Boris Gorelik
Chief Technology Officer at Wizer.me
Israel
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Top SchoolBoris Gorelik is a CTO, data scientist, and algorithm developer with 14 years of industry experience and a PhD in computational chemistry. He combines hands-on analytics and production ML—having built fraud detection and pricing algorithms, led data teams in biotech manufacturing, and shipped data-driven features at Automattic. As a long-time educator, he has taught data visualization since 2015 and data-based decision making since 2019, translating complex analyses into actionable insights for students and practitioners. Currently leading technology at Wizer.me, he blends product-focused engineering with a passion for making educational tools accessible to teachers. His background in bioinformatics and population modeling gives him a unique edge in experimental design and noisy-data problems that span life sciences to e-commerce. He also publishes technical writing and resources on his blog, signaling a commitment to clear communication and continuous learning.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph. D, Computational chemistry, Ph. D, Computational chemistry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Arabic, English, Russian, Hebrew
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (136)
ecology10
python10
regression10
javascript10
computation10
r10
wordpress10
api10
catboost10
kaggle10
stable10
jupyter10
classification10
cpu10
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
bgbg/randomArbitrary
Dec 2011 - Mar 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 1 push in 4 years 3 months
bgbg/bgbg.github.com
Mar 2015 - May 2024
Contributions:24 pushes in 9 years 3 months
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