Dmitry Dmitrenko
About Dmitry Dmitrenko
Dmitry Dmitrenko is the Head of Software Engineering at VTB, where he has worked since 2017. He has extensive experience in software development and project management, having previously held senior roles at Bank Otkritie Financial Corporation and Alfa-Bank.
Current Role at VTB
Dmitry Dmitrenko serves as the Head of Software Engineering at VTB, a position he has held since 2017. In this role, he oversees the software engineering team, which has expanded to include over 60 development teams. He manages 16 direct reports and is responsible for driving the strategic direction of software development initiatives within the organization.
Previous Experience at Bank Otkritie Financial Corporation
Dmitry Dmitrenko worked at Bank Otkritie Financial Corporation in two significant roles. He served as a Senior Project Manager from 2014 to 2017, where he contributed to various projects. Following this, he was appointed Head of IT Cluster for a period of 9 months in 2017. His tenure at the bank included managing significant IT initiatives and overseeing project teams.
Education and Expertise
Dmitry Dmitrenko holds a Master's degree in Business Informatics from the State University — Higher School of Economics, where he studied from 2011 to 2013. He also completed the Oxford Fintech Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, in 2022. His educational background is complemented by a Bachelor's degree in Business Informatics from the same institution, achieved from 2007 to 2011.
Technical Proficiencies and Projects
Dmitry has supervised the migration of on-premise monolith solutions to cloud-native services, utilizing a diverse tech stack that includes Kubernetes, Java, React, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Camunda, Scala, PySpark, SAS, and Hadoop. He has also organized two digital transformation programs with a combined budget of $200 million, focusing on Risk Management and Treasury, and led the development of 19 products to replace existing vendor solutions.
Career Progression
Dmitry Dmitrenko's career includes roles at Alfa-Bank as a Project Manager from 2011 to 2014 and as a Data Management Analyst at I.T. Co. from 2010 to 2011. His experience spans various aspects of software engineering and project management, contributing to his current leadership role at VTB.