Co-Founder, UnifyHub
Stanislav Kirillov
Stanislav works with HR and L&D teams on the decisions that make a corporate language programme manageable: what to assess, how to set it up, what to report and what the evidence can reasonably support.
Professional bio
Stanislav Kirillov is Co-Founder of UnifyHub. He works with HR and L&D teams on the operating side of corporate language programmes: needs analysis, programme setup, reporting, reviews and the interpretation of learning data.
He has worked in corporate education since co-founding Lingvoexpert in 2007. Earlier, he held marketing leadership roles in international companies.
Stanislav holds a PhD in Sociology from Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University and the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent). He taught at the university from 2003 to 2020, covering corporate reputation, organisational communication, knowledge management and consumer behaviour.
He has worked in corporate education since co-founding Lingvoexpert in 2007. Earlier, he held marketing leadership roles in international companies.
Stanislav holds a PhD in Sociology from Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University and the academic title of Associate Professor (Docent). He taught at the university from 2003 to 2020, covering corporate reputation, organisational communication, knowledge management and consumer behaviour.
Current role at UnifyHub
Stanislav is involved from the first client conversation to the point when a programme is reviewed and the next decision has to be made. He helps define the scope, delivery conditions and reporting needs, then works with the teams responsible for assessment, curriculum and delivery.
His focus is the client and programme process. A broad request such as "our engineers need better English" has to become an agreed plan: which employees are included, where they use English, what evidence will be collected, how groups will be formed and what HR will receive during the programme.
His focus is the client and programme process. A broad request such as "our engineers need better English" has to become an agreed plan: which employees are included, where they use English, what evidence will be collected, how groups will be formed and what HR will receive during the programme.
Areas of expertise
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Corporate learning and programme operations -
Needs analysis for international technology teams -
Programme setup, account management and reporting -
Training measurement and the interpretation of learning data -
B2B relationships and business development -
AI literacy and the use of AI in corporate education
How Stanislav works with corporate programmes
Stanislav treats these as separate layers. This helps HR use a report to make a decision without turning a CEFR result, a positive survey or regular attendance into a claim that the data cannot support.
Completed hours show learning volume
Attendance shows participation
A language assessment shows performance under defined conditions
Workplace feedback may indicate whether a skill is transferring into day-to-day work
Business impact needs its own evidence
A practical view of training measurement
Stanislav co-founded Lingvoexpert before developing UnifyHub’s international corporate education work
Corporate education since 2007
He completed his doctorate at Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University in 2004. His dissertation examined corporate reputation.
PhD in Sociology
He holds the academic title and taught at Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University from 2003 to 2020
Associate Professor (Docent)
His subjects included corporate reputation, organisational communication, knowledge management and consumer behaviour. He also supervised bachelor’s and master’s theses.
Seventeen years of university teaching
Before focusing fully on corporate education, Stanislav held marketing leadership roles at Nokian Tyres, Aurinkomatkat within Finnair Group, and Rautakesko within Kesko Group
International business experience
