V.N. Shumakov was born on July 8, 1977 in Sterlitamak, Baskirskaya ASSR.

In 1992 he entered Sterlitamak Civil Engineering College. He studied at the faculty of Civil Engineering Machinery and Equipment. He graduated from the College with distinctions in 1996.

In 2002 he graduated from Ufa State Petroleum Technological University. His specialty was “development and operation of oil and gas fields”.

His working career started in 1996 when Mr. Shumakov was appointed an oilfield equipment mechanic of the 4th grade.

In 1999 he got a position of section manager in the EOR and well workover department of Kogalymneftegas (Lukoil-Western Siberia, LLC).

In 2003 he was appointed a deputy head of well workover workshop. He has worked as a head of well workover workshop of well repair service center of Kogalymneftegas since 2007.

In 2008 he got a position of deputy director for manufacturing of the Perm branch of Kogalymnefteprogress, JSC, while in April, 2008 he became a first deputy general director and chief technology officer of the branch.

Between 2008 and 2010 he was a General Director of RITEK-nefteservice LLC. In 2010 he was transferred to Uralnefteprogress, CJSC and appointed a first deputy General Director and chief technology officer.

In 2011 he was given a position of deputy General Director for production of Ural-Design-PNP, LLC, while later he was also appointed to the position of chief technology officer of the company.

Since February 2014 He was the General Director of the oilfield services company Veteran LLC.

He currently holds the post of General Director of Ural-Design-Group LLC. He has a title of «Professional Engineer of Russia» (2007).

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