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ARSENII OS / 00

A STORY ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY BECOMES A DEAL

I do not selltechnology.

I help it survive the routewhere everything usually breaks.

NARRATOR / ARSENII IAKOVLEV

My name is Arsenii Iakovlev. I work between engineers, researchers, and the people accountable for results.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT · R&D COMMERCIALIZATION
181RUB M contracts203RUB M pipeline134–155%plan performance
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WHERE THE ROUTE BREAKS

Strong technology is not enough.

TechnologyProduct
PrototypePilot
PilotContract

Between those words: someone else’s budget, risk, dozens of decisions, and people who must align.

02 / MY WORK

I assemble the route.

I connect an expensive business problem, the engineering team, evidence, economics, and procurement until they move as one system.

01Problem
02Engineering
03Economics
04Procurement
05Contract
Route assembled
03 / TRANSLATION LAB

The real work happens between two languages.

Move the boundary.

Drag the divider: technology on the left, what the buyer pays for on the right.
TECH SAYSCOMPUTER VISION

InnoSpector

Computer vision captures the production process and defects on the line.

BUYER HEARSQUALITY CONTROL

InnoSpector

Quality becomes manageable: the team sees where deviations emerge and how to respond.

TRANSLATION = PRODUCT

I do not simplify the technology. I make its value visible.

04 / INSIDE THE DEAL

A deal is not a funnel. It is synchronization.

Six yeses must happen in the right order.

I keep business, engineering, the champion, security, legal, procurement, and budget on one route until separate decisions become a contract.
DECISION MAP / LIVE01 / 06
ARSENII / 00DEAL ORCHESTRATIONBD × R&D
  1. 01BusinessCost of the problem
  2. 02EngineeringFeasibility
  3. 03ChampionInternal owner
  4. 04Security + LegalAcceptable risk
  5. 05ProcurementBuying route
  6. 06BudgetPermission to scale
ALIGNED
04.7 / THE WORK THAT NEVER FITS ON A SLIDE

My value is not “running a meeting.”

I design the next fact.

Every stage removes a specific risk and leaves an artifact that lets the deal move without losing context.
01ContextTHE NEXT FACT

How does the process work today, and where is the expensive problem?

What remains
  • Opportunity passport
  • Stakeholder map
What becomes clear

The process, problem owner, cost of inaction, and unknowns.

ROLE BOUNDARY / 01

I do not replace the engineer, lawyer, or procurement owner. I connect their decisions into one manageable route.

05 / EVIDENCE

Real deals have already travelled it.

Not presentations. Contracts.

05.1 / SIGNED181

RUB M in signed contracts

05.2 / ACTIVE203

RUB M active pipeline

05.3 / PERFORMANCE134–155%

Sber plan performance

EXPERIENCE CONTEXT

Gazprom Neft · RUSAL · Rosatom · SIBUR · EuroChem · Nornickel · Severstal

05.4 / EXPERIENCE MATRIX

One operator across four systems.

01 / INDUSTRIES
  • Metallurgy
  • Chemicals
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Public sector
02 / TECHNOLOGY
  • AI · CV · GNN
  • Robotics
  • Autonomous systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Geospatial
03 / DEAL
  • Discovery
  • Concept + proposal
  • Tender
  • Negotiation
  • Contract
04 / TEAM
  • Client
  • Researchers
  • Engineers
  • Legal + Finance
  • Procurement

Strategic-account context: EuroChem, Nornickel, Severstal, RUSAL, Gazprom Neft, SIBUR, and Rosatom.

06 / FIELD NOTES

Now for what actually happened inside.

Five files. No marketing fog.

ARCHIVE / 0501 / 05
GO-TO-MARKET
PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION · COMPUTER VISION06.01 / CASE FILE
Industrial inspectionGO-TO-MARKET

InnoSpector

Move a technology from research format into a product layer that enterprise buyers can understand and pilot.

THE UNPOLISHED PROBLEM

Broad “defect recognition” was not a product. It needed specific scenarios, pilot boundaries, and an operational action after detection.

My role
  • Contributed to the product and commercial concept.
  • Defined industries and use cases.
  • Connected developers with the commercial team.
  • Prepared buyer materials, sourced clients, and discussed pilots.
01Scenario
02Value
03Pilot
04GTM
WHAT CAN BE STATED

The product moved into development and commercialization, with use cases and a foundation for enterprise sales.

Computer VisionCustomer DevelopmentGTMIndustrial QA

Reduce uncertainty, connect decision owners, and turn the next move into a fact or document.

07 / HUMAN IN THE LOOP

Technologies change. The operating principles do not.

Cases are described at a publicly shareable level without project terms or client data.

07 / HUMAN IN THE LOOP

I work between the language of engineers and the language of decision-makers.

9+ years in client-facing and commercial roles. The latest 3+ years focus on commercializing AI, computer vision, robotics, autonomous systems, cybersecurity, and geospatial solutions for industry and the public sector. Before that: two promotions in under two years at Sber, mentoring, and team-lead coverage.

  1. 01

    Start with the current process and an observable problem. Technology comes second.

  2. 02

    Never promise on behalf of an expert: the solution owner validates technical boundaries.

  3. 03

    A pilot tests a hypothesis against a baseline; it is not a small copy of the full project.

  4. 04

    Every meeting ends with a new fact, a next-step owner, and a date.

TRAJECTORY / NOT A JOB LIST

Every next level added a new system.

  1. 01 / 2015—2021

    Stage, service, sales, public programs

    From opera ensemble work and retail to franchising, the Chamber of Commerce, and digital education projects.

    LEARNED TO WORK ACROSS VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND SYSTEMS
  2. 02 / 2021—2023

    Sber: performance discipline

    Complex solutions for business, field meetings, documentation, and CRM. Two promotions, mentoring, and team-lead coverage.

    134% · 155% · 145% · 135%
  3. 03 / 2023—NOW

    Innopolis: R&D becomes a deal

    Commercializing AI, robotics, cybersecurity, geospatial, and industrial solutions for major B2B/B2G clients.

    RUB 181M SIGNED · RUB 203M+ PIPELINE
Conceptual laboratory where AI, robotics, and applied research meet
WORKING FIELD / 01

My working field sits between the lab, the product, and the decision room.

OPERATING BELIEF

Complexity is not a reason to simplify the technology. It is a reason to design the route more precisely.

— ARSENII IAKOVLEV
07.1 / RESEARCH

Research

Economic security and digital transformation: a research lens helps reveal both the potential of a solution and the systemic risks of adoption.

07.2 / BUILD

Product Lab

Digital product prototypes: AI tools, Signal Monitor, and secure CI/CD — designed to test product hypotheses quickly.

08 / NOW IT IS YOUR TURN

That was my route.Now let’s test yours.

Five decisions will reveal where your technology loses its route to a contract.

09 / INTERACTIVE CLIMAX
R&D → REVENUE MACHINE / 09

I commercialize complex technology.Now try it yourself.

What happens to your technology in the corporate world?

Drag the idea into the machine
01Laboratory
02Pilot
03Procurement
04Contract
COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRESS
10 / NOT THE END

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