Denis Makrushin

Chief Product Officer at Yandex

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

About

Denis is Chief Product Officer at Yandex, where he leads the product and technology strategy for the application security product line and drives technical innovation in developer platform. Before joining Yandex, Denis was Chief Technology Officer of the cybersecurity business unit at MTS Group. In that role, he launched key cybersecurity products and managed services, driving multiple-fold revenue growth. Prior to MTS, Denis was Director of Technology Center at Huawei, where he implemented advanced research and development programs in trustworthiness for core products in telecommunications, data storage, and computing business units. He was architect of 5G Cloud Core security. Formerly, as Security Researcher on Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky, Denis was responsible for vulnerability research of emerging technologies and led the creation of the Threat Deception venture in Innovation Department. Denis holds a Master of Science in Information Security from National Research Nuclear University, as well as a master’s degree and MBA in Strategic Management from Presidential Academy.

Experience

  • Chief Product Officer at Yandex
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Chief Technology Officer, Cybersecurity Business Unit at MTS Group
    Nov 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs

  • Huawei (3 yrs)
    • Director, Security Technology Center
      Apr 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Head of Advanced Research Team
      Jan 2020 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Engineering Manager, Product Security at Ingram Micro
    Aug 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Kaspersky (7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Founding Product Manager, Investment and Innovation
      Apr 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Security Researcher, Global Research and Analysis Team
      Jun 2011 - Apr 2016 · 4 yrs 11 mos