Alexey Kostarev is a co-founder of Robot Vera and CBDO of Stafory.. Alexey has been in the technology business for about 15 years and has co-founded a number of companies: Medialt, RedButton Capital, Isochronika, Fotter, Giftoman. Together with a partner in 2009 they created i-Jet Media and released "Happy Farmer" — one of the most. commercially successful games in the world: in only the first year of its existence users spent almost $20 million on virtual purchases in the game.. i-Jet Media is one of the world's largest distribution networks and publishers of social games. In 2001, after graduating from the Urals State Technical University (first Russian President Boris Yeltsin's alma mater) in Ekaterinburg, Russia, he founded the Internet provider Medialt.. In 2005, Alexey Kostarev co-founded i-Jet Media. In 2007, the company published its first game projects. In April 2009, i-Jet Media launched Happy Harvest on Vkontakte.ru, and it remains the most popular and profitable social game in the history of the Russian market. Nowadays, 70M+ users play multiple applications made by 40+ developers from various countries and published by i-Jet Media on 30+ social networks across the world.. Alexey is one of five finalists of the Mashable Awards in the Entrepreneur of the Year category, the IT Person of the Year in Russia, and winner of the Communication for Future award presented in Davos (Switzerland).. As a social media expert, Alexey Kostarev is often invited to speak at the most popular international events for the game industry professionals. He is also frequently asked for comments and interviews by Russian, European and American mass media and blogs including Vedomosti, Forbes, Moscow News, Gamasutra, Inside Social Games, Kommersant, and many others.. Main speaking engagements of Alexey Kostarev, CEO/Co-founder of i-Jet Media:. 1) February 8-10, 2010. Casual Connect Europe 2010. Hamburg (Germany).- The panel, Quiet Profitability: Successful Social Games Developers You've Never Heard Of.. 2) May 13, 2010. Flash GAMM! Moscow 2010. Moscow (Russia).- The lecture, The Market of Social Networks Games: Secrets of Success.. 3) May 14-16, 2010. Game Developers Conference (KRI 2010). Moscow (Russia).- The lecture, Secrets of the Russian Social Games Market, and the History of i-Jet Media.. 4) October 18, 2010. Sociality Rocks! Kyiv 2010. Kyiv (Ukraine).- The lecture, Russian Social Games Market: Social Internet Perspectives- Organized and moderated a workshop for game developers, Thats Five: Games of the Future.. 5) October 20-22, 2010. Casual Connect Kyiv 2010. Kyiv (Ukraine).- The panel, Perspectives of the Eastern European Social Games Industry.. 6) December 1, 2010. Social Gaming Summit East 2010. New York (USA).- The lecture, The Social Games Opportunity in Europe and Russia.. 7) December 2010. Deep Dive IT in Silicon Valley. San Francisco, CA (USA).- The lecture, “Consumer Internet.. 8) February 8-10, 2011. Casual Connect Europe 2011. Hamburg (Germany).- The panel, "Obsolete!? Publishers Work Harder than Ever to Provide Scalable Social Game Services!"- The lecture, "Social Games in Europe: Battlefield or Bonanza".. 9) February 16-18, 2011. Communication on Top: Forum Davos. Davos (Switzerland).- The lecture, "Let Them Play, Make Them Buy: Social Game Opportunities for Marketing of Everything".. 10) March 31 - April 1, 2011. Socialize: Monetizing Social Media. New York (USA).- The panel, "Small and Medium Social Game Developers: Strategies for Success".
