He was born in 1954 in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1977, later receiving a PhD in laser physics. Since 1995 he has worked for many internet companies in top marketing positions, both Russian and international (GlasNet, Russia-Online, About.com, Lycos Europe). He has been Marketing Director of Yandex since 2004. Andrey is also the Editor-in-Chief for Russian Journal of Internet Marketing (in print since 2001) and the author of many papers on interactive marketing.