Alexander Dergunov · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · info@1968ad.com · (613) 625-2629
Download PDF ↓| Diploma of Specialist, Mechanical Engineering (5-year programme) | Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia, 1993 | Bachelor's and master's degree |
| Kandidat Nauk (Candidate of Science), Economics | Russian G.V. Plekhanov Academy of Economics, Russia, 2001 | Earned doctorate (Ph.D.) |
| Master of Business Administration, Management | University of London — Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom, 2005 | Master's degree |
WES-authenticated, report ref. 2087145/is, dated 17 August 2007. Full detail: /background/credentials/.
| 2026– | Founder / Inventor, Glove Platform US provisional patent 64/138,972 filed 2026-08-22. Financing phase. |
| 2026– | Registered Manual Osteopath, ALX Massage & Bodywork Ottawa. SCMMAC membership 158806-26. |
| 2025–2026 | Founder / Practitioner, Strathmere Wellness Club Manotick, Ottawa. Full P&L responsibility — acquisition, pricing, operations, revenue optimisation. |
| 2019–2025 | Founder / Practitioner, Hot Rock Spa Carp, Ottawa. Built and operated, including a mobile sauna build on-site. |
| 2019–2020 | Built new home from scratch Golden Lake, Ontario. |
| 2007–2019 | Founder, Residential & Commercial Property Developer 1747251 LTD — "Goldenville Cottages" / "A&A Cabins", 70-acre waterfront resort, Killaloe/Golden Lake, ON. Designed, built and operated full-cycle; sold 2019. |
| 2003–2008 | Digital Marketing / SEO / PPC Self-employed. Continuous paid search from February 2011 onward. |
| 2003–2005 | MBA, Management — Imperial College / University of London |
| 2000–2004 | Inventor — information-input devices Eight Russian patent documents; Mérite de l'Invention, Brussels 2003. |
| 1998–2001 | Doctoral research, Economics — Plekhanov Academy of Economics |
| 1985–1993 | Engineering education — Moscow Aviation Institute Aerospace / mechanical engineering. |
Continuous paid-search experience since February 2011 (evidenced by the earliest surviving campaign export). Nine-month Square gross sales $240,386.30 and six-month Meta spend CAD $23,881.76, same business, overlapping period — detail: /growth/.
Academic: Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Management accounting, Financial analysis, Cost modelling, Pricing theory, Optimisation methods, Business modelling, Economic analysis.
Applied: Conversion-rate optimisation, Funnel design and optimisation, Pricing strategy, Offer creation, AOV growth, Upsell / cross-sell, Performance marketing, Paid acquisition (Google Ads, Meta Ads), PPC management, Campaign optimisation and scaling, Landing-page optimisation, A/B testing, Customer-journey optimisation, User-behaviour analysis, Marketing analytics, GA4, Practical attribution analysis, SEO and keyword strategy, Demand generation, Lead-gen funnels, Revenue optimisation, Growth strategy.
Emerging (deep-tech / governance): Patent landscaping and prior-art analysis (~250 documents reviewed), Invention disclosure drafting, IP portfolio strategy, Non-dilutive funding navigation (ElevateIP, IRAP), AI-agent system design, Multi-entity portfolio governance, Technical translation between engineering and business domains.
Languages: English, Russian.