Education
Gorky Radio-Electrotechnical Technical College (1971), radio technician. Lobachevsky University named after N. I. Lobachevsky (1978), radiophysicist. Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (1998), economist.
Work experience
2002-2005 — head of the finance and analysis department at the research institute of measurement systems (NIIIS). 1999-2000 — deputy head of the administration of Nizhny Novgorod for economics, industrial policy and entrepreneurship. 1994-1999 — first deputy director, head of department at the Department of Economics and Forecasting of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. 1993-1994 — deputy head of the planning department, head of the finance and contracts department at the research institute of measurement systems (NIIIS). 1990-1993 — chief power engineer, chief economist at the closed joint-stock company "Kantaurovskoye".