Vlas Lezin is Chief Operating Officer at Silicon Valley Innovation Center, responsible for online products, business development, innovation consulting and capital raising.

Prior to SVIC, Lezin spent 10 years on Wall Street, as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs and later as Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo. In both roles, he was responsible for building out quantitative models and creating digitally-enabling products for investment banking, investment, and trading.

In parallel, Lezin co-founded the largest provider of professional non-technical courses in Eastern Europe.

Lezin’s experience is focused on business development, consulting, product management, technology, education, data science, and finance.