Robert Farish,
Regional Director, Russia / CIS Region
Robert Farish joined IDC CEMA as a Research Manager for Russia in 1995. In this position, he oversees all of IDC's research programs and consulting activities in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, and other CIS states. His areas of expertise cover the spectrum of IDC's research output on these markets. He has published research in the areas of Internet, PCs, printers, office automation products, and software.
Prior to joining IDC, Mr. Farish was the director of Russia Data Services, an independent Russian IT research firm. He also worked as a Moscow-based technology journalist.
Mr. Farish has an Honours B.A. in History from Birmingham University in the UK, and was a postgraduate student (Communications) at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is fluent in Russian and has lived in Moscow for most of his professional life.
Simon Baker,
Program Manager, Mobile Handsets, CEMA
Simon has specialized on telecommunications markets in Russia and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s. At IDC Russia he initially covered fixed and mobile telecommunications services markets, and Internet access.
Subsequently he has specialized on the rapidly growing sector of mobile handsets, and supervises detailed quarterly monitoring of the market in Russia and research further afield in the CIS. Simon is also now in charge of all IDC mobile phone research in the Middle East and in Africa.
A former journalist, Simon edited a magazine in London on the European satellite industry and applications in telecommunications and television. He later worked as a market analyst for a major telecommunications operator in Paris, then as an industry consultant.
Simon holds an MBA degree from Henley Management College in Britain and a BA in Philosophy and Literature. He speaks Russian, French and German.
Timur Faroukshin,
Consulting Manager, Russia / CIS
As consulting manager, Timur Faroukshin is responsible for the development and management of consulting projects for all technology groups in Russia and other CIS countries. He has led several large-scale consulting projects in the region, which have included evaluating market opportunities, product requirements, and market segmentations in support of business planning.
Timur Faroukshin joined IDC in March 1998. Prior to taking up the position as consulting manager, he has covered the Russian network hardware, PC, Internet, enterprise software, and security software markets. He was also responsible for the research in the Belarussian IT market.
Prior to joining IDC, Timur Faroukshin worked as a freelance journalist, writing on telecommunications issues for a number of Russian and international magazines.
Timur Faroukshin graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, the Department of Cybernetics. He speaks fluent English.
Elena Semenovskaya,
Research Manager, Software market
Prior to joining IDC in 2004, Elena has several years experience working as IT consultant (researcher) in both the US and Canada with various private industry and Government agencies. Prior to that Elena was working as a research assistant for distribution of official publications of the European Community among private companies, embassies, banks, government offices and universities across Canada and USA.
She speaks fluent English.
Victor Pratusevich,
End-user Research Manager
Victor Pratusevich joined IDC in August 2007 as end-user research manager. He is responsible for end-user research activities in Russia and CIS countries, from project initiation to reporting to internal and external clients. He is also responsible for vertical markets analysis and reporting.
Prior to joining IDC, Mr. Pratusevich gained eleven years of experience working for both local and international research houses in Russia, including GfK, F-Squared/ IPSOS, Magram Market Research and Romir, where he was responsible for management and marketing of ad hoc research projects across various industries, including IT and telecommunications. His positions varied from project manager to client service director and research director.
Mr. Pratusevich holds a Ph.D. as well as a master’s degree in Physics and Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He has spent four years in postdoctoral assignments in the US, developing applications of mathematical modeling in
University of Chicago and University of Baltimore in Maryland.
