Alex

20+ years in IT, from system administrator and 1C developer to engineering team lead and product technical leader.

Expertise: enterprise system architecture and development, 1C and Ruby on Rails, building engineering teams from scratch, launching and scaling products, development process design (Agile/Scrum, delivery, CI/CD practices).

Core strength - connecting business goals with technical execution and building resilient product and engineering systems amid growth and uncertainty.

Key competencies

  • Engineering team leadership up to 13 people (hiring, growth, structure)
  • Building development processes from scratch (Scrum, delivery workflows, release cycle)
  • Architecture and development of distributed systems
  • 1C (Trade Management, Accounting, Document Management, Fleet Management, custom configurations)
  • Integrations with external systems and APIs
  • Full product development cycle (Discovery → Delivery → Scale)
  • Business analysis and translating requirements into technical solutions

Experience

Timeline of key periods.

  1. 2004 - 2006
  2. 2006 - 2013
  3. 2013 - 2019
  4. 2019 - 2022
  5. 2022 - present

Projects

A small slice of products and experiments I'm working on.

Blogs

Here I share experience, ideas, and notes on AI, products, and leadership.

Certificates

Formal confirmation of my experience in IT, project, and service management.

Hobbies and achievements

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — sport, coaching, and competition.

Portrait in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gi with a black belt

I've practiced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 2012. I currently hold a black belt, 1st dan. Over the years, I've gone from beginner to active coach.

I'm a member and coach of Double Trouble BJJ, taking part in training both as an athlete and as a mentor.

Coaching

  • Regular sessions with students at every level
  • Training from beginners to experienced athletes
  • Competition preparation

I have extensive competition experience in BJJ and grappling, having competed at tournaments of various levels.

If you'd like to get in touch, email me at: a@kulaginpro.ru 🤙