12 directors were recognized as the best managers of the Vitebsk region for 2022
The winners include directors of 12 enterprises and organizations from Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Polotsk, Tolochin, Verkhnedvinsk, and Vitebsk districts, as well as a technologist and scientific developers from Vitebsk universities. For the first time, the awarding of the laureates of the professional competitions is planned as part of the main business event of the Vitebsk region - the International Economic Forum, which will be held in May.
Among the directors, the honorary title recipients are Sergey Bolshakov (BelVitunipharm OJSC), Ekaterina Voinova (Novopolotsk Communal Unitary Enterprise "ZhREO"), Oleg Zhebin (Polymir Plant of Naftan OJSC), Dmitry Kazak (Vitebsk Branch of RUP "Beltelecom"), Alexander Kozlov (Amkodor-KEZ OJSC, Tolochin District), Evgeny Lyadvin (VZEP OJSC), Andrey Molotok (Verkhnedvinsk District Gas Supply Branch of "Polotsk PU" PRUP "Vitebskoblgaz"), Sergey Rulev (SZAO "Vitebsk Machine-Building Plant "Novmash"), Igor Sushchevich (SOOO "Zavod Novdvig", Polotsk), Yakov Starodubov (Construction and Installation Trust No. 16 OJSC, Novopolotsk), Evgeny Filippov (Gidropress LLC, Polotsk), Alexander Khudobkin (Polotsk CHPP Branch of RUP "Vitebskenergo").
Awards for winning the "Best Specialist of the Year" competition will be presented to Tatyana Borisova, Associate Professor of the Department of Design and Technology of Clothing and Footwear at the Vitebsk State Technological University, and Tatyana Primak, Head of the Production Laboratory at the Polotsk Bakery Branch of Vitebskhleboprom OJSC.
Candidate of Technical Sciences Tatyana Borisova has over 100 scientific papers on the technology of footwear and leather goods production, four patents for inventions and one for a utility model, almost 20 educational and methodological developments, and 11 electronic methodological complexes for academic disciplines. The results of her research activities have been implemented in the educational process and production at leading Belarusian light industry enterprises ("Marko", "Grodno Shoe Factory "Neman", etc.).
Under the guidance of Tatyana Primak, more than 20 types of bakery, confectionery, and other products were developed in 2022, which were subsequently repeatedly recognized as the best at republican and international competitions. In particular, at the International Tasting Competition of Food Product Quality "Prodexpo-2022", the bread "Polotsk with Grain" won a gold medal.
The best scientific developer of 2022 was recognized as Sergey Ermochenko, Head of the Department of Applied and System Programming, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor at Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov. He is the head of the research work on the topic "Methods of Artificial Intelligence for Optimizing the Educational Process". Among his latest developments are a mobile application for the children's rehabilitation and health center "Zhemchuzhina", as well as a web application based on the concept of precision farming, which allows maintaining the history of fields of a typical agricultural enterprise.
Competitions for awarding honorary titles are held to stimulate the improvement of the professional qualifications and professionalism of the director corps, as well as to enhance the prestige of scientific and engineering professions, and to stimulate the initiative of researchers and engineering and technical workers in the development and implementation of innovations.
The Vitebsk Regional Union of Employers was established in 1999. The non-profit partnership unites about 400 enterprises of the real sector of the economy, as well as educational institutions. Its branches have been established in seven districts of the region and in Vitebsk.