Ivan Vaganov

• Digital Acceleration Index. Responsible for application of the product in client-specific context. Develop the product further together with the team of three people (automation, customization, guidelines, learning materials, etc.) • IT Capability Maturity Framework. Responsible for the application of the product: key contact for any BCG team that decides to apply the tool.

Digital Transformations / IT maturity and IT capabilities for Digital Transformation / IT Capability Maturity Framework by Innovation Value Institute / benchmarks

• Worked on a global project (62 countries) to increase knowledge exchange and collaboration within the firm. Responsible for effective liaison between the IT team in Essen and the project team in Frankfurt: quality assurance, SQL queries, business trips. • Responsible for the project documentation.

• Documented e-materials left from 5 years of negotiations over Transit Protocol. Developed search tool in MS Excel that is used for making inquiries about the topic. • Composed summaries of meetings in English on a regular basis. Translated official documents from English into Russian.

• Worked with databases (Bloomberg Terminal, IHS Global Insight, Factiva, Business Monitor International, Datamonitor, etc.), prepared materials essential for our consultants to complete advisory projects in the oil & gas, power & utilities sectors. • Conducted a research on the economic interdependence of BRICS economies. • Taught our employees how to use the databases. • Issued daily internal newsletters on the developments in the Russian economy: M&As, IPOs, policy changes, investment plans, etc.

• Research: identified possible mergers and acquisitions in the insurance market so our company could offer advisory services earlier than our competitors. • Interviewed experts, did a market research on the Russian glass market. • Benchmarked the world biggest companies in the electricity sector.

• Profile: Information Systems and Network Economics. Courses: Management of Information Systems, Intermediate Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics. Master thesis: Online Data Acquisition and Information Extraction. • Modern negotiations

Theory of competition, entrepreneurship

macroeconomics

• Graduated with honors. Faculty of Political Science. Courses: psychology, sociology, political science, international relations. • Diploma thesis with the Ministry of Economy of Russia: State Priorities and Economic Policy in Relation to Small Business: Russian Experience (2007-2009).