Yakov Sadchikov
- Name
- Yakov Sadchikov
- Company
- Quintura
- Function
- President & CEO
- Description
Yakov Sadchikov is President and CEO of Quintura, a visual-based site search, analytics and monetization solution for online content publishers and bloggers. In August 2005, he founded Quintura with two partners. With a team of software developers, he had improved the site search experience using new, neural network-based technology. Yakov heads the strategic direction and external development of the company with web publishers, strategic partners, and investors. In this position, he also oversees the overall operations of the company.
Prior to founding Quintura, Yakov focused on Internet and venture capital business. He established RussiaDeal, an online financial deal database and newsletter service for investment bankers and private equity firms and later sold it to Euromoney Group. Previously, he was a business analyst in product management at the Russia’s second largest mobile phone operator, VimpelCom (Beeline). Yakov also worked as an analyst in a private equity fund in Moscow. Throughout his career, he has also advised private groups on venture investments. Yakov holds a master’s in space studies from the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France. He has received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from a university in St. Petersburg, Russia and.
Yakov is an active blogger and an expert resource in the blogosphere on the subject of search, the technology investments and the Russian and Eastern European internet market. He regularly blogs on the Quintura blog.