About Me — Ilya Osipov

The start of my business experience dates back to 1996, when I founded my first startup. Since then, I have worked in IT business for more than twenty years.

My profiles — LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ilyaosipov

Awards and achievements

1996First Prize, Unversity Programming Contest, N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
1996First Prize (jointly with Ilya Semenov), 1996 All-Russia Students' Contest in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science organized by the RF State Higher Education Committee
1999 – 2012NNRU, an Internet company, which has become the largest Internet company in Nizhny Novgorod and the generally recognized leader in the field of WWW-based solutions and Internet media. I was the founder of and a partner in NNRU. Its main line of business is now a major Web site that reflects all aspects of the life of the city and three affiliate Internet companies. Currently, more than forty employees work in three offices of the group in Nizhny Novgorod, and the annual turnover of the group exceeds US$1.5 mln.
2006 – 2007Moskva.com, an Internet company based in Moscow. I was a founder and the Director of the company. At the end of 2006, the monthly site traffic of Moskva.com reached almost 2 mln visitors.
2009 – 2011Birzha Plus Publishing House, the oldest publishing house in Nizhny Novgorod (one Web site, one magazine, four weekly papers). I purchased this business, reorganized it, and managed it for three years.
2012Series of events Mobile Developer Day. Founder and mentor.
2012Educational project i2i study operating as a time bank for those willing to learn languages. Cofounder. Basing on the results of the performed research, my colleagues and me published several scientific papers.
2016Jointly with Savva Os, we thought through and designed a prototype of a unique device, WowCube. Two patent applications were filed, one for unisex magnetic connectors and the other, for the device itself. The patents were awarded in 2018.
2019Diploma for winner in regional stage of national Russian contest "People in business". Nomination "Young business, for the best start-up". "For Osipov Ilya Viktorovich, computer scientist, enterpreneur, inventor of the WOWCube".
2020The Edison Awards announced WOWCube as winner of the silver award in the learning technologies category alongside finalists Celestron, Piper Learning and Time Timer.

My diplomas

Russian patent RU 2667861 — 3D puzzle with movable sectors (2018) — Patent RU 2667861 — 3D puzzle with movable sectors (2018)

Russian patent RU 2644313 — electronic device with a transformable display, WOWCube (2018) — Patent RU 2644313 — WOWCube transformable display (2018)

Silicon Valley Open Doors — Audience Award winner, Cubios (2018) — Silicon Valley Open Doors — Audience Award (2018)

Elsevier — Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Computers in Human Behavior (2017) — Elsevier — Outstanding Reviewer, Computers in Human Behavior (2017)

First Prize — All-Russia Students' Olympiad in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (1996) — First Prize — All-Russia Students’ Olympiad, Applied Maths & CS (1996)

Diploma for best work — 1st All-Russia Students' Contest in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (1996) — Best work — 1st All-Russia Students’ Contest, Applied Maths & CS (1996)

«People in Business» — regional winner, Best Start-up nomination (2019) — «People in Business» — regional winner, Best Start-up (2019)

CALL Research Conference, UC Berkeley — paper presentation (2017) — CALL Research Conference, UC Berkeley — paper (2017)

Other projects

IT projects DIY electronics

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Awards and achievements

My diplomas

WOWCUBE

Other projects