Alexander Ryjov is a highly accomplished professional with over 15 years of business experience and 25 years of advanced teaching and research experience as a professor of Mathematics at Lomonosov Moscow State University and Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. With a Ph.D. in Mathematics and D.Sc. degree in Engineering, he has authored over 80 scientific publications which includes three books and chapters in ten books, and was also a member of two authorizing PhD boards. Alexander has extensive experience in project management, consulting, and research and development at a national and international level, serving as an expert in the Russian Government Research and Consulting Center of Expertise, National Information and Analytical Center (NIAC), Russian Venture Company, Skolkovo (IT cluster) and has worked with hi-tech companies such as Cypress Semiconductor, USA, and ONEXIM group, Russia. He is active in the local community and is a member of advisory boards of Russian and international professional and scientific organizations, editorial boards of national and international scientific journals, and program committees of various national and international conferences. His specialties are R&D, IT, Data Science, and Big Data.