Sergey Gershtein

Sergey Gershtein

Head of regional sales office at Yandex

Russian Federation

Current
  • Head of the Urals regional sales office at Yandex
  • founder, owner and developer at www.Convert-Me.Com project (Self-employed)
Past
  • Partner Account Manager (Solution partners) at Microsoft Rus
  • Partner Account Manager (Solution partners) at Microsoft
  • Commercial director at SkyLink Ekaterinburg
  • Commercial Director at Ural Relcom Ltd
  • Director of Business Development at Ural Relcom Ltd
Education
  • Université Pierre Mendès-France (Grenoble II)
  • Uralskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. A.M. Gorkogo
  • Belmont University
Connections
62 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Sergey Gershtein’s Summary

Currently I deal with the Internet advertising, maily contextual ads. I am launching a regional sales office.

In my previous position I was busy creating and developing partner ecosystem in Urals region with focus on key solution partners; demand generation for Microsoft products, development of partner competencies, recruiting new partners, consulting partners to grow the business.

My past experience was mainly related to telecommunications (the Internet and mobile voice and data). Staying over 10 years in the industry I gained experience in various fields from technical aspects to marketing, sales and finance (budgetting, forecasting, ROI analisys).


Sergey Gershtein’s Experience

  • Head of the Urals regional sales office

    Yandex

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    January 2009Present (11 months)

    Launching new Yandex sales office in Ekaterinburg, starting direct sales and recruiting local partners

  • founder, owner and developer

    www.Convert-Me.Com project (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    February 1995Present (14 years 10 months)

    Personal web project providing free online units conversion services with daily audience of 20,000+ visitors. This is a hobby project, my wife and myself develop it on our spare time.

  • Partner Account Manager (Solution partners)

    Microsoft Rus

    (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    September 2007January 2009 (1 year 5 months)

    Developing partner ecosystem in Urals region with focus on solution partners (recruiting new partners and developing new business for existing partners); demand generation for Microsoft products, development of partner competencies, consulting partners to grow the business. Acquired experience of working in an international company with complex matrix structure, networking, cross-regional and cross-group collaboration, influence without authority.

  • Partner Account Manager (Solution partners)

    Microsoft

    (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    September 2007January 2009 (1 year 5 months)

    Developing partner ecosystem in Urals region with focus on solution partners (recruiting new partners and developing new business for existing partners); demand generation for Microsoft products, development of partner competencies, consulting partners to grow the business. Acquired experience of working in an international company with complex matrix structure, networking, cross-regional and cross-group collaboration, influence without authority.

  • Commercial director

    SkyLink Ekaterinburg

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    January 2005September 2007 (2 years 9 months)

    Management of Commercial Dept. of the company (50 employees), launching the new cell network, growing the subscriber base. Marketing, tariff policy, loyalty programs.

  • Commercial Director

    Ural Relcom Ltd

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    February 2004December 2004 (11 months)

  • Director of Business Development

    Ural Relcom Ltd

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    March 1999January 2004 (4 years 11 months)


Sergey Gershtein’s Education

  • Université Pierre Mendès-France (Grenoble II)

    MBA , Strategical Management , 20022004

    Both Russian and French MBA degrees and state diplomas.

  • Uralskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. A.M. Gorkogo

    19911996

  • Belmont University

    math, computer sciences 19941995

    Studied there for one year as an exchange student.


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