Denis Keleynikov

I help owners grow profit and reduce costs. I improve processes, build teams and implement automation and AI with a focus on business economics.

26+ — years of professional experience (1999–2026).

89 — IT specialists under my leadership (LARGEST TEAM).

4,500+ — people who worked with MES / APS (KALASHNIKOV).

2,500 — users in the ECM / BPM programme scope (RTI SYSTEMS).

Architecture: Enterprise systems and integration.

Manufacturing: ERP / MES / APS / RFID.

AI and automation: Agents, RAG and local models.

Platforms: ELMA365 / BPM / CRM / ECM.

Leadership: Teams, products and projects.

English B2+

KELSOFT — Managing Partner / Digital Transformation Director

08.2023– Present

Integration and consulting business. Dantistoff: ERP/MES/APS, equipment integration and RFID. CPSO: an online school system with CRM, ECM, portal and telephony for 30,000+ clients.

Petersburg Tractor Plant — IT Project Leader

10.2022–08.2023

IT strategy, PMO, conveyor systems and ECM/BPM and data centre concepts.

RTI Systems — IT Advisor to CEO / Deputy CEO for IT

01.2021–02.2022

43-person directorate. ECM/BPM programme scoped for 2,500 users, enterprise integration and infrastructure.

RTI — Digital Transformation Director

06.2020–01.2022

Digitisation of core and supporting production processes and the complete product lifecycle.

Kalashnikov Group — Director, Innovative IT Projects / Deputy IT Director

03.2017–03.2020

MES/APS used by 4,500+ people. MES/SCADA production rollout at IMZ. Assessments and IT strategies for 10+ enterprises.

BFG Group — Commercial Director, Consulting Engagement

07.2016–07.2017

Built sales operations, distributed sales automation and an international market strategy.

KiwiTaxi — Business Development / Executive Duties

06.2015–07.2016

Travel integrations, corporate sales and an automated office for 60 workstations.

LANIT — Deputy Director, CAD Department Development

01.2011–09.2017

Department strategy, strategic sales and industrial lifecycle automation projects.

Udmurtia CIO Club — Club Director

04.2009–01.2018

Digital member services and two new regional clubs.

Licensed Software — Business Development Director

04.2008–03.2009

More than US$950,000 in personal software sales over six months.

EleWise — Business Development Director

04.2005–03.2008

Enterprise sales, partner network development, investor relations and project teams.

MIFORS — Commercial Director

02.2002–03.2005

Three major contracts with TVEL companies. Standard projects implemented in seven MTS branches.

MARK-ITT — Project Manager

03.1999–02.2002

Home network project: over 15 buildings and 100 customers connected.

Dantistoff — Dantistoff: ERP / MES / APS

KELSOFT

As architect, integrator, development lead and lead analyst at KELSOFT, I connected production accounting and planning with equipment and RFID.

ELMA365, TAP APS and RFID connect orders, shop-floor events and planning. Laboratory scale: 700+ orders per week, 45+ workstations, three shifts.

Technologies: ELMA365, ERP, MES, TAP APS, RFID.

CPSO — CPSO: online school management

KELSOFT

At KELSOFT, my team and I built the school management system from scratch, developed the external portal and integrated telephony with CRM and ECM.

A unified sales and operations environment for 30,000+ clients, linking client records, documents, the external portal and telephone communications.

Technologies: CRM, ECM, Portal, Telephony.

KELSOFT — Building an integration business

2023–2026

Company strategy, project economics, recruitment, architecture and delivery governance.

Formed a team of up to 18 specialists. Introduced separate development, test and production environments, plus SLA support.

Technologies: BPM, CRM, ECM, ITSM, SLA.

Petersburg Tractor Plant — An industrial digital roadmap

2022–2023

IT roadmap, PMO setup, conveyor modernisation leadership, ECM/BPM requirements and data centre design.

Defined IT development priorities and portfolio principles. Developed ECM/BPM and hyperconverged hybrid infrastructure concepts.

Technologies: ECM, BPM, PMO, HCI.

RTI Systems — Enterprise transformation at scale

2020–2022

Led a 43-person directorate during business restructuring. Shaped and launched ECM/BPM, MDM, PLM, ERP and infrastructure programmes.

Launched document and process management for a scope of 2,500 users. Established integration principles and service management.

Technologies: ERP, PLM, MDM, ESB, ECM, BPM, ITSM.

Kalashnikov Group / IMZ — MES / APS for 4,500+ people

2017–2020

Led implementation from business requirements to production operation. Connected production planning and execution and developed process roadmaps.

4,500+ people worked with MES/APS at Kalashnikov. MES/SCADA entered production operation at IMZ. Also contributed to IT assessments and strategies for 10+ enterprises.

Technologies: MES, APS, SCADA, ERP, PLM, CRM, BI.

LANIT — Industrial technology partnerships

2011–2017

Department strategy, enterprise sales, vendor negotiations and CAD implementation project management.

Participated in product lifecycle automation programmes for major industrial enterprises and holdings.

Technologies: PLM, CAD, PDM, B2B.

KiwiTaxi — An operating base for growth

2015–2016

Travel service integrations, corporate client development and office creation project leadership.

Led creation of an office for 60 workstations, including workplace automation. Created a sales automation system.

Technologies: CRM, B2B, API.

Udmurtia CIO Club — A regional CIO community

2009–2018

Club leadership, partner relationships, sales, a member portal and regional expansion.

Launched two new clubs in Kirov Region and Tatarstan. Created digital membership services with payments and attendance tracking.

Technologies: CRM, Community, Payments.

Licensed Software / Legsoft — Enterprise software sales

2008–2009

Business development, sales team management and direct enterprise sales.

Personal software sales exceeded US$950,000 in six months, including approximately US$700,000 of Microsoft products. Historical result, 2008–2009.

Technologies: B2B, Microsoft, Sales.

VENIK.PRO — AI agents for engineering projects

KELSOFT

At KELSOFT, I designed and developed AI agents for project design, working-documentation review and cost estimation.

AI supports VENIK.PRO’s design and estimating work: preparing design solutions, reviewing project documents and calculating costs.

Technologies: AI agents, Engineering, Cost estimation, Automation.

GLAZAVKUCHU.RU — Production and commerce with AI

KELSOFT

At KELSOFT, I designed and built ERP/MES for materials, process routes, equipment and planning, plus AI agents for pricing and online marketing.

Production, stock and sales operate in one system. AI agents and analytics automatically manage marketplace pricing and online marketing.

Technologies: ERP, MES, AI agents, API, 3D printing, Marketplaces, Analytics.

RAG and enterprise knowledge

I deploy RAG systems that combine language models with retrieval from documents and knowledge bases, and integrate them into business processes.

Local neural models

I deploy local neural models and connect them to services and applications within the company’s IT environment.

Process automation with AI

I apply AI to process organisation and automation, embedding it in the operating workflow and connecting it to the required systems.

AI in software development

I use AI as a working tool in software development and the organisation of development processes.

Integration into the IT landscape

I integrate AI solutions with existing applications, data and processes, and connect enterprise systems and production equipment.

Solutions built from scratch

I analyse the business task, design the architecture and implement the solution, including deployment and integration.

Moscow Technological Institute

2026

Higher education in information technology and management.

Atlassian Professional Sales

2019

Professional development

ITIL / ITSM v2 · v3

2008 / 2009

Service management training and certificates.

Sales, marketing & entrepreneurship

2006 / 2007 / 2008

Microsoft Start in Garage, CNEWS, Mail.ru and advanced IT sales.