The head of the Digitalization Department of the Karaganda region became the best civil servant-professional in the competition of digital initiatives and IT

The head of the Department of Informatization, Provision of Public Services and Archives of the Karaganda region Rustam Baizhanov was recognized as the best civil servant-professional according to the results of the KPMG Tech Awards. He won a landslide victory in the GovTech Professional of the Year nomination.

KPMG Tech Awards – the first annual award in the field of digitalization and IT, established by KPMG Caspian, celebrates the best specialists and startups in Kazakhstan. It is awarded in three categories:

- Tech Woman of the Year (Woman of the Year in IT);

- GovTech Professional of the Year (Civil Servant of the Year who contributed to the digitalization of the country);

- Digital Breakthrough of the Year.

The award ceremony took place within the framework of the country's largest forum Digital bridge. In total, about 200 applications from Kazakhstani IT companies, startups and professionals were submitted to participate in the KPMG Tech Awards.

The GovTech Professional of the Year nomination was established for the first time this year. Rustam Baizhanov presented the IT-hub project "Terricon Valley" for the award.

– The IT-hub project "Terricon Valley" is dedicated to turning Karaganda into the IT capital of Kazakhstan. No matter how loud it sounds, but nevertheless, there has been a stable IT community in our city for a long time, many large IT companies are based in Karaganda. Our task is to consolidate the digital community and give a new impetus to the development of the industry," said Rustam Baizhanov. – The city has its own IT hub. The results are already visible. The high involvement of the community could be seen at the last hackathon. More than 60 teams participated in it. In order to create an IT cluster on the basis of the hub, a modern programming school Terrikon school has been launched, which participates in the program of financial support for programming schools of the international technopark of IT startups Astana Hub Tech Orda.

The IT hub has become a source of a favorable environment and a point of attraction for young people in the IT sphere for the development of the technological startup ecosystem of the Karaganda region, the creation of an IT community through the joint efforts of the state, business representatives and an enterprising young civil society.

– Currently, more than three thousand people from the IT, fintech and digital spheres are residents of the hub, – says Rustam Baizhanov. – This is a victory for the entire management, the entire team. This is an additional motivation for us not to give up positions.

In the nomination Tech Woman of the Year 2022, the founder of the community of women in the technological industries of Kazakhstan TechnoWomen Aziza Shuzheeva won. The Techno Woman community aims to combat gender stereotypes in the IT field, as well as to increase the accessibility of education for women in the digital industry.

In the nomination "Digital Breakthrough of the year 2022", the developer of IT solutions for agriculture Agrostream won. The software allows agricultural enterprises to speed up reporting by 20%, increases the productivity of machinery by 2.5 times, reduces fuel costs (20%) and significantly reduces grain loss (63%).