Evgeny Smirnov
Founder at Denovo
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolEvgeny Smirnov is a founder and multidisciplinary technology leader with 15+ years of hands-on experience building startups, products, and R&D capabilities at the intersection of software, science, and business. He leads AI/ML and LLM initiatives through Denovo while advising clients as a fractional CTO, and has a long history founding and scaling ventures such as 4xxi and Newtonew. Trained as a PhD astronomer with advanced degrees in psychology and interdisciplinary science from Edinburgh and Saint Petersburg, he blends rigorous research methods with product-driven engineering to tackle complex problems in EdTech, HealthTech, and FinTech. He’s worked with brands like Trivago and Arrival but prefers the agility of startups, mentoring founders and speaking on innovation and the evolving role of science in business. A curious storyteller and lifelong Star Wars fan, he often weaves cultural narratives into technical strategy to make complex ideas more relatable.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Philosophy, Science, and Religion, With Distinction, Master of Science - MS, Philosophy, Science, and Religion, With Distinction at The University of EdinburghDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy & Math, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy & Math at Pulkovo observatoryMaster of Science - MS, Personality Psychology, With Distinction, Master of Science - MS, Personality Psychology, With Distinction at Saint Petersburg State UniversityHigh school, Mathematics and Computer Science, High school, Mathematics and Computer Science at AG SPbGU
English, German, Russian, Serbian, Spanish
Github Skills (30)
mercury10
atmosphere10
insar10
planet10
orbital-mechanics9
solar-system9
fortran8
planets8
planetary8
cosmology7
nette7
astrodynamics6
solar6
php6
astronomy6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
smirik/resonances
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
A python package for identification of mean-motion resonances in the Solar system and other planetary systems.
Contributions:21 commits, 40 PRs, 81 pushes in 1 month
sentinel-1pythonplanetaryplanetastrophysics
lms42/lms42
Sep 2011 - Mar 2014
Contributions:101 commits in 2 years 6 months
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