Born March 8, 1964 in Lviv in the family of energy researchers. In 1986 Skrypnyk graduated with honors from the Faculty of Electricity of the Lviv Polytechnic Institute. Skrypnyk participated in the training program of the US government SABIT — ''Management of Software Companies". In 1986-2000 he worked in "Lvivenergo". Skrypnyk used to be Engineer of the Central Dispatcher Service, then — the deputy chief of CDS on ASDC at the West regional control center Lvivenergo. In 1991, with his father and mother, Oleksiy Skrypnyck and Evgeniia Skrypnyk founded the company LLC "ELEKS". From November 1991 to May 2000 he held the position of Technical Director at ELEKS. From June 2000 to 2010 he was the Director of ELEKS. From 2010 to 2014 Oleksiy served as a CEO of ELEKS. In 2014 he resigned from this position following his election to the Parliament of Ukraine.
Career in academia
Since 2008 Skrypnyk worked as a senior lecturer at the Institute of Computer Science and Information Technology of the National University "Lviv Polytechnic". He teaches Project management of software development and Project Workshop. He teaches Project Management at the Kyiv Mohyla Business School . His research interests include the technology of programming and creating software.
Civic activities
Skrypnyk is a member of the Entrepreneurs Committee and the Association "IT Ukraine". He was included to the Supervisory Board Association "Lviv cluster of IT and business services". He participated in the development strategy of the economic development of the city based on a cluster of economic development. Member of the Board of the National University "Lviv Polytechnic" and the Council on Competitiveness in the Lviv region.
Political activities
In 2014 Skrypnyk participated in the parliamentary election campaign. He was third on the party list of Union Self Reliance. Since November 27, 2014 he is Member of Ukrainian parliament with the parliamentary fraction Union Self Reliance. On April 22, 2015, he became the Chairman of the Interim Verkhovna Rada "Commission on the future". Skrypnyk did not take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
Areas of expertise
IT and new technologies
Oleksiy Skrypnyk has built one of the largest and most successful software companies in Ukraine — «ELEKS» Today the company «ELEKS» employs about 1,000 people with an average age of 25. The firm's main office is in Lviv, with a network of development centers throughout Ukraine, and abroad. ELEKS has an office in Poland as well as representative offices in the US and UK. The company has its own educational center, the ELEKS Academy, where young specialists receive high-quality training before their employment to the company. ELEKS is known for cinema production, having collaborated with Hollywood on blockbusters Quantum of Solace and Spider-Man. Additionally, the company produces applications for automation and medical establishments. The company's activity is aimed at the international market: 95% of ELEKS customers come from abroad. Oleksiy Skrypnyk initiated modernization of legislative procedure of the Ukrainian parliament, computerization and introduction of e-governance. He is also concerned with cyber security of the state.
National Security
As Deputy Chairman of the Permanent Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Ukrainian Inter-parliamentary NATO-Ukraine Council, Oleksiy Skrypnyk is avidly lobbying the USA and other Western countries to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine in the course of its anti-terrorist operation in the East. Also, he supports the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine. He is collaborating with experts and with a group of MPs on military doctrine and laws on public-private partnerships in the military sphere.
Energetics
Skrypnyk specializes in the energy sector, where he worked for more than 14 years.
Science and education
As deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Science and Education, Skrypnyk is concerned with IT education and science issues in general. In particular, he proposed educational reform, which would abolish Computer Literacy lessons, introducing instead courses on programming for high school students.
Temporary special "Commission for the Future" of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was established on April 22, 2015. The Commission was created "to develop and promote innovative development strategy for Ukraine based on public and social priorities, of science and technology, and assessment of their impact on the harmonious development of the state". Oleksiy Skrypnyk, MP is the chairman of the "Commission for the Future". The commission also includes: Victor Vovk ; Victor Galasyuk ; Victoria Voytsitska ; Alexander Dombrowski ; Svetlana Zalishchuk ; Oleksiy Mushak Lily Grinevich ; George Lohvynskyy ; Ivan Kyrylenko. The Commission in total has 11 members, representatives of all coalition factions. Every six months the Commission will prepare a report and announce it at the session of Parliament. Similar commissions exist in most parliaments of European countries.
Personal life
Skrypnyk's father, Oleksiy Ivanovich, is a professor, programmer with 40 years of experience, co-founder of ELEKS. Mother, Skrypnyk Evgeniia is an electrical engineer, co-founder of ELEKS. Oleksiy Skrypnyk is married and has four sons. In his spare time, he enjoys running, swimming, yachting and cycling.
