Yuriy Koldobanov

Critic
DISC Type : C

Senior Director Information Technology at Mirantis

Prague Metropolitan Area, Czechia

Overview

Yuriy Koldobanov is the Director of IT at Mirantis, an experienced visionary IT professional with over 9 years of managing worldwide IT and Security Teams. He grew IT infrastructure and teams from startup to corporate levels and built a Security and Compliance team from scratch.

He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Saratov State University. People often call him flexible, skilled, and focused on results. He is also certified in CompTIA Security+ ce and SASE expert level 1.

Notably, Yuriy achieved ISO 27k certification for Mirantis in less than 6 months after hiring the companys first Compliance Officer.

Personality Overview

Precise

Negotiator

ROI Driven

They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions.  They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Topics They Care About

IT Security
Yuriy has built an IT Security and Compliance team from scratch, is CompTIA Security+ certified, and actively shares posts about security flaws.
Compliance Efforts
He is responsible for the IT portion of compliance efforts including GDPR, SOC2, SOX, and ISO 27k, having achieved ISO 27k certification in under six months.
IT Infrastructure Growth
Yuriy has extensive experience scaling IT infrastructure and teams from startup to corporate levels, supporting company growth and new office deployments.

Media Appearances

Mirantis AI Factory Reference Architecture Press Release. Featured in Mirantis Press Center

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Mirantis k0rdent Accelerates AI Infrastructure Adoption with Unified Cloud‑Native and Virtualized Workload Management. Featured in Mirantis Press Center

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Mirantis Builds Momentum for Kubernetes‑Native AI Infrastructure. Featured in Mirantis Press Center

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Work History

9-2025
Senior Director Information Technology at Mirantis
11-2017 - 9-2025
Director of IT at Mirantis
8-2016 - 10-2017
Snr. IT manager at Mirantis
10-2011 - 8-2016
IT Manager at Mirantis IT LLC
4-2008 - 10-2011
Senior IT engineer at Mirantis

Education

1999 - 2004
Master's degree from Saratov State University named after N.G.Chernyshevsky
1995 - 1999
Education details unavailable from PhTL #1

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Insights For Selling To Yuriy

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information

DONT's

  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Yuriy is

  • Proof of ROI, low pricing and objective proof points are the important factors for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Yuriy

  • They do not mind saying no if they believe that it is the right decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Yuriy move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Yuriy take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Yuriy

Personality Compatibility


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