Alexander Trufanov
Russia
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Top SchoolAlexander Trufanov is an entrepreneurial software manager with 11 years of experience blending hands-on engineering, partner-facing account management, and developer evangelism across mobile and backend systems. He built and shipped mobile apps and platform integrations since the Symbian era, later helping partners bring flagship apps to Nokia’s Windows Phone, Android and Java platforms while coordinating technical delivery and go-to-market efforts. Technically-minded, he has contributed to core features and bug fixes in the high-performance ML project Vowpal Wabbit, revealing a comfort with low-level algorithmic work beyond product and partner management. A self-taught generalist equally interested in biology and finance, he pairs deep curiosity with public speaking and book-writing to spread knowledge across teams and communities. Based in Russia and trained in applied mathematics and computer sciences, he combines entrepreneurial grit with pragmatic technical leadership to drive complex cross-functional projects.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Specialist, Computer Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Specialist, Computer Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Informatics at Samara State University
Russian, English
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c-language10
elearning10
machine-learning10
cprogramming-language10
data-structure9
ubuntu9
algorithm9
algorithms9
linux9
data-structures9
active-learning8
bandit7
cpp6
technical-indicators6
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit
Nov 2014 - Jun 2017
Vowpal Wabbit is a machine learning system which pushes the frontier of machine learning with techniques such as online, hashing, allreduce, reductions, learning2search, active, and interactive learning.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:138 commits, 59 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Alexander implemented and improved core functionalities within the Vowpal Wabbit library. Their primary contributions centered on enhancing the `best_constant` feature, including its integration, loss function handling, and compatibility across various VW modes. Additionally, the user addressed bug fixes and made minor code improvements within the codebase.
hashingtechniquescpppythonactive-learning
trufanov-nok/ta-gen
Jun 2015 - Nov 2020
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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