Albert Popkov CV - Software Engineer and Entrepreneur

About

Hardworking, self-motivated software engineer and entrepreneur with 35+ years of experience in software development, cloud computing, and scalable system architecture. Founder of Odnoklassniki and Sravni, with a proven track record of building large-scale platforms serving millions of users.

Work

Freelance Software Engineer

London, UK / International

Current

Bespoke systems architecture and software development
Cloud services (AWS / Azure / GCP, Kubernetes / Serverless)
Web and AI development (NodeJS, various CMS systems, bots integration)
SQL and NoSQL databases and data warehouses
Multi-platform mobile applications (Flutter / Dart / React Native)

Founder, CEO

Moscow, Russia / International

2009 – 2015

Leading financial services and insurance comparison website in Russia
Real-time rate calculations for 3,500+ financial products from 900+ banks
Scalable system used by millions of people on a regular basis
Russian National Internet Award (PremiaRuneta, 2009)

Sravni.ru Ltd

Founder, CEO

Moscow, Russia / Riga, Latvia / International

2006 – 2010

One of the most popular social networks in all ex-USSR countries, honored with numerous awards
Grew from a prototype to 45M registered users and 9M daily unique visitors
Founded as a single-developer startup and left it with more than 100 employees
High-load self-hosted cloud cluster with hundreds of geo-distributed servers

Odnoklassniki Ltd

Head of Web

London, Cardiff, UK / Dublin, Ireland

2006 – 2006

118118, 118888, 118.com, UK directory enquiries services
One of the most advertised brands in the UK at the time
Development teams in London, Cardiff, and Dublin

The Number (UK) Ltd

Software Developer, Director

London, UK

2000 – 2006

Largest online directory enquiry service in the UK, 192.com
Industry awards in the UK in 2004, 2005 and 2006
Real-time access to over 200M records for over 6M customers
Passado.com, a major European social network at the time with 4M+ users

I-CD Publishing (UK) Ltd

Software Development Manager

New York, USA

1998 – 2000

Simon&Schuster Inc (simonsays.com)
Canon USA intranet
PoliceOne.com portal
Elizabeth Dole 2000 U.S. election campaign website
Urban Box Office and a few others

Quantum Art

IT Manager, Software Developer

Moscow, Russia

1997 – 1998

Websites for the leading Canon and Minolta dealers
Office network administration
Intranet services development

TPS / OrgService

Senior Software Developer

Moscow, Russia

1996 – 1997

Virtual environment for schools with PC as a host and old computers as terminals
Embedded telemetry system for multiple thermal power plants in Moscow
Telegraph and telex modem for Soviet and Russian railroads

Information Technology Labs