He graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, majoring in Mathematics, as well as the Department of Law at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the same University. He started his career in 1996 as a junior researcher at the Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. Since March 2014 he is the Head of the Information Technology Centre of the Revenue Service. Prior to this position he held various positions, including in the Customs Department of Georgia: Leading Economist, Head of Statistics Division, Deputy Head of Statistical Accounting Division, Deputy Head of Information Support Division, as well as the Head of the Technical Assistance Division of the Ministry of Finance, the Head of the Operational Management Division of the Customs Control Department of the Revenue Service, the Head of the System Administration Division of the Information Technology Centre of the Revenue Service, and the Deputy Head of the Information Technology Centre of the Revenue Service.

The functions of the Information Technology Centre are:

a) development of new information systems and making changes to existing information systems;

b) designing new software products and services, initiating, preparing and managing (coordinating) projects, as well as planning, allocating and providing the necessary resources (human, technical) for project implementation;

c) provision of the Service with existing information systems and computer programmes, organization of trainings for relevant users and provision of appropriate consultations;

d) introduction of new (modified) software products and consumer testing, preparation of information systems for running in the operating environment and ensuring the launch, as well as preparation of consumer documentation of the programme;

e) ensuring the proper operation of new and existing automated workplaces, administration of local computer networks together with the relevant body of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia;

f) development of web architecture and definition of design, provision of unified public and internal corporate web services;

g) cooperation with relevant agencies for the exchange of electronic information in order to ensure the smooth and reliable operation of information and communication means;

h) administration of databases together with a relevant body of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, provision of data backup and recovery, development of architecture and design of the information systems and databases;

h¹) oorganising incentive raffles within the scope of its competence;

i) exercising other powers provided for by an individual administrative-legal act of the Head of the Service;

j) carrying out certain tasks and instructions of the management of the Service.