Alexander Konovalov
Chief Data Scientist
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Konovalov is a Chief Data Scientist and entrepreneur with 18 years of experience building applied machine learning and analytics solutions across healthcare, consulting, and research settings. He combines hands-on engineering—from full-stack UI improvements on notable open-source projects like CSrankings to backend NLP model work—with leadership roles at startups and as founder of Wabbit Consulting. Trained at MIPT and Ohio State (MS in Applied Machine Learning), he has deep roots in information extraction and social media analytics from his graduate research. At Clearsense and Compellon he translated complex data requirements into production-ready products, focusing on scalable pipelines and practical model deployment. Based in Toronto, he blends academic rigor with product sensibility and a knack for improving user-facing interactions, evidenced by UI-focused contributions that fixed bugs and added interactive controls to research tools. Known for bridging research code and robust engineering, he thrives on turning experimental models into dependable, user-centered systems.
18 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Applied Physics and Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Applied Physics and Mathematics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Engineering (Applied Machine Learning), Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Engineering (Applied Machine Learning) at The Ohio State University
English, Russian
Github Skills (14)
javas10
apim10
javascript10
user-interface10
api10
python10
java10
nlp9
html9
machine-learning8
github7
git7
git-repository7
computer-science4
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
brendano/ark-tweet-nlp
Jul 2011 - Jul 2017
CMU ARK Twitter Part-of-Speech Tagger
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:133 commits, 3 PRs, 6 pushes in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alexander integrated contributions from another developer and worked on adding annotations to an API. They made significant changes to the `SemiSupervisedPOSTagger.java` file, focusing on model file handling, execution directory creation, and output functionalities. The user also made changes to various other Java files within the project related to tweet tagging.
part-of-speechpart-of-speech-taggercmutaggerark
emeryberger/CSrankings
May 2016 - Sep 2017
A web app for ranking computer science departments according to their research output in selective venues, and for finding active faculty across a wide range of areas.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 5 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily worked on enhancing the frontend of the web application. They added JavaScript files, likely for user interface functionality, and implemented a slider control system, generating the necessary code with a Python script. The user also modified the HTML to incorporate the slider controls and address a bug in the system. The contributions indicate a focus on improving the user interface and interactive elements of the application.
dblpreactscienceresearch-outputselective
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