DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

July 5, 1987, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

EDUCATION

2024 - 2025 Stanford University, LEAD Program
2020 - Cornell University, Complex Negotiations 
2019 - Negotiation Mastery, Harvard Business School
2017-2019 - Chartered Management Institute of London, Management and Leadership    2010-2013 - Armenian State Agrarian University, Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture (PhD)
2011 - University of Iowa and Missouri, United States of America, Cochran Fellowship Program Linking U.S. Agriculture to the World
2010 - IGA Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Supermarket Management
2008-2010 - Armenian State Agrarian University, Agribusiness and Marketing (MS)
2004-2008 - Agribusiness Teaching Centre, Texas A&M University and Armenian State Agrarian University, Agricultural Economics (BSc)

WORK EXPERIENCE
On August 28, 2026 he was reappointed as Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia. 
Since February 3, 2020 - Deputy Minister of Economy of RA
05.2019-02.2020 – “Community agricultural resource management and competitiveness” (CARMAC) and “Agriculture policy monitoring and evaluation capacity building”, Programs Director, Ministry of Economy of RA
2009-05․2019 - "Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development" Foundation, Development Projects Manager
2010-05․2019 - "CARD AgroService" (CJSC), Processing Sector Manager

PERSONAL STATUS
Married, has a son 

OTHER INFORMATION
Fluent in English and Russian
Author of 5 scientific articles

TRAININGS
2026-Wharton University of Pennsylvania - AI for Business
2021-KAPEX Online Academy, Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)
2018 - The Principles of Conscious Business Engagement, Linh Quach
2017 - Change and Crisis Applied Management, workshop/training – Dr. Dr. Prof. Friedrich Glasl “Trigon Development Consulting company”
2016 - Application of information technology in agriculture, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2014 - Professional Greenhouse Cultivation, GreenQ, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009 - Vertical Coordination in Agri-Food Chains, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Haale, Germany