Alexander Korobov
Assistant Vice President at Canada Life
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAlexander Korobov is an AI-focused technical leader and Assistant Vice President with over a decade of experience embedding machine learning into enterprise risk, compliance, underwriting and operations across global markets. He has delivered dozens of high-impact models—eliminating medical tests in life underwriting, detecting multi-million dollar fraud, and optimizing liquidity for retirement products—while designing model risk and governance frameworks aligned with OSFI guidelines. With a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and hands-on background in quantitative finance, he bridges rigorous modelling, software delivery and business strategy to drive measurable outcomes. He also builds teams and cultural momentum for AI adoption, using validated success stories to convert skeptics and advise C-level decisions on M&A and portfolio strategy. An unusual strength: he combines second-line model risk leadership with direct delivery experience, having both validated and operationalized complex models across actuarial, group and individual business units.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Other; Certificate in Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen, Complete, Other; Certificate in Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen, Complete at Harvard Business School OnlinePh.D., Applied Mathematics, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (15)
adobe-xd7
netty6
opentype-fonts5
right-to-left5
twitter5
font-size5
monoid4
ux-design4
kotlin4
fonts3
android3
webfonts3
mastodon2
material-design2
statusnet1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
akorobov/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Jul 2024
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 7 months
akorobov/flycheck-java
Apr 2013 - Jul 2014
Emacs flycheck/flymake java syntax checker.
Contributions:3 commits in 1 year 2 months
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