Vladimir Lovtsov · CTO / Technology Director · @it_underside

I am looking for a role where product and engineering operate as one system.

10 years in enterprise IT: Nestlé → Kerama Marazzi → VTB → T1 Group. Since December 2025, I have served as Director of Project Portfolio Management and IT Lead of a development cluster at Innotech, part of T1 Group. I am considering CTO, Technology Director, and Engineering Director roles in office, hybrid, or remote formats.

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Permanent role

I am considering CTO, Technology Director, and Engineering Director roles. I take accountability for the product portfolio, engineering organization, and outcomes from business need to production.

Product strategy, roadmap, backlog, and business partnership
Several cross-functional teams, budgets, resources, and risks
Architecture, engineering operating model, SDLC, CI/CD, and operations
Work format: office, hybrid, or remote

CTO · TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR · ENGINEERING DIRECTOR

Discuss the role → CV PDF ↗

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Leadership focus

I am most useful where business, product, and engineering need to operate as one system: setting priorities, making delivery predictable, and clarifying accountability across teams.

Portfolio, product, and backlog management
Organization design, hiring, and rapid team formation
Timeline, dependency, and technology risk management
Executive communication and advocacy for engineering decisions

PORTFOLIO · PRODUCT · DELIVERY · ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

View case studies → About me

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Expert dialogue

I am open to conference talks, expert sessions, and discussions of complex problems where product management, architecture, and the engineering operating model meet.

Portfolio management and time to market
Real-time architecture and Big Data
Building and developing engineering teams
Practical ML/AI and AI-agent applications

SPEAKING · EXPERT SESSION · TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY

Book a talk → Speaking topics

What backs it up

5months

Development to production

Decision Engine: December 2024 to April 2025, tens of TB of data per day.

FLINK · TARANTOOL · KAFKA · SCALA

14days

Average change TTM

Average delivery time for product changes in the live production system.

PRODUCT · BACKLOG · DELIVERY

+30%

Completed applications

Increase in the share of lending offers that ended in product signup.

BUSINESS · PRODUCT · DATA

10years

Enterprise IT

From data analytics to leading a product portfolio and development cluster.

NESTLÉ · KERAMA · VTB · T1