Albert Efimov (Yefimov) is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in innovation, robotics, and new technologies. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and currently serves as the Vice President and Director of the Research and Innovation Department in the Technology Block at Sberbank. In addition, he is the Head of the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the National Research Technological University "MISIS", which is ranked #487 by QS.
Albert began his career in 1993 and has since worked in various Russian companies, from start-ups in telecommunications to large European telecom operators like MTS Group and Equant. In 2011, he mo…
Albert Efimov (Yefimov) is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in innovation, robotics, and new technologies. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and currently serves as the Vice President and Director of the Research and Innovation Department in the Technology Block at Sberbank. In addition, he is the Head of the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the National Research Technological University "MISIS", which is ranked #487 by QS.
Albert began his career in 1993 and has since worked in various Russian companies, from start-ups in telecommunications to large European telecom operators like MTS Group and Equant. In 2011, he moved to the Information Technology Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation, where he initiated the creation of the first robotics center in Russia. Under his leadership, the center grew to become the major hub for the development of robotics in Russia, increasing the number of robotics startups from a dozen in 2012 to a hundred in 2017.
In 2017, Albert joined Sberbank, where he founded the Robotics Laboratory, a leading center for research and innovation in the field of autonomous robotic systems. As the Vice President and Director of the Research and Innovation Department at Sberbank, he is responsible for new R&D management processes and improving the efficiency of research units through synergy and systematic involvement of internal and external partners, including universities.
Albert's academic achievements are equally impressive. He graduated from the Faculty of Cybernetics of the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation in 1993 with a degree in Applied Mathematics and a Master's degree in Computer Science. He was awarded the Chevening Scholarship Program in 2002 and received a Master's degree in Communication Management from the Strathclyde Graduate Business School in the UK. He completed an internship in robotics at the Imperial College of London in 2012 and a postgraduate course in innovation management at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2014. In 2021, he was awarded the degree of Candidate of Philosophical Sciences in the specialty "Philosophy of Science and Technology" at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences and elected a member of the NUST MISIS Academic Council and the Russian Association of Artificial Intelligence.
Albert is also an accomplished author and co-author of over 50 scientific publications and patents in the field of innovation, robotics, and new technologies. Three of his patents are among the best inventions in Russia.
