Alex Lazarenko

Alex Lazarenko has a diverse work experience spanning from 2015 to the present. Starting in 2015, Lazarenko worked as an IT Consultant at Asitex before transitioning to a Teaching Assistant role at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics in 2015. In 2016, Lazarenko joined VimpelCom as a Software Engineer (Big Data) for a few months before becoming the Head of R&D Department at Group-IB - Intelligence-driven Cyber Security. Lazarenko stayed in this role until September 2020. In 2021, Lazarenko worked as a Lecturer at Coursera until January 2022. Currently, Lazarenko is the CEO & Founder of Offsetted, a position held from February 2022 onwards.

Alex Lazarenko has a strong educational background in various fields. Starting in 2014, they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering at the Higher School of Economics, graduating in 2018. Concurrently, from 2015 to 2016, Alex obtained several certifications, including "Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms" and "Machine Learning" from Coursera Course Certificates.

Continuing their education, Alex earned a Master's degree in Systems and Software Engineering from the Higher School of Economics between 2018 and 2020. During this time, they also obtained an "Associate Software Developer" certification from the IEEE Computer Society in 2018. In 2019, Alex pursued a Postgraduate diploma in Psychology from the Russian State Social University, completing it in 2021.

In 2020, Alex simultaneously enrolled in two programs. They pursued a Postgraduate diploma in Ecology and Environmental Management from Lomonosov Moscow State University, a program they completed in 2021. Alex also pursued a Postgraduate diploma in Digital Product Management from the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, which they completed in the same year.

Currently, Alex is working towards a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Information Technology at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), with an expected completion year of 2024.

In terms of additional certifications, Alex obtained certifications in various areas. These include "Leadership for the 21st century: lessons from Washington" from Georgetown University in 2019, as well as the "Russian Business Leaders Program" from the American Councils for International Education in the same year. Furthermore, they possess certifications in "Security Analysis of Web Applications," "C++ Programming," "Data Analysis Using R," and "The Foundations of Statistics" obtained from Stepic.org in various years.

It should be noted that the completion month and year for the certification "Hadoop. System for Big Data Processing" from Stepic.org are not provided.