Speakers autumn 2018
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Volzhanin is a PhD in Psychology and Computer Science. He founded DataSine in 2015 to help companies build meaningful relationships with their customers. Led by Igor Volzhanin, DataSine has conducted seven successful projects for financial establishments of Europe, the UK, and Russia, showing statistically significant improvements in customers’ commercial performance. The company has become the finalist in the Open Talent AI contest held by one of Spain’s largest banks – BBVA.
Igor Volzhanin regularly speaks at IT and fintech conferences. Besides, he publishes articles in financial and IT editions: Forbes, Inc., hightech.fm and others.
Denis is an expert on automation of investment banking, telecoms, and digital marketing. In 2014, he became CEO at CleverDATA, a company working on the market of Big Data analysis and marketing automation. Currently, the firm delivers automation solutions for e-commerce, advertising, and finance.
Denis Afanasyev authored specialized publications, spoke at the industry forums in various countries, including such events as Forbes Big Data, Marketing point 2018, Hybrid Conf'17, ABBYY Digital, and Customer Experience Forum. This year, the speaker will deliver a presentation titled ‘Trends of the audience data and the role of machine learning in marketing communications’.
Apart from the executive responsibility, Sergey Yudkowsky is also a Founder at the telecom company Teraline.
Previously, the expert was a member of the Roundtable (the Russian Public Opinion Research Center) dedicated to the impact of automation on the future economy. He also took part in the cross-industrial conference ‘Robotic automation in finance’. The speaker published articles on vc.ru, Sci-Guide, dirklinik.ru, and other online publications. He was as well invited as an expert to the specified shows on RBK TV and Kommersant FM.
Vladimir Ivanov
Nvidia
Vladimir Ivanov
Sr. Deep learning engineer
Nvidia
Focuses on machine learning at the testing department. Helps 80 million GeForce Experience users to play video games at the best possible settings. This isachieved using machine learning and computer vision. Has experience in training neural networks for solving image recognition applied issues.
Developed a system for equipment testing, detecting incorrectly functioning software and hardware. Designed a solution for text and image recognition in apps and video games based on the conventional methods of computer vision on CPU.
Vasily Mazin
Vasily Mazin
Chief Research Officer at Mind Simulation laboratory
For 15 years he was giving lectures at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics of the Kuban State University, having the position of an assistant professor as well. He focused on such disciplines as: discrete mathematics, intelligent information systems, databases, etc.
For more than ten years he studied the problem of creating artificial intelligence, possible ways of getting around the restrictions of existing technologies, developed hybrid models of knowledge representation and methods of working with them. Currently, he holds a position of Chief Research Officer at Mind Simulation laboratory.
Valery Babushkin is a Data Science specialist. Apart from X5 Retail Group, he is Head of Analytics Department at Yandex.Advisor and gives lectures at Higher School of Economics. The expert consults the Swiss-based startup Monetha. Previously, Valery took the floor at the conferences and meetups organized by Yandex.
By Kaggle, Valery Babushkin in listed in top 121 world’s Data Science specialists. The expert focuses on data research and clustering, DWH management, virtual services, machine and deep learning.
Sergey Nikolenko
Sergey Nikolenko
Chief Research Officer, Neuromation
Sergey Nikolenko, Chief Research Officer at Neuromation’s St. Petersburg office.
Mathematician and computer scientist, artificial intelligence expert, and author of the deep learning book. Sergey Nikolenko has more than 120 published scientific articles, the name in the research environment, well-known author’s courses on machine learning and other disciplines. He has been working for Steklov Mathematical Institute for 15 years and giving lectures (now at St. Petersburg Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences and National Research University - Higher School of Economics).
He applied his skills while focusing on machine learning at Deloitte Analytics Institute, was a pioneer in the Surfingbird recommendation system, as well as consulted a range of other companies.
Sergey Vostrikov has been working in the software development sector for more than 20 years. He graduated from Saratov State University, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, and got the Open University degree in financial and information management. For a long time, he has been focusing on specialized software for foreign developers and publishing articles in foreign editions. Besides, Sergey Vostrikov is the author of the Russian book on databases. At the end of 2015, he became the Head of Marketplace and Integration at 1C-Bitrix. He is also engaged in AI integration projects at Bitrix24.
He graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Ph.D. in Finance, worked at PwC; Strategy Partners; EY; Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design; Ruben Vardanyan Family Foundation. Expert in the introduction of machine learning technologies in the real economy enterprises, specialist in corporate strategy and project management systems development. Currently, Gleb is in charge of business development of the Dbrain project.
Mikhail Blagutin is the head of strategy, analytics, commercial planning, and analytical product development at Yandex.Cloud. Prior to Yandex, he was engaged in entrepreneurship and worked for McKinsey & Company as a consultant in strategic development, finance management, and business economy.
Yandex.Cloud is a new strategic project on designing an intelligent cloud IT platform. Due to Yandex.Cloud, the market will be able to apply technologies, tools, and Big Data experience accumulated by Yandex.
Mikhail is responsible for pricing, financial planning, risk management, product and customer analytics, product management and business development for the data platform (Hadoop, analytics database, business intelligence) and machine learning services.
Certified technical expert and consultant with 16 years of experience in the IT industry of Israel, the USA, and Europe, focusing on the product promotion on consumer markets and the development of solutions used by companies included in the Fortune 500 list. Currently, he is engaged in the Russian representative office of Microsoft, specializing in the expertise and growth of digital transformation enterprises. Konstantin Goldstein is also developing the blockchain ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe. He is the author of the technological acceleration program for startups and development companies.
Project Manager at Just AI, has been designing AI and NLU systems for more than seven years. Worked at i-Free and Just AI as Project Head and AI Services Manager. Took part in the creation of virtual assistants for the apps Everfriends and Sobesednitsa as well as Pudding robot for kids. In 2015, won the chatbot contest at the Skolkovo Innovation Center. Graduated from Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, received a certification in project management. Doctor of Science.
In 2014, Roman Doronin founded EORA, a company offering AI-based solutions. He graduated from the Faculty of Applied Cosmonautics and Photogrammetry at Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK), and later on, he received Master's degree in the Sociology of Management and a graduate program in Economics of Innovation at M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Four-time winner of the award “Our Moscow Region”.
Dmitry deals with analytics of such products as QIWI Checkout and QIWI.Kassa. His task is to increase the company's performance by analyzing data on these products.
Prior to QIWI, the expert automated HR processes (HR recordkeeping, recruitment, training and development) at MTS and MTS group subsidiaries as an analyst and project manager.
Andrey Karmatsky
Urbica
Andrey Karmatsky
CEO
Urbica
Founder and CEO at Urbica, a company that analyzes and visualizes big data to improve urban services. Lecturer of the Big Data course as part of the Master’s program of the NRU HSE titled Prototyping of Future Cities. Former head of Yandex geo services design, author of Urban Data Telegram channel.
Ivan Zapolsky
Rightech IoT Cloud
Ivan Zapolsky
Co-founder
Rightech IoT Cloud
Deputy CEO of technological development at COMNET.
Zapolsky worked as a product manager for Rightech and then, together with other employees, developed an IoT platform – Rightech IoT Cloud.
was a high-tech project manager at United National Dispatch System (UNDS) and Rosneft.
helped to integrate systems for monitoring transport, the Internet of Things, and integration with ERP, CRM, and IT systems at Delimobil, Rosneft, Surgutneftegas, TNK-VR, MonGeo Navigator Cloud, Navigator C, and others.
From 2012 to 2013, the expert held a position of engineering designer at “Scientific and Production Company Nauchpribor” Ltd.
2013 and 2016, Ivan Zapolsky was a specialist in the technological development department at Navigator Group of Companies.
From 2016 to the present, he has been the Deputy CEO of technological development at COMNET.
Nikita Kardashin started his career in IT in 2007 and has more than 10 years of professional experience. He joined NAUMEN in 2012, where he changed several positions in the fields of engineering, project and product management in the next six years, and participated in the main projects of the company that were developed in the state, energy, and financial sectors. Since September 2017, he has been the head of the new data science and machine learning division of the IT automation systems and maintenance processes department. He is responsible for the development and marketing of such products as Naumen Service Management Intelligent Automation and Naumen Service Management Intelligent Automation, as well as data analysis services.
Obtained an honors diploma in Applied Mathematics at ‘MATI’- Russian State Aviation Technological University in 2002. In 2010, obtained a Bachelor of Retail Management at Dublin Institute of Technology.
Started climbing his career ladder in the sphere of industrial automation as an Architect and Head of Software Development for systems of automobile bench tests at Germany-based PEUS-Systems (later AVL) within 2000-2003.
Within 2002-2008, Founder and CEO at several companies in the sphere of engineering and sales of equipment for industrial automation in Russia.
Within 2008-2013, worked at Oracle. During his tenure, started from Head of Oracle Direct in Russia, then in June 2012, became a Strategic Initiatives Director at Oracle in Eastern Europe, the CIS, the Near East and Africa.
Since 2013, has been CEO at PTC Russia.
Evgeny Molchanov has been working at RENA SOLUTIONS since foundation, his key strategic task is the collaboration with suppliers and partners. He has been working with manufacturing equipment for almost 10 years, including products of Bystronic Laser AG. He has been a senior project engineer in the Russian office of TRUMPF medical equipment producer for 3 years, and a senior project manager at the advanced industrial technologies cluster of Skolkovo Foundation.
Has been engaged in the implementation of smart technologies in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence for 11 years.
Mainly focused on industry and logistics. Head of the development team for the last five years. Has been working with industrial processes (chemistry, petrochemistry) – optimization of production processes based on ML and AI for three years.
Founder and CEO at a new-generation virtual bank, TalkBank.io, the world’s first bank on Telegram with artificial intelligence.
Independent director at a range of Russian companies. He held leading positions in financial and operational units at such well-known Russian companies as Magnit, Transasia, Bork, PIK, Amtel-Vredestein, and Facilicom.
Co-author of ‘Personal Finance and Family Budget’ book; author of a range of publications in Russia’s leading periodical editions dedicated to finance and management.
Certified independent financial advisor (Institute for Independent Financial Advisors – IFIC).
Education – Lomonosov Moscow State University, department of computational mathematics and cybernetics; law department.
Head of legal department, curator of research unit at Garant.
Sergey Kuryan
PR STORY
Sergey Kuryan
Founder
PR STORY
In 2007, Sergey Kuryan established the first dealing center in Belarus for 20 work positions for trading at such US-based exchanges as NYSE and NASDAQ. He has more than 10 years of experience in consulting and crisis management.
In 2015, he created the PR STORY project based on artificial intelligence, neural networks, and computer vision.
PR STORY is a trademark owning the following projects:
- BADI – the world’s first smart children’s tablet;
- Business tablet – a tablet for infopreneurs and MLM entrepreneurs.
Currently, there are representative offices in Minsk, Moscow, Kyiv, Riga, Vilnius, Varna, and Limassol. Company’s solutions are integrated into the real economy and bring steady income.
Artem Salata
ITSK (Information Technology Service Company)
Artem Salata
Service manager
ITSK (Information Technology Service Company)
Artem Salata has more than 8 years of experience in information technologies and telecommunications. He graduated from the Engineering Cybernetics Department of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Mr. Salata has been long engaged in adaptation and integration of user interaction channels. Since 2016, he has been the head of development and integration of user interaction channels at ITSK as well as the leader of solution replication at Gazprom Neft.
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