In the final nomination of the ceremony, "IT Director of the Year

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developed and implemented in the Moscow City Duma. The activities of deputies and state civil servants of the Duma apparatus are provided entirely online, at their workplace or from mobile devices, which makes the legislative process continuous even in the conditions of a pandemic/high alert mode. On March 23, 2022, Moscow City Duma deputy and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, thanks to the digitalization of the capital's parliament, was able to take part in a meeting of the Moscow City Duma, submit a bill, vote from the ISS, and conduct parliamentary work during the 195 days of the expedition. This happened benin phone number list for the first time in the history of world parliamentarism. This fact demonstrates the high degree of digitalization of Russian government bodies, the capabilities of the domestic industry, and IT developers. Andrey Safronov noted that digital transformation is not so much about technology as about the people for whom it is done and who do it.

", the award was given to the technical director of Avito and the general director of Avito Tech, Maxim Sapronov. Avito is one of the largest IT companies providing technological solutions and digital tools for the population and business throughout Russia. Avito's technical team, led by Maxim Sapronov, developed an independent infrastructure for the company without critical external dependencies, implemented its own solution for running applications in a distributed cloud infrastructure. The company switched to its own software development tools and automation systems. Under the leadership of Maxim Sapronov, a new cloud environment was developed in which Avito services operate, a distributed infrastructure with four data centers was built, which made it possible to handle the increased load and significantly improve the reliability and quality of service, including in the face of DDoS attacks. Over the past year, the company has made a technological upgrade to the customer support center, while reducing the cost by 20%. Thanks to the work of the technical team, Avito withstood all types of critical loads during the turbulence period. The company is ready to operate smoothly under any scenario of external restrictions and is independent of external services.

Maxim Sapronov thanked for the award and noted that Avito is a company that brings technology to the masses. "There are currently 130 million active ads on Avito. Users have increased their activity by about 50% in 2022," he added.