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Vladimir Kholiaznikov

Founder @ Jiffy Grocery, Serial Tech Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Education

  • 10 week Start Up program

    Y Combinator Start Up School

    (2018 - 2018)

  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

    Moscow Business School

    (2010 - 2012)

  • Master's degree

    Belarussian State University of Transport

    (2001 - 2006)

  • Diploma

    cbs

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2020

  • Advisor To The Board

    2021

  • FoodTech Director

    2019 - 2021

    I lead the on-demand delivery services at X5 Retail Group: Pyaterochka Dostavka, Perekrestok.Bystro, Okolo delivery apps. We deliver 60.000+ orders per day from 1000 X5 offline stores and mini dark stores in 20 cities across Russia within 45 min. Our team at X5 FoodTech is now close to 5000 employees and that's just 1 year from launch! With monthly revenues in excess of 25M USD our on-demand grocery delivery service is among the leading e-commerce companies in CEE region.

2020 - 2021

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    2020 - 2021

    Active member of the Advisory Board at HCB Russia. Shareholders of Home Credit Group view Advisory Board as an early format of a fully-fledged board of directors with the following areas of responsibility: - Review financial performance of Home Credit Bank Russia; - Develop and review execution of strategy of Home Credit Bank Russia; - Digital transformation, building an attractive HR brand that is able to attract tech talents; - General corporate governance matters

2015 - 2021

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    2015 - 2021

    I serve as an Advisor to Carprice's management and Shareholders since the foundation of the Company. Over years, I transferred my knowledge, researched data points, led project groups within Carprice to establish new products, systems, strategies. Also worked on local crisis management tasks. People management and recruiting inititatives. And much more.

FOODZA

2017 - 2020

  • Founder, Chairman

    2017 - 2020

    B2B Food Marketplace that connects farmers and vendors directly with small and medium businesses. Foodza is attempting to build a supply service for the Food Service and Retail industry in Russia. #FoodTech #AgroTech #Ecommerce #B2B

2015 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2019

    "Pigu.lt"​ is the biggest e-shop in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Serving as Board member, representing polish fund MCI Capital to review operational activity of the company in terms of marketing investments, operational marketing, commercial developments and strategy. As well as contributing the global ecommerce best practices and know-how from Russian market. #Ecommerce #Retail #Fulfilment #Marketplace

2009 - 2018

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2014 - 2018

    Key focus areas: • Marketing strategy (Brand, Positioning, PR, Acquisition, CRM and Analytics) • Technology, Customer and Back End Operation Product strategy (Mobile, Personalization, User Experience, Data Mining and Security, Integration Layers, Order Fulfillment Operations, Last Mile Delivery Service) • People and talent management, insuring strong expertise and corporate culture fit. As well as constantly simplified organizational structure, with open and horizontal communications between employees of all levels • Finance (Budgeting, Target Setting, Performance Reviews, Cash Flow Management) • Fundraising at scale, alternative financing through banks (overdraft and credit lines) and trade insurance products (Euler Hermes, Atradius etc.) • Merchandising strategy and sourcing excellence (personally leads local and international buying teams, sourcing off-price products from 10 countries worldwide)

  • COO | Operations Director | Ecommerce Fulfillment Management

    2012 - 2014

    Operations in KupiVIP employed 750+ employees in following functions: • Content Services (Photo, Descriptions, QA) • Intra Logistics (vendor-to-vendor, store pick ups, QA) • Order fulfillment centers in Moscow (20.000 sqm) and Berlin (3.000 sqm) for cross-border ecommerce • Last-mile customer delivery service (in-house courier service with 350 drivers, franchisee delivery network in 90 cities, and 3PL providers incl., Pick up points in 32 cities) • Customer Care Center (inbound, outbound, telemarketing and payments) • Finance & Legal

  • Director Of Business Development

    2009 - 2012

Private Equity Fund

2007 - 2009

  • Managing Director | IR | Fundraising | Portfolio Management

    2007 - 2009

    - Fundraising activity; - Corporate governance; - Portco's management.