The director of Kemerovo-based office of Electrosvyaz Velichko Vyacheslav Vitalievich took the position of deputy general director of Siberia Telecom on June 16, 2004. He replaced former deputy general director Zhigulin Victor Vladimirovich, who has retired.

Victor Vladimirovich Velichko, born 1963, holds a bachelor degree (graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Telecommunications as a telecommunications engineer in 1985; he received an economics degree from the Kemerovo State University); starting May 1989 he worked for PMK-604 of Svyazstroi-6 trust, based in Kemerovo, and in 1994 he was appointed director. Then in October 1998 he was appointed a deputy general director of investing activities, construction, design and foreign trade activities at Kemerovoregion’s Electosvyaz. From December 2002 through June 2004 he acted as a deputy general director for economy and finances in the regional branch of Siberia Telecom, Electosvyaz of the Kemerovoregion. He received the highest telecom award of Master of Telecommunications.