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Viktar Martavitski

Automation-first IT transformation

Also spelled Victor Martavitski · Updated November 2026

Summary

IT executive with 20 years in gamedev, fintech, logistics and IT services. I build and fix IT functions: structure, ITSM, automation of repeat work with AI agents, and cost transparency. Currently CTO and co-founder of SimplYou, founder of CT Core (ITSM consultancy) and author of Threadmaker.

  • 56% of monthly tickets automated with AI agents (Playrix, 2025–26)
  • 2,500+ employees supported in 10 offices (Playrix, 2025–26)
  • 27 people in the IT team I grew from 3, serving 100+ sales points (HUMANS.group, 2020–21)
  • 10,000+ servers and 24,000+ applications in a CMDB used for financial reporting (Wargaming, 2015–20)

Experience

CTO, co-founder · SimplYou

2026–present
  • Lead technology for an AI companion app for women in perimenopause and menopause (simplyou.ai).
  • The AI layer is a multi-agent system built around a router and RAG.

Founder · CT Core

2022–present
  • Advisory and implementation for mid-size and enterprise companies: IT department design, ITIL/ITSM processes, service desk structure, ITSM tooling and CMDB.
  • Built Threadmaker, a two-way Jira and Slack integration on Atlassian Forge and Cloudflare Workers (threadmaker.dev).

Director of Information Technology · Playrix

2025–2026

A fragmented two-line IT setup, split across departments, serving 2,500+ employees in 10 offices from Ireland and Cyprus to Argentina and the UAE.

  • Merged siloed IT units into one function with a clear 3+1 tier model: Service Desk, User Support, four specialised L3 teams and a Governance line.
  • Automated access requests, onboarding and other repeat work with AD/SCIM integrations, instruction-based delegation and Claude-based AI agents.
  • Replaced manager sign-offs for non-critical services with role-based access templates.
  • Managed a portfolio of 650+ IT services; audited AI tool usage and moved people to right-sized plans.

Results56% of monthly tickets automated with AI agents · 1,200 fewer tickets a month after dropping needless approvals · 650+ IT services in one portfolio

External ITSM Consultant · Creative Assembly (SEGA)

2022–2024

Guided the Live Services (Online Platform) team at the studio behind Total War in IT service management, service delivery and customer support.

  • Designed incident management and service level management processes.
  • Built a CMDB from scratch: the data model and autodiscovery of AWS assets.
  • Implemented and tuned Jira Service Management as the ITSM platform.
  • Wrote the configuration management process and its documentation.

CIO · HUMANS.group

2020–2021

A telecom and fintech group in Uzbekistan needed IT for its enterprise services and 100+ service and sales points.

  • Designed the organisation: a three-tier Service Desk, a Service Management office and Procurement.
  • Hired and developed the team, growing it from 3 specialists to 27 people.
  • Owned the budget, IT policies and key vendors and service providers.
  • Rolled out ITIL/ITSM practices across every IT unit in the group.

Results27 people, grown from 3 specialists · 100+ service and sales points · 3 offices, all enterprise IT

Head of Service Management · Wargaming

2015–2020

Capacity, release, incident, configuration and service level management for World of Tanks, World of Tanks Blitz and World of Warplanes.

  • Led the Service Management department with a focus on automation over bureaucracy.
  • Built a unified Jira-based ITSM toolset and process base for all production teams.
  • Implemented a CMDB schema across production and an infrastructure cost model.
  • Automated capacity and release management; led cross-DC migrations.

Results10,000+ servers and 24,000+ applications in the CMDB

Capacity Manager · Wargaming

2013–2015
  • Built the Capacity Management process for the Web department.
  • Ran the hardware pool: ordering, write-off, cross-DC migrations and partner environments.
  • Optimised resource utilisation across web projects and applications.

Earlier roles

2007–2013
  • J2EE & OSS Team Leader, Tieto, 2010–2013. Led the J2EE and QA teams; 3rd-tier application server support and virtualisation (vSphere, RHEV).
  • CTO, co-founder, Factor Ltd, 2010–2013. In parallel with Tieto: built the technical infrastructure and team, ran services development and customer operations.
  • System Administrator / Deputy CTO, STA Logistic, 2008–2010. Multi-site Linux and Windows infrastructure across Minsk, Moscow, Vilnius and Brest: networks, security, VoIP and virtualisation.
  • System Administrator, Despina, 2007–2008. Servers, routing between three offices, user support and 1C.

Key areas

IT transformation · ITSM / ITIL · AI-augmented operations · Process automation · CMDB & cost transparency · Cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP, AWS)

Toolbox

Claude & Claude Code · OpenAI · Cursor · Jira Service Management · Active Directory · Azure AD (Entra ID) · Azure Virtual Desktop · AWS · GCP · Cloudflare Workers · VMware · Hyper-V · PKI · Zabbix · CMDBuild · Tableau

Education

  • Belarusian State University

Certification

  • ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management, EXIN

Languages

  • English (full professional)
  • Russian (native)
  • Belarusian (native)
  • Polish (elementary)