Azamat + MIT + Kazakhstan
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Azamat Abdymomunov
Advisor to Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
Greater Boston
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Professional Experience
2008 - Present
Advisor to Prime Minister - Government of Kazakhstan
Promote academic collaboration with US universities. Manage transfer and development of innovative education technologies for engineering colleges and distance education.
2009 - 2011
System Design and Management Fellow - MIT
System Design and Management Program at MIT's School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management. MSc in Engineering and Management (2011)
2008 - 2009
Visiting scholar - MIT China Enegry Group
Research project on China's growing energy demands and activities of Chinese state owned petroleum companies abroad.
2007 - 2008
CEO - SAMGHAU National Science and Technology Holding
Designed and built new organization with mission to ensure equal access to information, knowledge, services, and technology for all. Significantly reduced Internet prices in national market.Managed 10,000+ employees in 11 companies in info-communication, e-government, TV and radio broadcasting, science and technology with $450 million in assets. Introduced corporate management practices into science and technology enterprises.Built relations with multinational corporations such as Microsoft, Intel, Ericsson, Hughes Communications.
2005 - 2007
Vice Minister - Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Played instrumental role in creating and developing the Law on Science and National Program for Science and Technology. Coordinated 40+ research organizations during implementation of Space, Biotech, Nanotech and 56 other R&D programs.Led negotiations on behalf of Kazakh Government with the Russian Federal Space Agency on Dnepr (SS20) rocket accident (2006). As Co-Chair of the Kazakh-Chinese Government Subcommittee for Science and Technology, opened new venues for national techno parks to enter the Chinese market. Expanded National Scholarship Program for study abroad from 50 to 3000 students per year as Secretary of Selection Committee, while personally conducting 3,000+ interviews. Gained experience in policy deliberation process as representative of the Ministry of Education and Science in 14 intergovernmental commissions on sustainable development, state regulations and homeland security.
2002 - 2005
Head of Center for System Research - Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Prepared State of the Union address for President of Kazakhstan in 2003, 2004, 2005.Coordinated work with international financial organizations and the donors’ community to develop national strategies for regional development, water, local self-government, transportation, and demographics. As Chief editor, authored United Nations Development Program’s Kazakhstan Human Development Report (2004).
2000 - 2002
Unit, Division, Deparment Head - General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Introduced defense resource management program, enterprise resource planning, and geoinformation system to improve financial planning processes, while advancing from unit head to head of department.
1999 - 2000
Chief Manager, Department of Strategic Planning - National Oil and Gas Company Kazakhoil
Built base model for oil revenue income for National budget. Conducted strategy and business intelligence reports.
1997 - 1999
Advisor to the Chairman - Agency for Strategic Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan
National Strategic Plan of Kazakhstan: 1997-2030.
1998 - 1998
Intern - Monitor Group
Research and analysis for possible regional competitiveness strategies in the Caucasus.
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Educational Background
2009 - 2011
MS in System Design and Management - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
1997 - 1999
MPP in International Security Policy - Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
1994 - 1997
BA in History, Political Science - Indiana University Bloomington
thanks for ping. Hmm...
BTW: did you see this post?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3012984/posts?page=34#34
Also, read post 47 in same thread (Saudi link?).
The FB link crosslink posted to me disappeared in the last 36 hrs.
I don’t have a FB account so I was never able to look at. Crosslink was going to get screenshots, but it was gone.