Maxim Mironov

Current

Principal at OptimaLogica

Past

Director of Operations at Mercantila, Inc.
Project Manager at Avalon Organics
Manager at BearingPoint

Senior Consultant at Accenture
Analyst at ATKearney

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Education

MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Retail

Websites

Maxim Mironov’s Summary

Helping online retailers reduce operations costs and increase total sales/ margins.

Maxim Mironov’s Specialties:

Online retail, Operations, Dropship, Vendor Management, Shipping, Cost Reduction

Maxim Mironov’s Experience

Principal

OptimaLogica

(Retail industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Help online retailers implement efficient fulfillment and pricing solutions.

• Reduce fulfillment costs by 30-50 % by streamlining logistics and renegotiating shipping contracts.

• Increase sales though comparison shopping engines by 8-10X by implementing proactive pricing solutions based on actual costs.
Director of Operations

Mercantila, Inc.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Retail industry)

June 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 10 months)

Set up lean operations, key partnerships and overseas departments for a $35m online retailer.

• Reduced ship cost from 25 % to 10 % of sales by developing very close relationship with fewer carriers and outsourcing warehouse management.

• Set up reverse logistics and liquidation channels to recover $450K or 1.5 % of sales.

• Built infrastructure and set up key relationships to reliably deliver 70,000 products from 2,000 manufacturers to anywhere in the US/ Canada.

• Established Supply Chain and Customer Service departments in San Francisco and Bangalore, India.
Project Manager

Avalon Organics

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Cosmetics industry)

June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

Streamlined processes and technology to support rapid company growth.

• Assisted COO in process redesign and managed Navision ERP implementation.
Manager

BearingPoint

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BE; Management Consulting industry)

February 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 7 months)

• Managed SAP implementation projects with total budget of $1.2M.

• Led a major business restructuring effort, involving 150 users in four departments.
Senior Consultant

Accenture

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 10 months)

• Focused on SAP Supply Chain solutions for Retail, Beverages and Cosmetics.

• Managed reorganization for the second largest retailer in Poland, supervising over 40 employees.
Analyst

ATKearney

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 2 months)

Maxim Mironov’s Education

MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

MBA , Business Administration , September 2003 — June 2005

Activities and Societies:

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• MIT $50K Business Plan Competition, Semifinalist

Additional Information

Maxim Mironov’s Websites:

Maxim Mironov’s Groups:

MITSloanMBA2005
HBS Tech Jobs
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
BearingPoint Alumni Group
Retail Sherpa ~ RetailSherpa.org
Retail in the digital era
Supply Chain Management Practitioners & Experts
Retail Industry Experts
eguru
Supply Chain Management Group
Retail Industry Professionals Group
Retailers Industry Management Group: Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain, E-commerce, IT Technology
ALLRETAIL retail executive network
Specialty Retail Group
MIT Sloan School of Management Alumni
Global Ecommerce Summit