Company
Management
Mr. Alexander Schachner
Chairman of the BoardAlexander Schachner is the founder of ALPE consulting. Under Alexander’s direction ALPE consulting has successfully completed over 70 projects and has established new offices in St.Petersburg, Povolzhye, and Ekaterinburg. Presently, Alexander Schachner holds the position of Chairman of the Management Board and is responsible for the strategic business development. Prior to ALPE, he was the Head of Sales at Siemens Business Services from 2001 until February 2006 responsible for the company’s corporate clients. Alexander first came to Russia in 1994 after completing his military service in Austria and a long journey through the Himalayas. He started a company in the tourism industry which later on became one of the leading Russian tourism operators – UTE Megapolus Group. In 1997 he moved back to Austria to continue working in tourism, this time responsible for the development of the Russian strategy and direction of some of the largest tourism operators in Austria. In 2001 he moved back to Russia to join Siemens Business Services. Alexander holds a Diploma in Economics from the Wirtschafts- und Fremdsprachenakademie in Salzburg, Austria.
Mr. Stanislav Malyshev
General Director, ALPE consulting PartnerStanislav joined in 2007 as Head of Delivery and now he is Deputy General Director and is responsible for ALPE consulting’s business operations in Saint-Petersburg. He has been working with SAP Logistic solutions for over 15 years. Before joining ALPE consulting from 2000 to 2005 Stanislav worked as a freelance consultant on large international projects, like GLOBE Nestle project in Switzerland and several projects with SAP AG at the headquarters in Waldorf, Germany. He started to work with SAP solutions back in 1998 working for Debis IT Services CIS and continued to work in Russia after 2005 doing several projects as a Project Manager. Stanislav holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics from Yaroslavl State University.
Mr. Dmitry Vishnevetsky
Deputy Director GeneralDmitry has worked for ALPE consulting for more than 7 years in the position of the Deputy General Director, responsible for the operational matters in the company, Head of New Business Solutions Department and the Project Manager. Prior to joining ALPE consulting Dmitry worked for GMCS in the position of Senior SAP CO-FI Consultant / Team Lead for over 3 years and also worked for EastLine Group as SAP CO Consultant. Having started his career in SAP as Junior SAP CO Consultant at Russian Railways Dmitry now has a wide experience in SAP implementation projects as a Project Manager and a Consultant and has a 3 years experience as University lecturer. Dmitry holds the Master’s Degree with Honors in Engineering from the Rostov-on-Don State University of Transport Communications and is also certified as PhD in Technical Science Degree. Dmitry is fluent in Russian and in English.
Mr. Christopher Ballnath
Director Business DevelopmentChristopher Ballnath is ALPE consulting’s Director Business Development, responsible for the acquisition and support of international clients in Russia and CIS. Prior to joining ALPE consulting in January 2013, Christopher was the Co-Founder and Business Development Director of Pyro Power, a unique Swiss/German Technology called PYROMEX® in the waste-to-energy business. He has 12 years of sales and business development experience in the banking, IT, insurance and waste/energy industry. He worked as an Associate Director at UBS AG in Switzerland and Germany and as an Account Manager for EMC Corporation and Allianz AG. Christopher holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the University of Oregon (USA) and an M.Sc. in Finance & Management from Cranfield School of Management (UK).
Mr. Paul Bieber
Finance DirectorPaul Bieber has been working at ALPE consulting as the Finance Director since January 2014. He is also a Partner in the company GSS (Glavny Strakhovoy Sovetnik) and was previously the Chief Financial Advisor for GSS Global Survey Services and Business Development Director for OOO Open Link. For many years Mr. Bieber worked for Austrian Airlines in various positions most recently including Area Controller C.I.S. and Financial Director of the Representative Office in Russia, having started his career as Manager Finance & Administration in the early 90's in Libya, Africa. Paul holds a MSc. in Social and Economic Science from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and is fluent in German, English and Russian.