Arkadiy Dobkin on geopolitics
From AM25 Keynote | Achieving Resilient Digital Progress at Scale · · Baker Hughes
“On February 2022 we found ourselves in the situation that 30,000-plus EPAMers—or 60% of our talent—happened to be in these three countries, and we were not only closing our operation in Russia but also moving 12,000 people plus families to dozens of other countries. During this period we didn't stop working for one day—no client interruption—which was possible because of the resiliency we had built by continuously progressing at scale.”
On , Arkadiy Dobkin, Executive Chairman at EPAM Systems Inc, spoke about geopolitics during AM25 Keynote | Achieving Resilient Digital Progress at Scale on Baker Hughes.
About Arkadiy Dobkin
Arkadiy Dobkin, Executive Chairman of EPAM Systems, has spoken about the company's growth and its focus on engineering-driven digital transformation. In a 2022 keynote, he described EPAM's evolution from a New Jersey startup to a global provider of digital engineering and AI-enabled services, emphasizing the company's focus on product engineering and its work with clients such as Baker Hughes. Dobkin noted that EPAM's ability to maintain operations without interruption during the relocation of 12,000 employees from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine in 2022 was a result of the resiliency built through continuous scaling. In a 2023 interview, Dobkin discussed the impact of AI and digitalization, stating that while AI may take over routine work, it could also create new specialties, similar to the emergence of user experience design after the rise of the internet and smartphones. He praised Kazakhstan's e-government services, attributing their success to the country's ability to bypass legacy infrastructure, and noted that balancing security and convenience is a key challenge for digital services. Dobkin also emphasized EPAM's strategy of maintaining engineering as its core competency to adapt quickly to technological and geopolitical changes.