# Oleg Shorin > Leader of Digital Transformation - Role: Chief Digital Transformation Officer - Canonical page: https://olegshorin.com/en/ - Page language: English I combine CEO and CDTO experience with a background in software development and entrepreneurship. I turn digital strategy into working solutions: unifying disparate systems, implementing AI, and scaling products while keeping operations running. My experience spans the transformation of major public institutions and the development of international SaaS services. ## Key figures - **$20M+** — Annual IT budget managed - **350+** — Engineers led - **26 → 1** — Disparate systems unified into one digital platform ## My Experience ### Rently Technology - Role: Chief Digital Transformation Officer (CDTO) - Duration: 2024 — Present Leading an innovative startup and one of Russia’s largest SaaS platforms for fleet management and car-rental operations [Visit site](https://www.rentlysoft.com) ### Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Role: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Chief Digital Transformation Officer (CDTO) - Duration: 2018 — 2023 Directed Russia’s largest academic research library network with 53 branches [Visit site](https://www.benran.ru) ### National Library of Russia - Role: Chief Digital Transformation Officer (CDTO) - Duration: 2011 — 2018 Led digital transformation of the second-largest library in Russia, overseeing 45M+ items and 1,700+ employees [Visit site](https://nlr.ru/elibrary) ### Vivaldi - Role: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Owner - Duration: 2005 — 2011 Founded and led a software development company specializing in enterprise solutions and high-performance applications [Visit site](https://www.vivaldi.ru) ### Paragon Software - Role: System Software Developer - Duration: 2001 — 2005 Developed kernel modules and low-level system utilities for Linux, BeOS, and embedded platforms [Visit site](https://www.paragon-software.com) ## My Projects - [All projects](https://olegshorin.com/en/projects/index.md) - [Digital Transformation of the National Library of Russia](https://olegshorin.com/en/projects/nlr-digital-transformation/index.md): A national-scale legacy modernization and digital service transformation of a 200-year-old cultural institution. - [Rently](https://olegshorin.com/en/projects/rently/index.md): A digital ecosystem for the car rental industry - [National Electronic Library](https://olegshorin.com/en/projects/national-electronic-library/index.md): The National Electronic Library of the Russian Federation is the largest collection of books, dissertations, musical notes, maps, and other materials. - [Vivaldi](https://olegshorin.com/en/projects/vivaldi/index.md): The Vivaldi digital access and rights-management platform ## My Publications - [All publications](https://olegshorin.com/en/publications/index.md) - [Full bibliography](https://olegshorin.com/files/en/OlegShorin-publications-en.pdf) - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1951-5321) - [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_tYsG5Fmt3AC) - [Web of Science](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/KIC-7234-2024) - [eLibrary](https://www.elibrary.ru/author_items.asp?authorid=243879&show_refs=1) ### Supporting resources A complete PDF list of my academic publications, articles, conference papers, and related materials ## My Videos - [All videos](https://olegshorin.com/en/videos/index.md) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@oleg.shorin) - [VK Video](https://vkvideo.ru/@oleg.shorin) - [Rutube](https://rutube.ru/channel/79030983) - [Dzen](https://dzen.ru/olegshorin?tab=longs) ## My Thoughts My writing covers digital transformation, architecture, management, technology and lifestyle - [Digital Solutions 2026](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2026/10/digital-solutions-forum/) — 2026-10-08T05:45:30.000Z: Digital Solutions 2026: the shift from digitalisation to business-model transformation, agentic AI at scale, robotics and cybersecurity by design. - [Skill-Level Development](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2026/10/skill-level-development/) — 2026-10-05T05:31:10.000Z: Translating a blog with Codex and AI agents: project skills, recursive link analysis and automating the creation of English versions of posts. - [A Positive Third Derivative](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2026/10/positive-third-derivative/) — 2026-10-02T05:30:04.000Z: A positive third derivative, or jerk: from driving an Infiniti and a Ferrari to the rapidly accelerating pace of change in modern IT and AI. ## My Education ### Master’s degree in State Management in Science and Education - Organisation: Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) - Department: Public Administration and Management - Duration: 10/2022 - 05/2025 [Details](https://shorin.me/blog/2025/05/manager-with-diploma/) ### Ph.D. in Computer Science - Organisation: Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - Department: Federal Research Center "Computer Science and Control" (FRC CSC) - Duration: 09/2015 - 06/2017 [Details](https://www.frccsc.ru/diss-council/00207302/diss/list/shorin_on) ### Applied Mathematics and Computer Science - Organisation: Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) - Department: Calculation Mathematics and Cybernetics (CMC) - Duration: 09/1997 - 06/2002 [Details](https://shorin.me/blog/2025/01/tatianin-den/) ### Mathematics - Organisation: Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) - Department: Advanced Educational Scientific Center (AESC) - Kolmogorov’s boarding school - Duration: 09/1996 - 06/1997 [Details](https://shorin.me/blog/2024/12/ezhi-ne-lyudi/) ## My Achievements ### Ph.D. in Computer Science Issued by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/phd-certificate.webp) ### Master’s degree in Computer Science Issued by the department of Calculation Mathematics and Cybernetics (CMC) of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/msu-diploma.webp) ### Master’s degree in State Management Issued by the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/ranepa-diploma.webp) ### Application of Information Technologies in Public Administration and Business Issued by the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/it.webp) ### Digital Transformation of Business Issued by the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/digital-transformation.webp) ### Certificate of Appreciation for Significant Contribution to Development of Culture and Longstanding Dedicated Work Issued by the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/appreciation.webp) ### Medal for Contribution to the Implementation of National Policy in Education and Science & Technology Development Issued by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/medal.webp) ### Official Certificate of Software Registration for Vivaldi Issued by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/vivaldi-patent.webp) ### Official Certificate of Software Registration for DefvIew Issued by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/defview-patent.webp) ### Official Certificate of Software Registration for Rently Issued by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/rently-patent.webp) ### Official Certificate of Software Registration for Rently.B4B Issued by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/rently-b4b-patent.webp) ### Official Certificate of Software Registration for Shoft Issued by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation (Rospatent) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/shoft-patent.webp) ### Certificate of high qualified manager for Digital Transformation Issued by the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/cdto-ranepa-certificate.webp) ### Certificate of Honour Issued by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/honour.webp) ### Certificate of Appreciation Issued by the Federal Instute of Industrial Property (FIIP) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/appreciation-fips.webp) ### Certificate of Exceptional Expertise Issued by the Ex Libris company (Clarivate) [Document](https://olegshorin.com/images/exceptional-expertise.webp) ## Testimonials ### [Ekaterina Doroseva](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterina-doroseva-376206208/) I can highly recommend Oleg as an excellent professional, an absolute confident leader with outstanding hard and soft skills. He knows how to create an incredibly productive atmosphere in both a giant company and a startup. ### [Alexander Khokhlov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkhokhlov/) Oleg amazingly combines deep expertise in digital technologies with the organisational skills of a project leader, which allows him to effectively manage a large team of colleagues, delve into the details of the whole process, handle a huge amount of information and find optimal solutions. ### [Andrey Koptev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreykoptev/) Oleg is highly experienced self-driven IT professional with wide range of hands-on skills and deep theoretical background. ### [Andrei Sobolevski](https://mipt.ru/people/sobolevskiy_andrey_nikolaevich) I was lucky to know Oleg in his capacity of a library manager: refreshingly modern, open-minded, willing to take risks of big transformation projects both in his own library and at partners' organizations and, importantly, to steer these projects to successful completion. ### [Petr Chernyshev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/petr-chernyshev-75a8ba44/) I had the pleasure of meeting Oleg at the Friflex IT meetup on the implementation of AI in business. Since then, we have been in touch on professional matters. I would like to express my appreciation of Oleg's extensive practical experience in the IT field, his broad outlook, and his excellent understanding of current trends in technology and team management. ### [Alexey Ivaschenko](https://shorin.me/blog/2025/05/pervoprohodtsy-ii/) Oleg consistently demonstrated deep expertise in artificial intelligence, a strong understanding of the library and information business, and an outstanding ability to translate complex technologies into practical, high-impact solutions. His strategic thinking, openness to collaboration, and results-oriented leadership made our projects both effective and genuinely rewarding, leaving a lasting positive impact on the organization and the teams involved. ### [Viktor Konoplev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktor-konoplev/) I met Oleg while working on a project to transfer infrastructure between clouds. He is a very charismatic leader who manages a team of top specialists. He quickly gets to the heart of the matter and honours agreements. ### [Oleg Utkin](https://shorin.me/blog/2025/09/prodavets-znaniy/) Working with Oleg was truly enriching; his blend of strategic foresight, operational excellence, and inspirational leadership significantly elevated the success of the project. ### [Vladimir Egorov](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Егоров%2C_Владимир_Константинович) Oleg Nikolaevich has a proven professional track record in his field. ### [Yurii Gluschenko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yurikgl/) Having worked with Oleg Shorin, I can confirm that he is an exceptional negotiator. He is adept at finding solutions and leading digital transformation in high-pressure situations, whether the pressure comes from the academic community or startup investors. His rare combination of a deep technical background, business-building experience and strategic vision enables him to bring even the most complex and initially chaotic systems under digital control. ### [Andrey Guskov](https://shorin.me/blog/2025/03/bibliotechnaya-bratiya/) Oleg is someone who brings mathematical precision to calculations, quick thinking to decision-making, and responsiveness to communication. When a task is unclear, he finds a way through it and guides the team towards achieving results. ### [Alexander Vislyi](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вислый%2C_Александр_Иванович) Oleg's broad outlook enables him to gain a deep understanding of the problems facing an entire industry, be it the library sector or any other. His mathematical education enables him to develop systemic solutions that are effective for decades. His management skills also make him a true leader of change. ### [Alexey Korovin](https://korovin.team) Oleg has a very rare talent: he can digitise areas that are difficult to digitise. Take, for example, the task of digitising tens of millions of storage units in Russia's second-largest library. Or how do you create a single, convenient IT space out of a patchwork of dozens of bespoke systems? Oleg did it, and that is his strength. ### [Yuliya Kozlova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-kozlova-7142b522b/) Oleg has a special talent: he is an interesting storyteller. After listening to several lectures on the digital transformation of libraries, I realised that the world of books and libraries is unique and fascinating. It can be viewed from a completely different angle. ### [Mariya Mustafaeva](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-mustafaeva-944985a9/) Oleg is a truly unique professional. He has a strong fundamental education, broad professional expertise and extensive experience of managing complex projects. These qualities make him a rare specialist and a benchmark leader in digital transformation in a wide variety of fields. It is also important to note that Oleg is unafraid of non-standard and truly challenging tasks — his experience speaks for itself. I would also like to highlight his personal qualities: intelligence, a broad outlook, and an ability to communicate well. It is always interesting to talk to him, and it is simply pleasant to be on the same wavelength — a quality that is equally important in work and in social situations. ## Navigation - [About Me](https://olegshorin.com/en/about/index.md) - [All projects](https://olegshorin.com/en/projects/index.md) - [All publications](https://olegshorin.com/en/publications/index.md) - [All videos](https://olegshorin.com/en/videos/index.md)