Dmitri Prokopiev

With over 15 years of experience as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade(Government of Ontario, Canada), I successfully designed, launched and delivered a number of significant innovation programs. I also gained a deep understanding of policy and strategy development and implementation. I bring a solid scientific background, collaborative mindset and experience of stakeholder management in government, non-for-profit and private business environments.

I hold both an MBA and a PhD.

• Designed and implemented the Regional Innovation Centres program to support technology entrepreneurship: created program guidelines and funding-for-performance approaches, developed client performance evaluation and program evaluation frameworks to measure program impact. Designed and finetuned evaluation options working with various areas, using newly created (experimental) and established approaches.
• Led stakeholder engagement strategies, built partnerships to enhance program success, managed client accounts. Established streamlined operational procedures and compliance frameworks to ensure program efficiency.
• Launched the Strategic Opportunities and the Sector Innovation Centres programs, to position Ontario as a global leader in emerging tech sectors and drive innovation ecosystem growth.
• Prepared and delivered high‑impact presentations on economic outcomes of innovation programs and public‑sector best practices to international government delegations.

2002 MBA,Richard Ivey Business School, London, Canada

1997 PhD, Economics, Kaliningrad State University, Kaliningrad, Russia

1992 PhD, Physics, St.-Petersburg University, St.-Petersburg, Russia