved in several government projects and task force group aimed to support innovation
Innovation
Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
and entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
. In 2004 he chaired expert team for the State Council of Russian Federation for creating special economic zone
Special Economic Zone
A Special Economic Zone is a geographical region that has economic and other laws that are more free-market-oriented than a country's typical or national laws...
s. This work resulted, after President Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
's visit to Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
in early 2005, in drafting a special law and initiating two government-sponsored initiatives: one for developing special economic zones, and another - for creating a network of hi-tech parks.
In 2005-2006 Mr. Ponomarev worked as first deputy director of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov's initiative "Civil Shift" (Grazhdanskaya Smena), responsible for entrepreneurship support.
In September 2006 Mr. Ponomarev was appointed as national coordinator for hi-tech parks development task force under Ministry of IT and Telecom of Russian Federation. He supervised construction of hi-tech park facilities in Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Obninsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Kemerovo and Saransk.
In 2007 Mr. Ponomarev claimed that Communist Party leadership fell under control of Kremlin administration and joined Spravedlivaya Rossiya (Fair Russia
Fair Russia
A Just Russia, , also translated as Fair Russia, is a social democratic political party in Russia currently holding 38 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. It was formed on October 28, 2006, as a merger of Rodina, the Russian Party of Life and the Russian Pensioners' Party. Later, 6 further minor...
, social democrats led by Russian Senate speaker Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov , is a former chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament and a leading figure in the A Just Russia party.- Biography :...
) party ranks.
In 2007 he was elected into State Duma
State Duma
The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
(representing Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
– capital of Siberia and major Russian fundamental research and science center). In State Duma became chairman of Hi-Tech Development Subcommittee, responsible for legislation in hi-tech parks, special economical zones, tax breaks, venture capital funding, etc. Since 2008 – programs director of Institute of Strategic Development (Advisory Board is chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...
).
In 2010 Ilya Ponomarev was appointed as chief of International Business Development, Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Skolkovo Foundation - ambitious project initiated by President Medvedev to facilitate Russia's transitioning towards innovation economy.
He is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers/IT, Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (СВОП), Council for National Strategy (СНС). Fellow at «Open Russia» Foundation. Ilya Ponomarev is also a Board member in MIT Enterprise Forum - Russia, Board member of MassChallenge projects competition, and member of Advisory Board in Russian Foundation for development of e-Democracy (ФРЭД).