Proud Alumni

Bagdat Mussin
Place of birth: Ekibastuz city, Pavlodar province
Language: Kazakh, English, Russian, Turkish
Position: Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Profession: IT Specialist, Innovator, Entrepreneur,
Education: Computer Science, SDU University, 2000-2004, Lawyer, Kazakh Institute of Law and International Relations, 2004-2006.
Work Place: Chief software engineer, department head, deputy director of the department for the creation of IT units in state bodies of JSC “National Information Technologies”, 2004-2007, Head of Information Systems Support Department at RSE “Republican Center for Legal Information” of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2007-2008, Advisor to the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Information Technologies, Head of the Department of Information Technologies of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2008-2010, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Information Technologies of the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2010-2011, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Monitoring Automation of Public Services and Coordinating the Activities of Public Service Centers of the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2011-2012, Chairman of the Committee for Control of Automation of Public Services and Coordination of Activities of Public Service Centers of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2012-2014, Chairman of the Board of the National Information Technologies Joint Stock Company, 04-08.2014, Chairman of the Board of Kazpost JSC, 2014-2017, Chairman of the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounts of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2017-2018, Deputy Chairman of the Board of BI Group and Head of BeInTech, 2018-2019.
State and international awards, prizes, honorary titles: Medals: «Ерен еңбегі үшін» and «20 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan»
Quotes: “The «Bolashak» program itself is aimed at generating an intelligent future generation, but if it is an intelligent future generation, having studied at American top universities, comes here and settles in our government, where everyone breaks it down, sets the framework and so on, I think , this is of little use. They need to be let go so that they work abroad, but they will bring at least some idea from there or organize a venture fund that will help us or will be an example for other Kazakhstanis.”

Mirus Kurmashev
Language: Kazakh, English, Russian, Turkish
Profession: IT Specialist, Entrepreneur, Innovator
Education: Computer Science, SDU University, 2003-2007
Work Place: Chairman of the IT-Council, Atameken RPC. Founder and CEO of MIRUSDESK, 2015
Quotes: If something happens in a person’s life that he cannot change, or that with which he does not agree, then the only thing he can work on is on himself. I am focused on the inner state of my soul. If a person is not at odds and not in harmony with the soul, then all the imbalance around him occurs precisely for this reason. In order to influence your life and environment, you must first influence yourself.

Alexandra Krylova
Language: Spanish, English, Russian, Turkish
Position: Marketing Associate, Derive Technologies, 2020-
Profession: IT Specialist, Marketer, Project Manager
Education: Computer Hardware and Software, SDU University, 2006-2010
Work Place: Database Manager, ITECA, 2007-2009, Senior CIS Education Coordinator, Hewlett-Packard,2009-2012, Marketing Services Executive, Philip Morris Kazakhstan, 2012-2014, Marketing Associate, OnForce Solar, 2015-2016, Operations and Event Marketing Specialist, World of Travel, 2016-2020, Marketing Associate, Derive Technologies, 2020

Nariman Mukushev
Place of birth: Satpayev city, Karagandy province
Language: Kazakh, English, Russian, Turkish
Profession: IT Specialist
Education: Computer Science, SDU University, 2003-2007, Business Administration, International Academy of Business, 2009-2011.
Seniority: Specialist, leading specialist, head of department, deputy head of department, head of department, director of the department of innovative technologies, Kazkommertsbank JSC, 2005-2014, Managing Director for Innovation and IT, Kazpost JSC, 2014-2017, Managing Director for Business and IT Transformation, Kazpost JSC, 2017-2018, Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2018-2020, IT Specialist, BI Innovation.
Quotes: “Be sure to listen to the opinions and ideas of employees. It doesn’t matter what his position or age is, you should always listen, because we do teamwork. If you have good ideas and projects, you need to launch and develop them. First of all, a person needs to be interested so that he is interested, because the ultimate goal is the result. For me, this was always an incentive when I saw the ultimate goal and understood why I was doing this.”

Askhat Omarov
Place of birth: Kostanay City
Language: Kazakh, English, Russian, Turkish
Profession: IT specialist, Businessman, Innovator, Entrepreneur
Education: Computer Science, SDU University, 2003-2008
Work experience: System engineer, Asia Intercommunications, 2008-2009, Owner and CEO of Asia Intercommunications, 2010-2013, Founder and CEO of Santufei.kz, Santufei, 2013-2020, Founder of Farel ( Part of Y-Combinator), 2020.
Quotes: There is nothing supernatural. You need to do the business that you like, and thoroughly study and understand its features. Persistence will be required in order not to give up when something fails. The main thing is to understand, to delve into the details, in a word, to become competent in the chosen field. Only then can you make a successful project or business in it. Without understanding the essence, it will not work to achieve good results.