Alexandr Vasilievich Garmonov

Major shareholder and Chief Research Officer of Kodofon Group and Wipline Group.
Graduated from Voronezh Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Radio Engineering in 1973.
Academic degree: PhD in wireless communication technologies.

Professional activities

• 1973-2005: Engineer, Head of Branch, Head of Department, Head of Scientific and Technical Department (STD) of the Voronezh Research Institute of Communications;
• 2005-2015: Head of STD, Director of Research and Production Complex, Deputy General Director of JSC Concern "Sozvezdie" (Voronezh);
• Since 1997: Associate Professor, Head of the Faculty branch "Systems of Information Security" of the Concern "Sozvezdie";
• Since 1998: member of the Editorial Board of the magazine "Information and Security" at Voronezh State Technical University (VSTU);
• Since 1998: Chief Research Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wipline — a group of wireless communication operator companies;
• Project Manager of more than 40 R&D projects related to the development of technologies and equipment for the 3G and 4G cellular networks implemented for the benefit of:
• Nortel Networks Corporation (Canada),
• Samsung Electronics (South Korea),
• Huawei Technologies (Peoples Republic of China);
• Project Manager of more than 50 R&D projects ordered by Russian companies and institutions:
• Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation,
• JSC Concern "Sozvezdie",
• PJSC "Yaroslavl Radio Plant",
• JSC CNTU "Dinamika",
• JSC "OPK",
• JSC "Ryazan Radio Plant",
• JSC "Electrosignal" (Voronezh).

Government awards

• 1987: Medal For Distinguished Labour;
• 1996: Second-class medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland;
• 2001: Honorary title "Merited Inventor of the Russian Federation".

Copyrighted works

• 217 inventions and useful models patented in the USSR (44 copyright certificates), Russia (124 patents), USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, South Korea, India, China (49 patents);
• About 150 publications (books, articles in Russian and foreign periodsicals, and conference presentations);
• About 20 software programs.

Membership in scientific societies and community organizations

• Since 2000: Member of the IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA);
• Since 2005: full member of the World Academy of Sciences for Complex Safety (Moscow).

Educational activities

    Dissertation advisor to 9 young researchers pursuing PhD degrees in Technical Sciences and PhD in Physics and Mathematics.