Alexander Ryabushko leads the ICT department in the Office of the Ulyanovsk region affairs. His team promotes the Ulyanovsk region in Internet, supervises and supports 334 official websites and 85 official blogs, conducts photo and video shooting of official events, and provides language translation services for the regional government. Under his management, the Ulyanovsk region moved from 61st place to first place in Russian official and non-official transparency ratings.

Working at this position from 2010, he strengthened the regional leadership in the field of transparency and ICT among other Russian regions. He also expanded the Ulyanovsk regional leadership on the global arena after successful collaboration with the World Bank and WeGO.

Alexander Ryabushko previously worked for three years as press officer for the regional ministry of building and public utilities. He has a practitioner's diploma in public relations and currently finishing a Ph.D. in Political Science, Ulyanovsk State University, Russia. Alexander has a number of awards and certificates from Russian and foreign organizations, including a Certificate of Completion the e-Government Program for WeGO Member City Officials in Seoul Human Resource Development Center.