Vladimir Okrepilov

Vladimir Okrepilov
Born	Okrepilov Vladimir Valentinovich (1944-02-23) February 23, 1944 Leningrad, USSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Baltic State Technical University “Voenmeh” named after D.F.Ustinov
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Honour (Russia), Order of Friendship, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg, Award of the Russian Federation Government in a field of education, Award of the Russian Federation Government in the field of Science and Technology
Scientific career
Fields	economics of quality, economics
Institutions	Test-St.Petersburg

Vladimir V. Okrepilov (born February 23, 1944, Leningrad - russian economist, Doctor of economics, Professor, full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

General Director of the Federal budgetary institution State Regional Centre for Standardization, Metrology and Testing in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region (State Centre “Test-St.Petersburg”).

Work experience

In 1970 graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute (speciality: “Mechanical equipment of automatic installations”).

• From 1965: Leningrad Plant of Radio Engineering Equipment - mechanic, technician, process engineer, senior design-engineer.
• From 1970 to 1979: public works.
• From 1979: Chief engineer at the D.I. Mendeleyev All–Russian Scientific Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM)
• From 1986: Director of the Leningrad Center for Standardization and Metrology of the USSR Gosstandart
• From 1990 to 1992: General Director of the Leningrad Centre for Product Testing (“So-yuztest – Leningrad”) of the USSR Gosstandart
• From 1992: General Director of the Russian Centre for Testing and Certification in St.Petersburg (“Rostest-St.Petersburg”)
• From 1992 to 2001: General Director of the Centre for Testing and Certification in St.Petersburg (State Centre “Test-St.Petersburg”) of Rosstandart.
• From 2001 to 2011: General Director of the Federal State Institution “Centre for Testing and Certification in St.Petersburg” (State Centre “Test-St.Petersburg”) of Rosstandart.
• From 2011 till present: General Director of the Federal Budgetary Institution State Regional Centre for Standardization, Metrology and Testing in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region (State Centre “Test-St.Petersburg”) of Rosstandart.
  

Participation in the work of scientific Councils, Committees, Commissions, Editorial boards, etc.

• Member of the RAS Presidium (2002-2013), Deputy Chairman of the RAS St. Petersburg Scientific Centre (2001-2013).
• Member of Bureau of the RAS Department for Social Sciences (since 2013), member of the Northwest Section for Economics of the RAS Department for Social Sciences (since 2000).
• Chairman of the Northwest Section for Promotion of the Economic Science Development of the UN RAS (since 1998), Deputy Chairman of the RAS Interdepartmental Northwest Coordinating Council for Fundamental and Applied Research (since 2007), Deputy Chairman of the RAS Scientific Council on the issues of Metrological Support and Standardization (since 2007).
• Member of the: RAS Coordinating Council on interaction with the CIS countries (since 2009); RAS Coordinating Council on Forecasting (since 2009); RAS Council on Coordination of activities of regional departments and regional scientific centers of RAS (since 2010); RAS Scientific Council on complex problems of the Eurasian economic integration, modernization, competitiveness and sustainable development (since 2012).
• Member or Russian Pugwash Committee of the RAS Presidium (since 2014).
• Head of the Centre for the Regional Issues of Economics of Quality of the RAS Institute on the Issues of the Regional Economics (since 2009).
• RAS expert; expert of the Expert Council under the Russian Federation Government; expert entered into the Federal Register of Experts in the scientific and technical sphere (Scientific Research Institute - Federal Research Centre for Projects Evaluation and Con-sulting Services, SRI FRCEC); expert of the Expert Community of the “Analytical Centre under the Russian Federation Government”.
• Chief Editor of the journal “Economy of the Northwest: Issues and Prospects for Development”; chief editor of the electronic journal “Economics of Quality”; member of the editorial boards of the following journals: “Economics and Management”, “Standards and Quality”, “Methods of conformity assessment”, “Scientific and Technical Bulletin of SPbSPU” and “Measuring Equipment”.
  
  

Academic and government awards, prizes, honorary titles, foreign awards

• Laureate of the RAS Award for the best achievements in science popularization in 2009 (2010)
• Awarded by: Certificates of Appreciation of Chairman of the RAS St. Petersburg Scientific Centre (2004, 2009), honorable diplomas of the RAS St. Petersburg Scientific Centre (2008, 2009), Certificate of Appreciation of the RAS St. Petersburg Scientific Centre (2010).
• Awarded by: Order “For Merits to the Fatherland” of IV grade (1999), “Order of Honor” (2009), “Order of Friendship” (2016), “Order of Friendship of Peoples” (1988), medals: “Twenty years anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (1965), “For valorous work. In commemoration of the 100 anniversary of Vladimir Lenin’s birth” (1970), “In commemoration of the 300 anniversary of St. Petersburg” (2003); breast badge “For merits in standardization” (1985), breast badge “For merits in the field of standardization and quality" named after V.V. Boytsov of the Russian Federation Ministry of Industry and Trade (2013); Honorary medal named after I.A. Ilyin “For movement to quality and its culture" (2010); Order named after Y.A. Gagarin (2015), Medal named after S.P. Korolev (2007) and Medal named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky (2014) “For Merits to Cosmonautics” of the Russian Federation of Cosmonautics.
• Honorary titles: Honored Worker in Science and Technology of the Russian Federation (1994), Honorary Worker in Science and Technology of the Russian Federation (2010).
• Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg (2016), honorary badge “For merits to St. Petersburg” (2010, 2013), honorary badge “Honorary Citizen of Admiralteisky District of St. Petersburg” (2014).
• Laureate of the: Russian Federation Government Award in the field of Science and Technology (1997), Award of the Russian Federation President in the field of education (2002), Award of the Russian Federation Government in a field of education (2008), Award of the Russian Federation Government n the field of Science and Technology (2014), Award of St.Petersburg Government in the field of education (2007, 2014), Novozhilov Award of St.Petersburg Government and the RAS St. Petersburg Scientific Centre for outstanding scientific results in the field of social sciences (2010).
• Russian Orthodox Church orders: Order of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir of III grade (2005), Order of St. Pious Prince Daniil Moskovsky of the II grade (2009) and of the III grade (2001), Order of St. Venerable Seraphim of Sarov of the III grade, Order of St. Venerable Sergius of Radonezh of the II grade (2014), silver medal of St. Supreme Apostle Peter (2003).
  

Membership in international organizations, institutions, academies and etc.

• Member of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), London (Great Britain) (since 2009).
• Academician of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ), Milwaukee (USA) - since 2013.
• Russian Federation representative in the European Organization for Quality (EOQ), Brussels (Belgium) - since 1988, European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), Brussels (Belgium) - since 1996.
• Chairman of the Interstate technical committee “Sustainable development of administra-tive and territorial entities” (since 2016), chairman of the Russian Technical Committee 115 “Sustainable development of administrative and territorial entities” (since 2013).
• Full member of the International Guild of Quality Professionals (since 1998).
• President of the Russian Federation Academy of Metrology (since 2013).
• Co-founder of the Russian Federation Academy for Quality Issues and President of St.Petersburg branch of the Academy (since 1994).
• Full member of the: Russian Federation Academy of Electrotechnical Sciences (since 1995), International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences (since 1996), International Academy of the Regional Development and Cooperation (since 2001).
• Member of the Russian Federation Civic Chamber (2014), member of St. Petersburg Public Chamber (since 2008), Chairman of the Public Council under the Committee on industrial policy and innovations of St. Petersburg (since 2015), member of the Public Council of Committee on state orders (procurement) of St. Petersburg (since 2015), Chairman of the Public Council of the Admiralty district of St. Petersburg (since 2004).
• Co-chairman of the Economic Council of St. Petersburg Governor (since 2013), member of Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council of St. Petersburg Government (since 2000), Chairman of the Expert Council of the Fund for Development of St. Petersburg industry (since 2016), Chairman of the Expert Council of the Commission on counteraction to illegal circulation of industrial products in St. Petersburg (since 2015), member of Presidium of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) of St. Petersburg (since 1999).
• Member of the Grant Committee of the non-profit organization “Foundation for Development of the Centre of Development and Commercialization of New Technologies” (“Skolkovo” Innovation Center) (since 2010).
• Member of the Union of Russian writers (since 2014).
  

Scientific activity

Outstanding scientist-economist, founder of the new field of economic science – Economics of Quality, basing on the use of tools of quality management, standardization and metrology in ensuring socioeconomic progress and the quality of life improvement; the leader of the scientific school on the Economics of Quality. The author of works on in-creasing the efficiency of the regional development based on the implementation of the quality management models at the meso- and macro-levels. Under the leadership of V.V. Okrepilov for the first time in Russia the Comprehensive Scientific and Technical Development Program of the Northwest Russia for a period of up to 2030 was developed. V.V. Okrepilov is one of the authors of the “Strategy on Social and Economic Development of St. Petersburg for the period of up to 2030” approved by the Decree of St. Petersburg Government of May 13, 2014, No. 355. Under his leadership fundamental scientific research and practical calculations of economic benefits gained from various activity in the fields of standardization and metrology were carried out for the first time; and a unique national quality management system based on application of the MBO planning methods aimed at increasing the pace of the national economy modernization was developed, the system having no direct analogues in the world. Has made a decisive scientific and organizational contribution to the development of the unique scientifically-based multilevel system of continuous personnel training in Economics of Quality. The scientific school «Economics and Quality Management» led by him is entered into the Register of the Leading Scientific and Pedagogical Schools of St. Petersburg.
As of September 2016 h-index: RSCI - 15[1, Google Scholar - 9[2], Scopus - 5[3], ResearcherID - 1[4].

Scientific and pedagogical activity

• Under the direct leadership of V.V. Okrepilov and using his scientific works and developing his ideas, 23 doctors and 87 PhD candidates of science had successfully passed the defense of their theses.
• Chairman of the specialized Council on defense of doctoral theses in the speciality of “Economics and Management of the National Economy” (majors “Economics and quality management” and “Management of innovations and investment activities”) of the St. Pe-tersburg State University of Economics and Finance (since 1995).
• Head of the branch department on “Economics and Organization of Industrial Complexes” of the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics named after N.A. Voznesensky, later St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (1990-2000 гг.), Head of the basic department on “Economics and Quality Management” of St. Petersburg State Economic University (since 2000); Head of the Department on “Metrological support to innovative technologies” of St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (since 2005); Head of the Department of Socioeconomic Sciences of the Ivangorod branch of St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (since 2014); professor of the Department of education and personnel management of the Institute of Economics and Management of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (since 2004).
• Honorary Professor of: St. Petersburg State University of Management and Economics (since 2004), St. Petersburg State University of Economics (since 2012), Khmelnytsky National University (Ukraine) (since 2013), St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (since 2014); Honorary Doctor of the Baltic State Technical University “Voenmeh” named after D.F.Ustinov (since 2013).
• Member of the Boards of Trustees of St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Baltic State Technical University “Voenmeh” named after D.F.Ustinov, Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University).
  

Member of the Supervisory Councils of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation.

Main works

1. Tarbeev Y.V., Okrepilov V.V.V., Kondratyev N.V. High quality – a common concern: Experience of the comprehensive solving of problems related to improvement of product quality at the Leningrad enterprises. - Leningrad: Published by Lenizdat, 1981.
2. Okrepilov V.V., Kolpyshev Y.N. Testing – the basis of quality assurance and product competitiveness. - Leningrad: Published by LDNTP, 1988.
3. Okrepilov V.V., Promyslov L.A., Kalinin V.M. State approval (quality control) in the ship engineering enterprises. - Leningrad: Sudostroenie, 1988.
4. Okrepilov V.V., Shviets V.E. Major trends in improving the quality control and competitiveness in the Leningrad region. // Quality – Progress – Economy: Proceedings of the 32-d EOQC Annual Conference – Moscow: Published by EOQC, 1988.
5. Okrepilov V.V. Economic and organizational issues of the quality improvement. – Leningrad: Publishing house of the LFEI named after N.A.Voznesensky, 1990.
6. Okrepilov V.V., Shvetc V.E. The Service for product quality management. - Leningrad: Published by Lenizdat, 1990.
7. Okrepilov V.V. International standards in product quality management. - Leningrad: Published by LDNTP, 1990.
8. Voytolovsky V.N., Okrepilov V.V. Quality management and certification in industrial production. Training manual. – St. Petersburg: Publishing house of SPbGUEF, 1992.
9. Okrepilov V.V. Organization of state supervision over safety and quality of production in St. Petersburg, one of the largest industrial regions of Russia. // Quality: the star leads to a better world: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, November 14-17, 1994 -Jerusalem, Israel: Published by ISFQ, 1994.
10. Okrepilov V.V. The basics of standardization and product quality management. - St. Petersburg: Publishing house of SPbGUEF, 1995.
11. Okrepilov V.V. Total Quality Management. Textbook in 4 books. - St. Petersburg: Pub-lishing house of SPbGUEF, 1996.
12. Okrepilov V.V., Issaev I.I. Creation of External Infrastructure for Quality Management is the Necessary Condition in taking to Global Market. // Quality – key to the 21st centu-ry: Proceedings of the International conference on quality, 1996, Yokohama – Japan, To-kyo: Published by JUSE, 1996.
13. Okrepilov V.V. Ways for Improvement of Industrial Quality and the Role of Testing. // Total Quality Management: Proceedings – India, New Delhi: Published by Excel Books and Institute of Directors, 1998.
14. Okrepilov V.V. Dictionary of terms and definitions in the field of Economics and Quality Management. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 1999.
15. Okrepilov V.V. Influence of the regional quality awards on business and regional economy (experience of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region). // The 6th World Congress for Total Quality Management, St. Petersburg, Russia, 20-22 June 2001.
16. Okrepilov V.V. Quality Management. Textbook. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2003.
17. Okrepilov V.V. The Quality of Life improvement – the key factor of socio-economic development (Case of St. Petersburg) // Quality: The Way to Sustainability: Proceedings of the 49th EOQ Congress – Antalya-Turkey, 2005.
18. Okrepilov V.V. Mendeleev. Shostakovich. Blok. - St.Petersburg: Publishing House “Legacy”, 2006 (in Russian).
19. Melua A.I., Okrepilov V.V. Alfred Nobel in St.Petersburg. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Humanistica”, 2006.
20. Okrepilov V.V. Mendeleev. Shostakovich. Blok. - St.Petersburg: Publishing House “Legacy”, 2007 (in English).
21. Okrepilov V.V., Elkin G.I. The System of conformity confirmation in Russia. - Мoscow: Published by the Innovation Fund “Rosispytaniya”, 2007.
22. Okrepilov V.V. Leonard Euler and Metrology. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Humanistica”, 2007.
23. Okrepilov V.V. Mendeleev in the world science: work, consistency, accuracy. – St. Pe-tersburg: Publishing House “Humanistica”, 2007.
24. Okrepilov V.V. Innovation-based Approach to Quality management of St. Petersburg Industries // Competitiveness through Excellence – Challenge for Europe, Proceedings of the 51-st EOQ Congress - Prague, Czech Republic, 2007.
25. Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics: Biographies, lectures, comments. / under the editorship of Okrepilov V.V., Vol. 1. 1969-1982. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nau-ka”, 2007.
26. Okrepilov V.V. Dictionary of terms and definitions in the field of Economics and Quality management. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Poly-technical University, 2007.
27. Okrepilov V.V. Quality Management. Textbook in 2 volumes. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2007.
28. Okrepilov V.V. Evolution of Quality. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2008.
29. Okrepilov V.V. Mendeleev and Metrology. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Legacy”, 2008.
30. Okrepilov V.V. Standardization and Metrology in Nanotechnologies. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2008.
31. Okrepilov V.V. Dictionary of terms and definitions in standardization and metrology in the field of nanotechnologies. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2008.
32. Okrepilov V.V., Glukhov V.V. Quality of Life Management. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2008.
33. Okrepilov V.V. Basics of Metrology. Textbook. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House of GUAP, 2008.
34. Okrepilov V.V. Evaluation of innovation projects through EFQM Model: New Approach. // The 53rd EOQ Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 12-14 May 2009.
35. Okrepilov V.V. Mendeleev’s St.Petersburg. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Legacy”, 2009.
36. Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics: Biographies, lectures, comments. / under the editorship of Okrepilov V.V., Vol. 2. 1983-1996. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2009.
37. Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics: Biographies, lectures, comments. / under the editorship of Okrepilov V.V., Vol. 3. 1997-2009. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2010.
38. Okrepilov V.V. Spatial Development and Quality. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2011.
39. Okrepilov V.V. Economics of Quality.-St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2011.
40. Okrepilov V.V. Economics of Quality as the Scientific Basis of Managing the Quality and Innovation. // The 55th EOQ Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 20-23 June, 2011.
41. Okrepilov V.V. M.V. Lomonosov in St. Petersburg. Publishing House of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University, 2011
42. Okrepilov V.V. Dictionary of terms and definitions in the field of the Economics of Quality. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House “Nauka”, 2011.
43. Kvint V.L., Okrepilov V.V. The role of quality in the birth and development of the global emergent market. - St. Petersburg: Publishing House of St. Petersburg University of Management and Economics, 2011.
44. Okrepilov V.V. Current issues of standardization and metrology in nanotechnologies. – St. Petersburg: Publishing House of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical Univer-sity 2013.
45. Okrepilov V.V. Quality Management. Textbook - St. Petersburg: Publishing House of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University, 2013.
46. Okrepilov V.V. Mikhail Lomonosov in St. Petersburg. - St. Petersburg: Published by SPbGPU, 2013.
47. Kvint V.L., Okrepilov V.V. Comparing the Role of Quality of Life and Values in the Development Strategy of Both Emerging Market Countries and in the West. - St. Petersburg: Published by SpbGPU, 2013.
48. Kvint V., Okrepilov V. Comparing the Role of Quality of Life and Values in the Development Strategy of Emerging Market Countries and the West. - Seminar “Independent research of high international quality”, Stockholm, Sweden, October 9, 2013.
49. Okrepilov V.V. Economics of Quality for sustainable development. - St.Petersburg, Publishing House of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnical University, 2015.