CTO / TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE MOSCOW

Technology
that drives
business.

I’m Sergey Pavlov. I build high-performing engineering teams, transform complex IT systems and turn technology strategy into measurable business outcomes.

Sergey Pavlov — CTO and technology executive
FROM PRODUCT & ARCHITECTURE
TO ORGANIZATION-WIDE IMPACT
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YEARS IN IT↗
18+

years from software engineering
to technology strategy

LEADERSHIP↗
100+

engineers and specialists
across the organization

EFFICIENCY↗
−65%

reduction in IT costs
without compromising quality

RELIABILITY↗
99.99%

SLA for mission-critical
business services

01 / MY APPROACH

Great technology
starts with great decisions.

I see technology not as a support function, but as a competitive advantage. I connect architecture, people and processes to business goals.

01

Strategy
with measurable impact

Technology roadmaps, budgets, ROI/TCO and priorities aligned with product growth and business outcomes.

02

Teams built
to achieve more

Organizational design, engineering culture, clear accountability and leadership development.

03

Faster delivery.
No compromise on quality.

DORA metrics, automation, architectural evolution and service reliability at enterprise scale.

02 / PROVEN IMPACT

Beyond processes.
Real results.

A few examples of technology decisions that moved the needle for the business.

02 / ROSTELECOM · RTK IT
−40%

Less downtime.
Faster recovery.

Introduced DORA metrics and reduced mean time to recovery, improving service availability.

MTTR2024 — PRESENT
03 / ROSTELECOM · RTK IT
×6

Fewer failed
changes

Reduced change failure rate sixfold, enabling more predictable releases and lower operational risk.

CHANGE FAILURE RATE2024 — PRESENT
04 / PRAVO.RU
2.5M+

Built to
scale

Supported audience growth while reducing IT spending by 65%.

USERS2013 — 2020
03 / CAREER JOURNEY

From hands-on engineering
to enterprise-scale leadership.

Experience across telecom, banking, digital products and international software development.

2024 — PRESENT
ROSTELECOM / RTK IT CURRENT ROLE

Director of Software Development

Leading end-to-end software development across an engineering organization of 100+ people and seven products. Product and technology strategy, joint planning of an approximately RUB 1.5 billion annual IT budget with business stakeholders, and engineering delivery performance.

100+ peopleIT strategyDORA / SLA
2021 — 2024
OTKRITIE BANK

Head of Technology

Led a distributed engineering team of 50+ people. Presented the roadmap for a monolith-to-microservices transition to senior leadership, optimized cloud infrastructure and introduced security by design.

50+ peopleBanking architectureCompliance
2019 — 2020
HOTEL DON DIEGO OLBIA, ITALY

Software Engineer Team Lead

Managed a distributed team and payment and booking system integrations. Cut release deployment time from four hours to 20 minutes.

International experienceCI/CDIntegrations
2013 — 2020
PRAVO.RU

Chief Technology Officer

Owned technology strategy, architecture, budget and IT operations. Built an engineering team from scratch to 30+ people and reduced IT costs by 65%.

CTO30+ peopleCapex / Opex
2008 — 2013
MAIL.RU GROUP / MOLOTOK.RU / PARCSIS / CS-CART

Software Engineer → Team Lead

Built a strong engineering foundation through digital product development, technical decision-making and early team leadership roles.

EngineeringTeam Leadership
04 / EXPERTISE

Where business thinking
meets engineering depth.

IT strategy

Platform strategy, roadmaps, budgeting, ROI, TCO and partnering with business executives.

People & culture

Scaling organizations, developing leaders, building cross-functional teams and leading change.

Architecture

Microservices, event-driven systems, legacy modernization, cloud and systems design.

Delivery & DORA

Release velocity, predictable delivery, CI/CD, observability and engineering metrics.

Reliability & risk

Security by design, resilience, SLA/SLO, compliance and disaster recovery.

Technology economics

CapEx/OpEx optimization, total cost of ownership, vendor management and IT financial planning.

TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION
Java · Go · Python · Kubernetes · AWS / GCP / Yandex Cloud · PostgreSQL · Terraform · CI/CD
05 / GET IN TOUCH

Facing a complex
technology challenge?

Let’s talk about turning it into a business growth opportunity.

OR EMAIL ME DIRECTLYmail@isergi.ru