Available for programme management, project delivery, and trading transformation engagements across power markets, battery storage, and ETRM. Hands-on, not oversight-only.
Outside IR35 means HMRC classifies the engagement as genuinely self-employed rather than disguised employment. In practice this means a few things for how a placement works.
The arrangement must be project or contract-based with a defined scope, not a rolling open-ended arrangement that resembles permanent employment. Ram Sky operates through Ram Sky Ltd and is responsible for its own tax and National Insurance. You do not deduct PAYE.
The contractor retains a degree of independence over how and when the work is delivered, can use its own methods and tools, and can substitute another qualified professional if needed. A permanent full-time role does not qualify as outside IR35 regardless of how it is labelled on paper.
If your client needs to issue a Status Determination Statement, Ram Sky is happy to support that process.
Dmitrii Ishutin is the founder of Ram Sky and a senior independent contractor available for interim and programme leadership engagements across power markets, BESS commercialisation, and trading transformation.
His background spans EDF Energy (curve trader, £10m P&L), Shell (product lead on the Battery Trading Platform underpinning a £20m+ revenue BESS portfolio that topped the Modo Energy leaderboard for two consecutive months), and Brady Technologies (quant analytics manager on PowerDesk). Recent clients include Statera Energy and VPI.
Engagements range from full programme leadership down to rolling up sleeves on a model, a platform spec, or an algorithm. Most clients hire the combination, a programme lead who can also build, debug, and trade.
This is rare in the contractor market and is the most common reason engagements extend beyond their original scope.
Available for senior contracting roles across the trading transformation lifecycle. Comfortable leading hybrid teams of internal staff, third-party developers, and other contractors.
Recent contracting placements across BESS, supplier, and IPP businesses in GB and Europe.
End-to-end trading internalisation. Systems architecture, business case to CEO, vendor selection across back/middle/front office, ETRM onboarding, exchange and BSC registration.
Proprietary Battery Trading Platform spanning day-ahead, intraday, and Balancing Mechanism. Took the fleet from 8th to #1 on the Modo Energy leaderboard for two consecutive months. Underpins a £20m+ annual revenue line.
Trading platform UI, data architecture, and business process design. Spec was complete enough for engineering to start implementation without a translation layer.
Short-term and long-term power demand forecasting model rebuild. MAPE roughly halved across both. Long-term run time fell from six hours to under thirty minutes. Imbalance costs down ~20%.
"Dmitrii and Ram Sky have a unique combination of commercial, technical and delivery skills. They managed to build a transformative battery platform that improved commercial performance, delivered significant levels of automation, and reduced cost to serve. Dmitrii has incredibly high standards, a flawless delivery track record and a level of energy that helps drive entire teams forward. I would rank Dmitrii amongst the very best in our business, and anyone lucky enough to have the opportunity to hire him should do so without hesitation!"
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