I've been developing tech products for 20 years as a Founder, Engineer, and Product Manager. I was born in the USSR and educated in the best schools, graduating cum laude from the most selective faculty. I immigrated to California in 2020 after one of my startups, an AI code performance tool, was acquired by Snapchat.Academia-wise, I'm a PhD dropout with a talent and background in Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Statistics and Probability. I was ranked #3 in an All-Russian Olympiad; I can also boast that I received the highest scores possible on the final exams.My non-entrepreneurial achievements include that after my web development startup exit, I led one of the largest online marketing departments in its segment from the age of 19. The key part of my job involved working directly with and learning from one of the most successful founders and CEOs, a self-made billionaire. I headed both offline and online marketing for more than a dozen of real-estate companies simultaneously. I left that job to finish my studies in Econometrics and Statistics and Probability.After graduating cum laude from the country's most selective faculty, I was offered a prestigious role at the Parliament. I headed a number of tech products with government-level impact, including those directly approved by the heads of the country.As Engineer, I was a Full-Stack Developer from the age of 13. I have Launched more than 30 startups alongside other great engineers. I've directed or developed myself more than a 100 of tech products from scratch.I graduated cum laude from a classical music school. In 5 years I learnt music theory and composition, choir, guitar, piano. Performed in world-recognized arenas. I play and collect musical instruments, compose and perform music in a rock band in LA, and I'm a hobbyist luthier, rebuilding electric guitars.As a longevity enthusiast, my personal records include swimming 300 laps in a 25-meter pool three times a week, accomplishing 25 weeks in a row of daily exercise at Gold's Gym in Venice, walking on a treadmill uphill for 60 minutes every day listening to audio books.I founded the first AI startup accelerator of MIPT in 2016, and first AI hackathons at MIPT from 2016, active today.My product management inspirations are Alan Kay at Xerox PARC, Steve Jobs and Jony Ive at Apple, and Elon Musk at Tesla.