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
2025–2026A 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)
2022–2024Guided 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
2020–2021A 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
2015–2020Capacity, 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)