Summary
Kirill Malkov is a technology executive with nine years of experience building data platforms and production AI at scale, currently serving as CTO at MTS Group where he leads development of ROY-9, a high-performance AI compute platform. He previously created and grew data divisions as Chief Data Officer and Chief Data Scientist, delivering dozens of MVPs (LLMs, diffusion models, NeRFs), three proprietary products, and over 200 BigData/AI projects that materially increased revenue and product velocity. Kirill has a track record of turning R&D into operational platforms—launching a full-featured data platform, a one-stop Feature Store, and data monetization initiatives that drove >1B RUB in NBI. He combines hands-on ML/product engineering with team-building (recruiting 30+ engineers and forming multiple data teams) and formal training in physics and venture-backed technology entrepreneurship. Notably, he moves quickly from hypothesis to production, halving time-to-market for AI solutions while maintaining strong cross-division integration and governance.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Bachelor's degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Moscow State University
Master's degree, Venture Capital Investment and Technology Entrepreneurship, Master's degree, Venture Capital Investment and Technology Entrepreneurship at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
Russian, English