Graduated from the State University in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), the department of mathematics
and mechanics. Candidate of sciences (Ph.D.) in physics and mathematics (1983). I met AutoCAD in 1987 (it was
version 2.1). Programmer, have written 39 books on AutoCAD, nanoCAD and programming inside these systems using LISP, C++, C#,
VBA, Fortran, Delphi etc.
Member of Autodesk Developer
Network since 2005 (Autodesk Authorized Author).
In 1999-2014 I had been working as a chief specialist of JSC "Shipbuilding and Shiprepair Technology Center" (former FSUE "CRIST"), Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
ICCF Senior International Master and Russian National Master in correspondence
chess. ICCF International Arbiter, chairman of the Saint Petersburg
division of the Russian Chess Correspondence Association. Member of the ICCF Rules Commission since 1999.
(The data are given on 22.12.2019).