Maksim Balian

Maksim Balian is a seasoned professional in product management, currently serving as Chief Product Officer for Yandex Games since March 2024. Prior to this role, Maksim was Chief Product Officer at Aiuta, where responsibilities included creating B2C and B2B products and implementing technologies like "FashionGPT" and "FashionDiffusion." Previous experience includes Chief Product Officer for Virtual Assistants at SberDevices, focusing on the development of the "Salute" virtual assistant and the "SberSalute" super-app. Maksim's journey at Yandex spanned from June 2013 to August 2019 in various roles, including Product Lead for the voice assistant "Alice," Senior Product Manager for the Yandex super-app, and Product Manager for a mobile app for kids. Earlier experience includes serving as Content Team Lead at Fitting Reality, specializing in 3D modeling. Maksim holds a degree in Economics, specializing in finance and credit, from The Moscow City Government University of Management.