Being an active role player in socio-political life of Armenia, Mr. Arshakyan was tasked with the key mission to lead Armenia’s Technological Revolution after the Velvet Revolution in the country in 2018. One of the realized aspirations of the Minister is the transformation of the RA Ministry of Transport, Communication and IT to RA Ministry of Hi-Tech Industry with the view of having concentrated action on Armenia Digital Transformation Agenda, including promoting adoption and integration of digital disruptive technologies in economic sectors, as well as spurring the Armenian engineering and start-up ecosystem.

Mr. Arshakyan holds Master’s degree in Computer Systems from Armenian National Polytechnic University. His professional career has commenced in National Instruments, a multinational engineering company, where he has been leading a Regional Partner Program in the Emerging Markets, such as India, Russia and CIS, the Arab countries and Africa.

Capitalizing on this experience, Hakob Arshakyan successfully founded also his engineering and database acceleration start-ups, where he led the business and market development domains.

Hakob Arshakyan Chairs the State Award for Global Contribution to Humanity through IT.