ABOUT DMITRY
Hi, I'm Dmitry. People close to me call me Mitya, and my friends call me Mityock. That's also the name I use online.
I was born in Leningrad, in the Soviet Union. Later I lived in Siberia, Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Belgrade, and somehow ended up in Limassol, Cyprus. Life has a funny way of taking you places.
I've spent most of my adult life working with people and technology. But there's quite a bit more to me than HR.
I love music, old computers, history, science and travelling. I can spend hours reading about Neanderthals, the history of the British monarchy or some obscure piece of technology from the 1980s.
I'm also learning languages. Russian is my native language, English is part of my everyday life, and I've spent time studying Hebrew and, more recently, Greek. I'm still discovering how complicated even the simplest things can be.
I have a wife and a son, and a growing collection of interests that I never seem to have enough time for.
This website doesn't have a particular mission. It's just my little corner of the internet, where I can collect things I enjoy, learn and occasionally figure out.
FAMILY
My family means the world to me. My wife Irina and our son Misha are the people with whom I share my everyday life, my happiest memories and my plans for the future.
Irina and I have built a life together across different cities and countries. We've experienced so much side by side, from big changes and new beginnings to the small moments that become treasured memories. Irina is my closest person. I love talking with her, travelling together and discovering new places. Most of all, I love simply being with her.
Misha is growing up, developing his own interests, ideas and sense of humour. We share a love of computers, games and music. I enjoy our conversations, the things we do together and the moments when he teaches me something new.
We now live in Limassol, Cyprus. After all our moves and travels, I've come to feel that home is wherever we're together.
I'm grateful for our family and for the life we share.
WORK
I've been working in HR and technology since 2006. That's long enough to have seen quite a few management trends come and go.
I started at Acronis, then worked with Yota, Runa Capital, GridGain, Samokat and a robotics startup. Along the way, I've helped companies grow, build engineering teams, open offices in new countries and occasionally figure out what to do when things get complicated.
These days, I'm the Chief Human Resources Officer at Nexters, a gaming company.
What I enjoy most is figuring out how organisations actually work. Why some teams are brilliant and others struggle. How to find good people, make sensible decisions and build companies without drowning everyone in processes.
I'm particularly interested in how AI is changing the workplace. Not just the technology itself, but what happens to organisations when the way we work starts changing.
After twenty years in HR, I'm still learning.
MY INTERESTS
- History — especially the 20th century, biographies and political history.
- Science — human evolution, anthropology, archaeology, geology and space.
- Technology — AI, computers, the history of computing and video games.
- Music — rock, blues, punk, Britpop and music history.
- Guitar — learning to play electric guitar.
- Psychology — human behaviour, relationships and decision-making.
- Languages and linguistics — where languages come from, how they work and learning them.
- Travel — the history and culture of different countries, cities and architecture.
CONNECT
Want to get in touch? You can find me here.