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Igor Karelin

Researcher · DISC type Cs
CEO and Founder of Metal Market at Metal Market
📍 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Igor Karelin is a seasoned leader with a unique background spanning IT and business development. He transitioned from roles at Mars and Severstal to founding Metal Market and co-founding Platferrum. ru, creating online steel marketplaces for international markets. He holds a PhD from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

Igor is passionate about entrepreneurship and building businesses from the ground up. He takes great pride in his team at Metal Market, viewing them as family and celebrating their collective success in growing the company.

Unique fact: He holds government grants for his scientific research in performance and availability analysis and has published on highly technical topics like harmonic wave frequency estimation.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
CEO and Founder of Metal Market
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Igor shows up

Detail Oriented
ROI Seeker
Process Focused

They are always well-planned and adopt a systematic approach. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.

Priorities

Topics Igor cares about

Steel Marketplace
Founder of Metal Market and co-founder of Platferrum. ru, focused on creating transparent online platforms for construction and steel materials in Russia, India, and the UAE.
Supply Chain Digitalization
A frequent speaker at industry conferences, he advocates for moving the conservative steel industry towards a future enabled by e-commerce and AI.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
CEO and Founder of Metal Market
Metal Market
5-2022 - 4-2023
Co-Founder and CBDO
Platferrum
5-2022 - 4-2023
Head of New Business Development
Severstal
11-2019 - 5-2022
Head of Client Services for SMB - Sales
Severstal
7-2017 - 10-2019
Deputy Director Information Technology
Utkonos
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2010 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
2004 - 2010
Master of Science (MS)
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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