Mikhail Ivanov graduated from Moscow State Industrial University in 2003. He has two degrees: an M.A. in Economics and Management, and a M.Sc. (high honors) in Engineering, and the Engineering of Computer Software and Automated Systems. He defended his Ph.D. thesis in 2007 (Ph.D. in Economics, with a specialization in mathematical and instrumental methods in economics). Dr. Mikhail Ivanov regularly participates in international and national conferences and has more than 100 publications. From 1999 to 2015, he worked as the Deputy Director of the Distance Education Institute at the Moscow State Industrial University. He headed the IT Department of the Distance Education Institute, and led the development, implementation, and support of the University Automation Management System and the E-learning system. From 2015 to 2016, he worked as the Deputy Director of the Continuing Education Institute at the Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering. He also teaches such disciplines as computer science and programming, corporate information systems, the architecture of enterprise information systems, etc. He is now the Deputy Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.