David Tuganov

About

David Tuganov is an expert in digital transformation, change management and innovation with more than 16 years of leading national-scale programmes in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

He rose from engineer to deputy group CIO and CEO of a subsidiary at the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund. He authored three national reference models — for IT, cybersecurity and data management — and co-founded QazCloud, Kazakhstan's first national cloud provider.

In 2019 he founded Neurostorm, a design-thinking lab with 55+ consulting projects across 15+ sectors and 12,000+ leaders trained. He is president and co-founder of the Creative Industries Alliance of Kazakhstan (CIAQ), founder of TransforNATION and Creata Ventures, and a World Bank consultant on the MUNIS project.

Together with Hicham Nouhou he is building Creata Games, a publisher and production centre for developers from Kazakhstan and Central Asia: GenAI Jam with a two-month acceleration for the best teams, co-publishing with partners, and mentoring in the GamePreneurs accelerator with Astana Hub. During AI & Digital Bridge 2026 week he opens Creata Games Day on 1 October, curates Day 3 and moderates the GameDev and investment panels.