Perm Winter Wesna School '26

Dean Fantazzini is the former Director of Banking Regulation Department at the Bank of Russia, pioneer of the Russian financial markets and one of the founders of financial risk management in Russia. Alexey graduated from the National Research University of Electronic Technology in Moscow and has a doctoral degree in finance awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has been a member of GARP since 1999 and member of the Steering Committee of PRMIA Russian Chapter since 2002. He is a Financial Risk Manager – certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals and has 22 years of professional experience in finance.

Vyacheslav Arbuzov has 15 years of experience working in various financial institutions, including several hedge funds. He has done scientific research in different laboratories, published many academic papers, and is an active contributor to the open-source community in R and Python. Currently, he is developing a product for retail investors at Finam.

For over 20 years, Sergey has been an industry professional, tech entrepreneur, lecturer, author, and event curator. His contributions throughout his career have promoted best practices in climate, financial markets and risk management. He is currently an invited professor at University of Lausanne, and a Board Chair at Vlinder, mangrove restoration project developer.

Andrey is the co-founder and CEO of IT companies that are developing new peer-to-peer traffic delivery technologies: Teleport, Pirate Pay and Zillion Data / Oppty. From 2011 the startups under his leadership got Microsoft and BVV seed funds, Skolkovo residentship, and clients over the world. As CEO and the President of BD of Teleport Global AG, created in the CryptoValley of Zug, Switzerland, for development of a blockchain-driven version of Teleport solution, Andrey aims to introduce a new type of decentralised CDN and an open marketplace where anyone can install NODR software, join the network, and receive NODR stable tokens in exchange for the bandwidth.

Emil Kazakbaev is a product owner of the Finam API, a tool for automating trading. Emil graduated from a university in Switzerland and spent seven years trading at a leading hedge fund. With his extensive experience in finance and technology, he now leads the development of the Finam API, bringing advanced solutions to the trading community.

Mikhail Shardin is an IT developer, PhD in engineering, and a private investor with nearly 19 years of experience in financial markets. Since 2003, he has published over 300 articles for platforms such as Habr, Tinkoff Journal, Smart-Lab, and others, focusing on how technology can save time and reduce routine work. Currently, he is engaged in automation through solutions built with Python and Node.js, leveraging APIs, setting up scripts and services to minimize manual work. He is also involved in analytics and machine learning—collecting and processing data, building models, discovering patterns, and turning numbers into actionable insights.

Timur Redzhepov is the head of the analytics product development team at MOEX and the creator of AlgoPack, a popular service among investors. With extensive experience in building data-driven solutions, Timur leads the development of advanced analytical tools that help investors make informed decisions in the financial markets.

Igor Chechet is a private investor, project lead at FinLab, and an evangelist for algorithmic trading. He is the author of numerous popular Python libraries widely used in the trading and finance community. With his deep expertise in quantitative finance and software development, Igor actively promotes the adoption of algorithmic solutions and empowers traders and investors with innovative tools and resources.

Alexander Lykov holds a PhD in physics and mathematics and has been teaching probability theory at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University since 2015. He is the author of more than 30 scientific publications and has over a decade of experience working in hedge funds, progressing from Senior Quant to Head of Quants and Portfolio Manager. He also serves as a senior researcher at the Laboratory of Large Random Systems at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.