Professional Background

With 8 years in machine learning and 3 years leading AI platform teams, I work as Fractional Head of AI for companies that invested in AI but have no one owning the outcome. I built the AI platform team at Europe's biggest EdTech scaleup from scratch: 5 production AI systems, evaluation and monitoring pipelines, autonomous AI agents, org-wide AI enablement. Now I do that for companies that can't wait 12 months to hire.

Career Journey

Fractional Head of AI (2025-Present)

Independent

I step into companies as Head of AI, owning strategy, architecture, team enablement, and governance until the team can sustain it independently. From a focused assessment to embedded leadership, I help companies build AI capability, not just buy AI tools.

AI Platform Leadership (2024-Present)

Team Leader AI Platform - Europe's biggest EdTech scaleup

AI Platform Development: Built the AI Platform team from scratch and established AI development practices for the organization. Led development of 5 production AI systems that generate measurable business impact. Created GDPR-compliant AI frameworks and helped drive AI adoption across engineering teams in 3 departments.

Mobile Leadership (2020-2024)

Technical Lead - simpleclub (2022-2024)

Mobile Technical Leadership: Led Flutter mobile development for a platform serving 1M+ monthly active users. Defined mobile architecture and technical decisions that guided product development. Built hiring processes and technical standards that improved team onboarding. Established the technical foundation that later supported AI platform initiatives.

Flutter Team Lead - Glooko/xbird (2020-2022)

Medical Device Development: Led mobile engineering for Flavia diabetes management app, a certified medical device launched in the German market. Built and managed the mobile engineering team from concept through regulatory approval to market deployment. Established development workflows and processes for medical device software development.

iOS Development & AI/ML Innovation (2016-2020)

Senior iOS Engineer - xbird (2019-2020)

Developed Automated Activity Detection iOS SDK using sensor data. Migrated Objective-C SDK to Swift, increased test coverage by 25%.

Independent AI/ML Projects (2018-2021)

Developed AI-powered applications: AutoWorkout (fitness AI with 92% F1 score classifier using Apple Watch sensors) and I Have Voice (eye-tracking accessibility app using ARKit and ML text prediction).

iOS Developer - Garmin (2016-2019)

Developed native/hybrid iOS companion apps with Bluetooth/BLE integration. Reduced app crashes by 21%, increased test coverage from 0% to 52%. Designed company-wide mobile app localization workflow and automated testing pipeline.

Quality Engineering & Team Leadership (2009-2016)

Software Engineer in Test - Garmin (2012-2016)

Test infrastructure and automation for automotive navigation solutions. Designed automated deployment workflow and performance testing framework.

Team Lead - EPAM Systems (2010-2012)

Led team of 10 QA engineers for high-scale web applications. Hired 6 QA engineers, participated in 3 pre-sales activities as quality stakeholder.

Co-Founder QA Dnipro Community (2010-2012)

Organized meetups and first software testing conference in Dnipropetrovsk.

Software Testing Engineer - Proxistep (2009-2010)

Solo test engineer for insurance domain web applications. Formalized testing activities company-wide.