Education - Lobachevsky State University of Gorky, graduate, Physics Department, Gorky.
Career stages: 1974-1996 -  processing engineer, the chief of scientific-production complex, the director of the company “Microelectronics”, affiliated with the Public corporation "Production Association Proton” of Electronic Industry Ministry; 2000-2005– Deputy general director of consulting firm "Region-Center" Co Ltd.; Since 2006– the director of the Center for Innovation Planning of Financial Group “Nizhegorodsky Project "and director of the Non-profit company" Business Angels Association "Startovye Investitsii"(“Start Investment”).

Field of activity: Preparation of innovation projects and small innovation companies for business angel and venture capital investment, post-investment support; Providing Non-profit company" Business Angels Association "Startovye Investitsii" functioning; Providing the functioning of Non-profit company" Business Angels Association "Startovye Investitsii", an official venture partner of the Russian venture company(RVK) Seed Fund  Ltd.; Support in functioning of Regional venture fund Closed Joint Stock Company “VTB Upravlenie aktivami”( VTB Asset management) that invest into SMEs in the scientific and technical spheres in    the Nizhny Novgorod region.