Marat Zhalbyrov has extensive experience in the field of information technology, currently serving as Chief Innovation Officer at GRATA International since June 2012. Prior to this role, Marat worked at BTA Bank as a Senior IT Architect, where responsibilities included designing, developing, and testing ETL scripts and managing the architecture of SAS OpRisk management. Marat also held the position of Leading IT Specialist at JSC Temirbank, focusing on comprehensive database management with Microsoft SQL Server and developing automated solutions for personnel data management. Earlier in their career, Marat worked as an IT Specialist at Kazcomnet, where a major project included developing a Lotus Notes application, and at NBRK in a similar IT Specialist role.