Ilia Semenov
Founder at Stealth YC Startup
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIlia Semenov is a San Francisco–based founder and FinOps expert with 11 years of experience designing and operationalizing cloud cost management across enterprises and startups. He led FinOps data engineering and internal cost systems at Lyft pre-IPO and shaped cloud cost strategy at EA, then co-founded Cloudthread (YC S21), which was acquired by FinOut after building engineer-friendly cost management tooling. Ilia combines product leadership and hands-on engineering to turn opaque cloud bills into actionable product-level insights, and he’s now building an AI-driven startup in stealth. His background spans analytics, systems, and business—MBA from INSEAD and advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon and St. Petersburg State University—giving him a rare blend of technical depth and go-to-market savvy.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General at INSEADMaster of Science (MSc) Bachelor of Science (BSc) Economics and Informatics, Master of Science (MSc) Bachelor of Science (BSc) Economics and Informatics at Saint Petersburg State UniversityMaster's Degree Information Systems Management, Master's Degree Information Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon UniversityInternational Exchange Program Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, International Exchange Program Econometrics and Quantitative Economics at Charles UniversityS21, S21 at Y Combinator
French, German, English, Russian
Github Skills (20)
rds10
dynamodb10
elasticache10
reserved10
retrieval9
aws9
on-demand9
visuals8
css7
svg5
fonts5
font-awesome3
branding3
woff3
google-fonts3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ilia-semenov/ilia-semenov
Jan 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:4 PRs, 17 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 1 month
cloudthread/cloudthread
Mar 2021 - May 2022
Cloudthread intro.
Contributions:9 commits, 6 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 1 month
cloud-costsengineersfinops
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