Nikita Ivanov

Nikita is a technology executive and product-driven innovator with over 25 years of global leadership across AI, software engineering, and digital transformation. Product-centric leader with extensive experience in developing new software middleware and GenAI/LLM/RAG/AI Agentic products, managing software engineering & data science teams, and nurturing product evolution throughout all stages of its lifecycle. Frequent international speaker and Forbes Technology Council member, long-time startup mentor, advisor and investor, active open source contributor, Java/Scala founding community member. Recognized expert and authority on distributed high-performance data processing. Industry innovator in NLP and GenAI/Agentic, reinforcement learning and deterministic AI/ML. Global thought leader in In-Memory Computing. Expert in programming languages, design and compiler development. Trusted advisor to boards and executive teams on AI strategy, national digital transformation, and workforce innovation.