Alexander Chernikov
Chief Operating Officer
Moscow Metropolitan Area Russia
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Top SchoolAlexander Chernikov is an experienced cloud and enterprise sales leader with 16 years driving growth and operations across Yandex.Cloud and Microsoft, now serving as Chief Operating Officer of Yandex Cloud. He has progressed from technical sales roles to executive leadership, including General Manager for Russia & CIS and Chief Revenue Officer, combining deep commercial acumen with product and go-to-market strategy. Based in Moscow and trained in mathematics at Lomonosov MSU, he brings analytical rigor to scaling cloud platforms and navigating complex enterprise accounts in regulated industries. His background includes focused coverage of financial services, insurance, oil & gas and manufacturing, reflecting an ability to translate sector-specific needs into cloud solutions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic operator who pairs hands-on sales experience with a knack for aligning engineering, sales and customer success to accelerate adoption. He is notable for moving repeatedly between strategic regional leadership and revenue-facing roles, which gives him a rare end-to-end perspective on cloud business growth.
16 years of coding experience
специалист, механико-математический факультет, специалист, механико-математический факультет at Московский Государственный Университет им. М.В. Ломоносова (МГУ) / Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
Github Skills (84)
openbsd10
unix10
history10
linux10
shell10
netbsd10
philosophy10
src10
bsd10
evolution10
version-control10
nim-language10
jail10
freebsd10
ports10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
AlexanderChernikov/freebsd-quarterly
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
FreeBSD quarterly reports
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 2 years 6 months
reportsfreebsdvagrantquarterly-reports
AlexanderChernikov/freebsd
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
FreeBSD src tree (read-only mirror)
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
srcfreebsdread-onlyatomic
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