Summary
Yurii Yakovlev is a seasoned technology leader and Chief AI Officer at Zazmic Inc., guiding AI-driven transformation for enterprise clients across Europe and beyond. With two decades of software delivery experience and a focus on distributed teams, he has steered complex initiatives across AI/ML, fintech, SaaS, cloud engineering, and big data throughout the full product lifecycle in Agile environments. Previously, as SVP of Engineering (2015–2024) and Managing Director of Zazmic GmbH (since 2022), he led multi-year programs spanning cloud migrations, data science, and smart-contract-enabled solutions, delivering productivity gains and scalable architectures. He specializes in turning structured and unstructured data into actionable insights using Google's generative models, NLP, embeddings, and integrations with messaging tools to automate business processes end-to-end. Based in Leoben, Austria, Yurii has built a global engineering footprint—from early mobile work at Ciklum to modern AI-first platforms—drawing on his background in computer systems and networks and industrial data science. An active technologist with a hands-on approach, he combines architectural leadership with practical delivery, mentoring teams to ship reliable, secure systems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist, Maintenance of computer systems and networks, Specialist, Maintenance of computer systems and networks at College of Automatics and Telemechanics
Industrial Data Science, Industrial Data Science at Montanuniversität Leoben
Master's degree, Computer systems and networks, System engineer, Master's degree, Computer systems and networks, System engineer at Dnepropetrovsk State University
english (c1), german (b2)