Timur Biyachuev
Strategic technology business leader with 19+ years of experience at the intersection of technology, products, and international business — from research and R&D to managing a P&L of hundreds of millions of dollars.
I turn technology into products and revenue. I build teams that deliver results in uncertain environments.
Career
Kaspersky — Executive Vice President, Corporate Business
2024–2025
P&L ownership of the corporate business unit within a company with $822M in global revenue. Portfolio of 35+ products, 700+ people, 40+ countries. Revenue growth of +19% in 2024. Launched new product lines. Led platform transformation — non-Endpoint share reached 53% of revenue.
Kaspersky — Vice President, Consumer Business Development
2023
B2C growth strategy, Vision 2030. Discovery of new directions: eSIM, cyber-physical security, GenAI. Initiated a company-wide LLM audit and adoption roadmap.
Huawei Russian Research Institute — Director, Moscow Basic Software Lab
2022–2023
Built a research lab (Central Software Institute branch) with teams in Moscow, Novosibirsk, and St. Petersburg: OS, compilers, AI frameworks. Established partnerships with academic institutions.
Samsung Research Russia — Head of System Software Development
2021–2022
60 engineers across 8 areas (Android Runtime, 5G vRAN, TEE OS, Rust, ML on Code). Secured HQ funding for new research directions through internal grant competitions. Hosted Samsung Open Source Conference Russia 2021 — the organizing team received the Samsung Research Award.
Kaspersky — Vice President, Threat Research / Director, Anti-Malware Research
2006–2019
13 years of continuous protection for 100M+ users worldwide. Led 300+ researchers and engineers. Technology leadership — Gartner acknowledged Kaspersky’s full technical superiority (2017). Built several commercial B2B products from scratch. Drove automated threat detection rate to 99%. Kaspersky “Person of the Year” award (2016).
MIPT Business School — Academic Advisor
2026 – present
Advisor to the Master’s program in Technology Entrepreneurship. Mentoring projects: technology, product strategy, discovery, GTM, unit economics.
ITMO University — Associate Professor, Secure Information Technologies
2001–2006
Established a joint research lab with Kaspersky Lab. Won 3 government research grants and 2 academic competitions.
Expertise
Technology & Product: cybersecurity, AI & GenAI, R&D management, product strategy, product discovery, portfolio management, roadmapping, pricing & packaging, GTM
Business & Strategy: P&L management, international expansion (40+ countries), B2B Enterprise / SaaS / B2G, competitive intelligence, Gartner / Forrester / IDC engagement, digital transformation
Leadership: executive communication, public speaking (international conferences, C-level audiences), team building, cross-functional leadership
Education & Credentials
- Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences) — Information Security, ITMO University (2005)
- M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, honors degree — ITMO University (2003)
- Pragmatic Certified Product Manager — Pragmatic Institute (2019)
- Global Director Course — Samsung Education (2022)
- 3 cybersecurity patents (US8635694, RU91213, RU103643)
Speaking
| Year | Event | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eurasian Economic Forum, Minsk | Panel discussion; Russia–Saudi Arabia Industrial Dialogue, UAE Business Dialogue |
| 2025 | Innoprom, Yekaterinburg | Panel: “Cybersecurity Automation: AI for Threat Response” |
| 2025 | GITEX Asia, Singapore | Speaker |
| 2025 | Kaspersky Americas Partner Conference | Keynote |
| 2025 | Kaspersky APAC Partner Conference | Keynote |
| 2024 | GITEX META, Dubai | Roundtable with Chairman of UAE Government Cybersecurity Council |
| 2021 | Samsung Open Source Conference Russia | Conference host |
| 2019 | Luxembourg Cybersecurity Day | Keynote: “Connected World Threats: Was, Now and Future” |
| 2019 | Sberbank International Cyber Congress, Moscow | Presentation: “Advanced Threat Trends” |
| 2019 | mailto:CLOUD Conference (Mail.ru), Moscow | Panel discussion |
| 2018 | Cybersecurity Consortium, Hong Kong | Keynote |
| 2018 | AV-Test Awards, Germany | Awarded for leadership in independent testing |
Media: featured on Channel One Russia (EEF 2025), interview with CISOCLUB, interview with Taiwan’s ITHome.
Photo Gallery
On Stage
C-Level
Team & Partners
Interests
Chess. Target shooting.
Contact
Moscow | timur@biyachuev.com