Vitaly graduated from Samara State Technical University in 2014 specializing in information security. His career began working for a company that provided and maintained the security of government IT systems. Since 2017, Vitaly has been working at Sberbank.

He has extensive experience in a number of fields, such as network security, IT and cybersecurity auditing. Vitaly currently holds the position of an AppSec Engineer. He has also participated in various CTF competitions (including the Standoff 2019).