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Nurlan Nurgazin, Aitas KZ: IT as a driver of agricultural efficiency


Nurlan Nurgazin, Director of Strategic IT, Aitas KZ.

AITAS Holding is the largest innovative holding company in the agro-industrial sector, which includes more than 15 enterprises in the production, processing and distribution of poultry, deli, semi-finished products, sausages and sausage products produced by Makinskaya and Ust-Kamenogorskaya poultry farms under the "Kus&Vkus" and "AMP" brands, as well as crop production with over 32 thousand ha of land. These are enterprises in Akmola, Almaty, East-Kazakhstan and North-Kazakhstan regions, offices in Astana, Almaty and Ust-Kamenogorsk, and about 4.5 thousand employees.

Over the years, the company has become the leading vertically-integrated holding company in poultry production, processing and distribution and is one of the leaders in the agricultural sector in Kazakhstan.

Nurlan Nurgazin graduated from Moscow State University in 2002.

  • From 2003 to 2011 he was developing Data Warehouse and BI in BTA Bank, from 2011 to 2015 he was doing the same in Kaspi Bank.

  • In 2015 he left financial sphere. Then he was engaged in digitalization in the role of Enterprise Architect in different industries: mining (KazMinerals), oil production (KMG GS), railway transportation (TengizTransGroup), telecom (Beeline Kazakhstan) and finally in agriculture (Aitas KZ). Certified SAFE Agilist.

Nurlan Nurgazin provided a presentation and video of his presentation.



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