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Anastasia R.
CFO
The result clearly exceeded expectations. I ended up with a near-perfect CV that fully reflects my professional achievements, and a clear understanding of where and how to move forward.
Vitalii Lavelin
Engineering leader. Career advisor. AI-first builder.
Fifteen years of capital projects taught me how to plan, build, and ship under pressure. Now I apply that to careers — and to the AI tools I'm building to scale it.
€6.5B
EPC/EPCM Projects
600+
Interviews
40+
Leaders Placed
What I'm Working On
Three things, one purpose: helping senior leaders move on purpose.
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One intensive session. One personal report. Clarity on which roles fit, which markets need what you bring, and which companies to talk to first — mapped, not improvised.
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90 days of AI-assisted coaching across Strategy, CV, LinkedIn, and Interview Prep. The same playbook I use 1-on-1, in your pocket. Three tiers, no contract.
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Notes on building careers, building AI tools, and building yourself. No fluff. Patterns I'm seeing in the market, things I'm shipping, and the occasional ultra update from the trail.
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About
From Sakhalin to Stockholm — and what I'm building now.
For fifteen years I've worked in capital projects — energy, chemicals, energy transition. Sakhalin to Houston, then Moscow, now Stockholm. Each move was the next logical step up: bigger title, bigger budget, more complexity. I've delivered up to €6.5 billion in EPC/EPCM scope, and I currently work on Europe's first green steel plant.
Along the way I've sat on both sides of the hiring table. 600+ interviews. 40+ senior leaders placed. That side of the work — helping people find the right next move — turned into a Russian-language consulting practice years ago. I'm now building the English-speaking version of it: faster, sharper, and powered by the AI tools I ship in the open.
When I'm not in projects or career work, I'm into ultra running — 100K races, mountain trails. I live in Stockholm with my wife, our daughter, and our dog Chuck.
Voices
What people who've worked with me say.
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Olga Sergeeva
Deputy Project Manager
I followed the plan, applied all the tools and recommendations, and got an offer from a company I genuinely enjoy working at — one that meets all my requirements.
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Vadim Z.
Chief Executive Officer
Practical scripts, behavioural frameworks, document templates — refined through real use. But most importantly: I gained confidence that I'm doing the right things.
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Nikolai Zinkov
Senior Field Engineer
You gain an excellent skill for finding new work — distilled from someone who has read 10,000+ CVs and conducted hundreds of interviews. And built international project teams himself.
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Build careers. Build tools. Build yourself.
One email a week. What I'm seeing in the senior capital projects market, the AI tools I'm shipping, and the patterns from hundreds of interviews — distilled into something you can act on.
What's Inside
- Build careers — moves that actually work for senior leaders
- Build tools — AI I'm shipping, what works, what breaks
- Build context — hiring signals across EU, MENA, energy transition
- Build the body — occasional notes from the trail
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