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Almaty, Kz

Making complex ML and AI solutions for a government, M&M and O&G industries.- Making autonomous AI agents that boost 1 line of support for a public sector. Reduce costs up to 80%.- Making systems that are helping to reduce costs and automate labour in Metal and Mining, Oil and Gas industries.

As an expert with 6+ years of experience in the Browser, AI and digital transformation, I possess a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities within these rapidly evolving fields. I'm sharing these knowledge to my clients helping them to avoid pitfalls.

California, United States

Sidekick - New generation browser for focused work- Led the development and implementation of a new product strategy that increased revenue by 300%- Set up a bug fix rate and managed the PMF engine, that helped us to increase x3 DAU for the last 10 months, lifted the activation rate by 15%- Developed and executed strategy for B2B users that resulted in 200+ B2B teams for less than 3 months- Managed a product team of 20+ specialists: managers, designers, marketers, and developers. Optimized TTM by ~10%- Implemented localization flow that allowed us to cover all languages and increase revenue by ~ 20%- Managed monetization strategy. Boosted revenue by ~100%

Launch cvcl.online - an online resume and cover letter generator based on ML. - Earned $2k revenue- Reached DAU 1k+ - Fine-tuned YaML for that purpose by using a bespoke dataset created by myself

Kazakhstan

Worked at a startup incubator designed by Yandex under Lawrify - a legal-tech startupMain achievement: led an AI-based product launch in a Legal-tech startup from concept to the first sales in the MENA and European region- Defined strategy and roadmap for 6 months, built up a SCRUM operational model, reached utility of the backlog by 95%- Saved approx. 50.000$ developed product positioning, packaging, and primary use cases based on market analysis, 100+ CustDevs and JTBD, 20+ interviews with the experts- Managed startup team of developers, ML engineers, designers, marketing, sales specialists, and stakeholders- Worked closely in ML stream: generated hypotheses, and helped the ML team prioritize them to increase the model's quality up to 20% per quarter- Created monetization strategy: set up a pricing model based on data and unit economics- Negotiated with C-level staff and provided 10 first sales to large companies: legal firms, and VC funds

Worked in Browser and SuperApp ecosystemMain achievement: attained strategic goal to increase the audience of the main product (search engine in SuperApp) by 100k users- Created and launched 2 apps for the App ecosystem with a total DAU of several mln users- Boosted LTV by 18% due to creating and implementing the distribution system inside the App's ecosystem- Created and implemented a new metrics system in SuperApp for more efficient tracking of LTV increase- Found growth opportunities: performed 100+ AB-tests, 50+ CustDevs and JTBD-interviews, 30+ UX-tests- Managed team of up to 10 members: developers, QA engineers, analysts, and designers

- Created a macro that helped to save 35% of project time spent due to optimization.- Analyzed the current state (“AS IS”) of the operational processes and designed the future state (“TO BE”) with digitalization of the main processes for Top-5 Russian banks.- Developed and implemented comprehensive digital transformation strategy and operating model for a leading bank.

Managed own digital marketing business in HoReCaKey responsibilities:- Hired staff from scratch and managed a remote team of 6 members- Negotiated with clients having 70% success rate (20 contracts out of 30 total opportunities)- Gained 1 mln RUB revenue with 21% of Net Income margin (on April 2019)

- Supported 4+ product launches, ensuring timely delivery and cross-project coordination.- Developed schedules, achieving 100% on-time completion with high quality.- Reduced documentation errors by 10%, enhancing project tracking

Education record

An Online Startup School provided by Y-Combinator. During this period launched Lawrify - a LegalTech AI-based startup that helps lawyers.

Bachelor'S Degree, Ecological Technology Safety, Gpa: 4.0/5.0