Ivan Abakumov
Chief Technology Officer at Exster Intelligence
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolIvan Abakumov is a CTO and founder based in Berlin with over 15 years of scientific programming and high-performance, real-time software experience, and nine years in industry leadership roles. He specializes in multi-threaded systems and applied geophysics, having translated advanced research—PhD-level methods in seismic imaging and microseismic detection—into production analytics and forecasting for hospitality and subsurface applications. As Lead Data Scientist he led teams delivering daily, large-scale demand and occupancy forecasts across hundreds of thousands of properties and millions of rates, demonstrating an unusual blend of rigorous physics-based modelling and operational ML at scale. He teaches and curates advanced machine learning for the subsurface, bridging academic insight with commercial productization, and is known for turning challenging mathematical problems into fast, deployable software.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Physics, Graduated with Honors, Master of Science (M.S.), Physics, Graduated with Honors at Saint Petersburg State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geophysics, 1.0, magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geophysics, 1.0, magna cum laude at Universität Hamburg
Russian, English, GermanGithub contributions (5)
Abakumov/MLIB
Jul 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:157 commits, 100 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
Abakumov/ML-lifehacks
Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:3 pushes in 4 months
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