Yuri Vlasov

Yuri Vlasov began their career in 2004 as the Managing Partner for Heating Systems Innovations at LLC Olur Plus, where they signed an exclusive distribution contract for the Western Siberia region with Supra / RLD S. A. HQ in Obernai, Alsace, France. In 2005, they were the Chief Economist at Corporate Finance Department of PJSC "GAZPROM", where they were responsible for supporting and administering foreign projects of Gazprom Group (Cyprus, Netherlands), and liquidity management of Gazprom Group's foreign companies, transfer pricing. Yuri also managed the construction of a factory that processes worn-out tires and produces rubber chips at LLC Ecological Programs, leading the company to the number one position in the market as a rubber-processing operator in the Western Siberia Region, with 12,000 tons of recycling capacity per year. In 2015, Yuri Vlasov founded WATTS BATTERY, an international startup with the mission of making renewable energy a common mass-market phenomenon. Yuri built and managed a dream team of talented engineers to create the product from scratch, in just four years leading the project from prototype to mass production. Yuri developed GTM strategy and received 15,000 pre-orders at the market launch on CES 2018. In 2021, they became a Resident at Class#29 of Alchemist Accelerator.

Yuri Vlasov has a diverse educational background. Yuri obtained a Specialist degree in Jurisprudence, civil law from Tyumen State University between 2005 and 2008. Yuri then went on to pursue a Graduated Degree in Finance and Credit from Surgut State University between 2000 and 2005. In 2014, they obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Master of international business administration from Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. Yuri also obtained a Training Certificate in “Business Models That Work and Value Propositions That Sell” by Alex Ousterwalder from Strategyzer Academy in 2014. In 2007, they obtained a Training Certificate in “Effective Management of a Company's Working Capital and Cash Flows” from the Institute for Advanced Studies and Trainings for Professionals in Finance. In 2006, they obtained a Training Certificate in “Promissory Note: Civil and Tax Risks” from the Institute for Advanced Studies and Training for Professionals in Finance.