Ivan Kalinov
CEO, Yandex Robotics at Yandex.Market
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
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Top SchoolIvan Kalinov is a robotics entrepreneur and executive with 13 years of experience building and scaling mobile robotics and SLAM-driven products from research to production. As CEO of Yandex Robotics he launched the division from scratch, hired a 100+ engineering team, and shipped the company’s first warehouse logistics robots within a year while owning roadmap, hardware, software, and operations. Previously he founded WareVision, validating autonomous stocktaking systems with major pilots (Samsung, L’Oréal, Leroy Merlin) and earning global recognition on Falling Walls Venture. His background blends hands-on research (PhD-level work in robotics and numerous publications) with product-driven execution across startups, academia, and industrial projects. Colleagues know him for assembling and motivating cross-disciplinary teams and for turning SLAM and CV advances into deployable automation at scale.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mechanical engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologyMaster's degree, Applied Mathematics, 4.9, Master's degree, Applied Mathematics, 4.9 at Московский Физико-Технический Институт (Государственный Университет) (МФТИ)
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Github Skills (90)
jenkins-api-plugin10
gtk10
jenkins-plugin10
qt10
allure-framework10
allure10
docker-compose9
debian9
data-visualization9
testing9
reverse-proxy9
python9
proxy9
docker-gen9
matplotlib9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jenkinsci/compound-slaves-plugin
Apr 2013 - Apr 2016
Contributions:26 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 1 month
yandex-qatools/builders
Nov 2013 - Mar 2015
Contributions:1 release, 44 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 4 months
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