Valeriy Shmarov
[2][3] Shmarov was born on 14 August 1945, village Zholoby, Vinnytsia Oblast.He participated in the creation of control systems of several generations of strategic missiles and spacecraft, including the complex "Energia-Buran".[5] In 1988–1992 he was a director of Zhulyany Machine-Building Plant which produces controlled surface-to-air missile for S-300 systems.[9] From 2002–2005 he was a Director-General of the State company of export and import of products and services for military and special purposes "Ukrspetsexport".[10] Beginning in 1998, Shmarov worked at the National Aviation University as an associate professor, then professor, and director of the Aerospace Institute of National Aviation University (beginning 2005).