Managment
Fariz Jafarov
Executive Director
- Fariz Jafarov was born in 1986.
- In 2004-2008, he received a bachelor's degree in "State and municipal administration" at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- In 2008-2010, he earned a master's degree in Business Management (MBA) from Webster University London.
- In 2012-2014, he earned a master's degree in Project Management from the University of George Washington.
- In 2019-2020, he earned a master's degree in Adaptive Strategic Management from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
- In 2021-2022, he earned a double master's degree in Artificial Intelligence in public services at the University of Milan and Polytechnic University of Madrid.
- In 2019-2022, he represented the Government of Azerbaijan in the Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe.
- In 2010-2011, he worked as the Head of the Analytical Department at the Baku Business School.
- In 2011-2013, he worked as a Junior Specialist and Specialist in the Strategic Management Department of the Central Bank.
- In 2013-2017, he worked as the Deputy Director Department of E-services Development and Social Innovations at the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ASAN Service).
- In 2017-2018, he worked as the Head of the Labor Relations Monitoring Center under the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ASAN Service).
- In 2018-2023, he worked as the Director of E-GOV Development Center of State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ASAN Service).
- On April 10, 2023, he was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the Center for Analysis and Coordination of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) and since September 15, 2023, has been appointed to the role of Executive Director.
- Married and has 3 children.
Soltan Bayramov
Deputy Executive Director
- Born in 1986 in Baku.
- From 2004 to 2009, he pursued a bachelor's and master's degree in "Business Administration" at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom.
- In 2018, he obtained the "Senior Project Manager" (Level B) certificate from the International Project Management Association (IPMA).
-In 2023, he graduated from the "Project Management" program at Duke University in the United States.
- He began his career in 2009 as a business development specialist at "Business Focus & Associates" in the United Kingdom. Later, he returned to Azerbaijan and worked in various positions at "Azersun Holding", "Azerfon", "ATL Group", and "AzerTelecom".
- In 2018, he started working as a department head at the Electronic Government Development Center (EGDC) of the State Agency for Public Services and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Since 2021, he has been appointed the deputy director of the center.
- In 2023, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Innovation Center under the State Agency for Public Services and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- Since 2024, he has been engaged in teaching. He teaches the "Project Management" course in the MBA programs at the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU).
- Since July 2024, he has been working as the deputy executive director at the Center for Analysis and Coordination of the Fourth Industrial Revolution under the Ministry of Economy.
