Aleksei Parfun

Vice President, co-chair of RACA AI Committee, RACA

- CEO, Co-founder of AI Influence

- Co-founder of ReFace Technology

- Advisor to the CEO of Channel One

- Vice President of RACA, Co-chair of the RACA AI Committee

- Expert at ROCIT

Recognition:

- Media Manager of Russia 2020 (for contribution to industry development)

- Listed in the Top 1000 Russian Managers ranking (2023, 2024)

- Owner of "Useful Parfun" Telegram channel (20,000 subscribers, rated best marketing Telegram channel of 2024 by Tgscore)

Experience:

- Founder and Director of AKAR Ural (2017-2020)

- CEO of CTC Media Yekaterinburg (2014-2017)

- Development Director at Deltaplan advertising group (top 10 advertising groups in Russia) (2017-2022)

Guest speaker at MGIMO, HSE, RANEPA, MSTU, Senezh, and New Media Workshop.

Industry Involvement:

Jury member for E+ (Effie Russia), Red Apple, Silver Mercury, National Business Communications Award, First Award, and Silver Archer competitions. Over 40,000 followers across social networks. More than 300 appearances at professional forums, conferences, festivals, trainings, and business breakfasts throughout effectively all major Russian cities.

  • Creator and organizer of Bloggers School 1-4 (2010-2013)

  • Co-organizer of Media Manager School (2010-2013)

  • Digital Director of PORA Social Advertising Festival (2010-2012)

  • Founder of RACA Ural (2015)

  • Co-organizer of Chelyabinsk Marketers Club (2019)

  • Jury member for the first season of Startup Reality Show (2019)

Publications:

More than 300 professional publications in media outlets including Forbes, Kommersant, Sostav, RBC, Delovoy Kvartal, and Adindex.

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