Igor Kovalev

IT Manager at Ford of Russia

Russian Federation

Current
  • Member of Supervisory Council at St.Petersburg CIO Club
  • Head of IT dept at Ford Motor Company
Past
  • Member of Advisory Council at St.Petersburg CIO Club
  • Member at St.Petersburg CIO Club
  • IT Business Development Director at Uniland
  • IT Manager at Neste
  • Freelance Software Developer at TOR Co-Enterprise
Education
  • Sankt-Peterburgskij Gosudarstvennyj Politehniceskij Universitet
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Automotive
Websites

Igor Kovalev’s Summary

IT Manager supporting the manufacturing plant, sales office and parts depot, supervizing the team of more than 35 IT professionals.
18 year of experience in IT.
15 years of experience IT Project Management.
10 years of experience in Russian Automotive market. Unique experience of launching the 1st CKD automotive plant in Russia (body+paint+assembly*3 shifts). Launch of National Sales Companies for 4 different brands, while exploiting synergies (Ford, Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar). IT support for acquisition (Volvo, Land Rover) and sale (Jaguar-LandRover).
Launch of SAP R/3 for Parts Depot for 2 brands.

Guest speaker of Stockholm School of Economincs (www.sseru.org), SPb Graduate School of Management (www.gsom.pu.ru),Adam Smith Conferences (www.adamsmithconferences.com), private IT management school "CIO way" (www.spbcioclub.ru/cioway)

Articles:

"Локальные и глобальные решения: плюсы и минусы". http://www.iemag.ru/analitics/detail.php?ID=19592
"Успех возможен. Почему у нас получилось — точка зрения «спонсора» проекта со стороны ИТ". http://www.iemag.ru/projects/detail.php?ID=19092
" Оптимизация элитарная и массовая", http://www.iemag.ru/researches/detail.php?ID=18556
"Либо слияние, либо поглощение: опыт ведущих CIO", http://www.iemag.ru/analitics/detail.php?ID=16417
"ИТ в машиностроении - область контрастов" http://www.iemag.ru/interview/detail.php?ID=16909
"Работать с сервисами сложней, чем с традиционными приложениями" http://www.iemag.ru/interview/detail.php?ID=16894
http://www.crn.ru/numbers/reg-numbers/detail.php?ID=11686&phrase_id=231927
http://www.iemag.ru/interview/detail.php?ID=16644
http://www.iemag.ru/interview/detail.php?ID=16695
www.outsourcing.ru/content/rus/190/1906-article.asp
www.jur-jur.ru/articles/articles55.html
www.iemag.ru/interview/detail.php?ID=16728

Igor Kovalev’s Specialties:

IT Team and Project Management; Outsourcing; IT Budget; Interaction between business and IT; IT and Automotive business (Manufacturing, Logistics, Sales, Service, Dealers); ERP; Global vs Local; From-the-shelf solutions, Customization and Proprietary Development; IT and M&A


Igor Kovalev’s Experience

  • Member of Supervisory Council

    St.Petersburg CIO Club

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2006Present (3 years 6 months)

  • Head of IT dept

    Ford Motor Company

    (Public Company; F; Automotive industry)

    April 1999Present (10 years 8 months)

  • Member of Advisory Council

    St.Petersburg CIO Club

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2005June 2006 (8 months)

  • Member

    St.Petersburg CIO Club

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2005November 2005 (11 months)

  • IT Business Development Director

    Uniland

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

    February 1998February 1999 (1 year 1 month)

  • IT Manager

    Neste

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

    March 1994February 1998 (4 years )

  • Freelance Software Developer

    TOR Co-Enterprise

    (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 1991March 1994 (3 years 1 month)

    Alma Mater


Igor Kovalev’s Education

  • Sankt-Peterburgskij Gosudarstvennyj Politehniceskij Universitet

    MSc , Economics and IT , 19901995


Additional Information

Igor Kovalev’s Websites:

Igor Kovalev’s Groups:

SODIT - Russian Union of IT Directors
SPb CIO Club
4CIO.RU Club
AmCham, St.Petersburg chapter
TopLinked.com
LION
Plaxo
CyberSleuths
DallasBlue Executives, Adam Smith IT Conference, ExecuNet

  •    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
  •    Information Security Expert Center
  •    Executive Suite
  •    LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
  •    XING.com
  •    Facebook.com
  •    Plaxo.com
  •    OpenNetworker.com
  •    SOX Professionals
  •    Priority club
  •    LION LIONs™ Against SPAM!
  •    IT Specialist Group
  •    Professional Speakers and Seminar Leaders
  •    Lean Six Sigma
  •    IT Governance
  •    Information Security Community
  •    NetworkingPros
  •    Gmail Users
  •    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
  •    Speakers and Panelists
  •    Spock Users
  •    Friends of France
  •    Friends of the Russian Federation
  •    Ford Motor Company
  •    GroupLinked.com
  •    Plaxo Pulse
  •    Piter White Knights
  •    CIO Russia
  •    Green
  •    Auto OEM Network
  •    Automotive Industry Professionals Worldwide
  •    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
  •    Grafton Executive Search Recruiting and Career Network
  •    FidoNet SysOps or ex-SysOps
  •    EVC Leaders - Practitioners of IT Economic Value Creation (Only for CIOs, IT & PMO Managers)
  •    Let's Connect! (Open Networkers)
  •    Insight-s
  •    AutoRussia - Russian Automotive Industry Network
  •    Confisa Executive Search
  •    European CIO
  •    Automotive Europe Linked

Igor Kovalev’s Honors:

2007 - iTop 50 Russian CIO, #8
1999 - Most customer oriented employee of Ford Moscow office


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