Graduated from the Philological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1991.

In 1991-1995 taught at the Faculty of Philology of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

From 1995 to 2006 worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In 2006-2010 held the position of Director of the Center for International Cooperation at the Information Security Institute of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

From 2010 to 2014 D. Grigoriev performed as Director of Business Development at Norilsk Nickel Africa (Ltd) (South Africa).

In 2014, headed the Information Security Division of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, and then the Information Security and IT Infrastructure Department after its formation in 2016.

2022-2023 - Vice President for Information Security of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.

2023 - present - Vice President, Member of the Presidium of the National Association for International Information Security, CEO of the "Partnership for International Information Security Coordination Centre" (KOMIB).

Currently, teaches a course on international cyber security at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Up to 2007 worked in the structures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

From 2007 to 2015. Advisor to the Director of International Relations at the Institute of Information Security Institute of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

From 2010 to 2015, Secretary of the International Information Security Research Consortium.

From 2015 to 2022 A. Kulpin headed the IT infrastructure protection units (Head of the Center, Head of the Department) PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.

From 2017 to 2023, co-founder and member of the Board of the "Industrial Cybersecurity club". (https://club-bip.ru/ru/)

From 2022 to 2023, Director of Information Security at PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel.

Since 2023, founder of the Club of information security managers in the real economy "KUBIT" (https://qbt.expert /).

Since 2023, Executive Director of the "Partnership for International Information Security Coordination Centre" (KOMIB).

He has a higher education attainment in the specialty "Applied mathematics", a diploma of professional retraining "Cyber security".