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Nikita Ivanov

Nikita Ivanov

VP of Technology, AI

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.


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Vibe prototyping: Where AI in SDLC delivers outcomes
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Most enterprises are already betting big on AI… but very few have turned it into a reliable, industrial‑grade software factory. On the backend, most engineering leaders know they need AI SDLC, but few know how to measure whether they’re actually doing it well. Download the white paper to run a...

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