Artak Melkonyan

- Managing and coordinating set-up and development of financial and business data management related infrastructure projects, - Coordination and management of cross-country project teams; - Pre-sale and sale activities (relationship management, tenders / proposals, contract negotiations); Main clients/counterparties include the Governments, International Financial Organizations (WB, IFC, ADB), Central Banks, commercial banks, insurance, mortgage, telecommunication and utility companies, commercial regi

Responsible for general management of the faculty. Developed and delivered lectures on Commercial Negotiations, Commerce/Sales Management, Business Plan Development.

Preparation of the project plan and negotiations on set-up of Postbank through series of M&A deals; Analysis, development, implementation and management of projects on Remittances (Money Transfers), Catalogue Sales and Direct Marketing, Commercial services (retail trade, telecom and financial services distribution etc.)

Set-up, structuring and general management of the company. Negotiations with strategic partners (D&B International, Coface, SHUFA, Fair Isaac), banks, regulators etc. Government relations & PR. B2B marketing and market development activities with key clients in financial (bank, insurance) and non-financial sectors (distributors, business service providers, wholesalers, telecoms etc.). Managing development of software technology for core operations.

Project manager for: ITC Business Plan Skills Development (World Bank Enterprise Incubator Foundation Project); - Streamlining External and Internal Control and Audit Systems in the Public Sector of Armenia (World Bank); - Armenian National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment for Global Environmental Management (UNDP). Involved in management and investment consulting in banking, ICT, food industry, healthcare, entertainment and mass media.

Foreign Direct Investments

Industrial Engineering

Finance

Industrial Electronics and Microprocessors programming