Kirill Yurkov
Chief Technology Officer at Perm state university
Perm, Perm, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolKirill Yurkov is a seasoned CTO and founder who scaled a technology company to ~30 people over 15 years and has shipped 100+ projects for 300+ clients across domains from crypto payments to museum installations and million-player games. He led a pragmatic AI transformation at his company—replacing shadow AI with governed workflows, introducing human-AI pairing roles, open-sourcing context-engineering tools, and tracking outcomes with DORA metrics—so he understands what truly changes in production, not just theory. With 25+ years working with neural networks, an MSc in Applied Mathematics, and two decades as a university lecturer, he blends deep technical expertise, research-mindedness, and hands-on execution (including soldering prototypes at 3 a.m.). He also researches hybrid architectures combining LLMs and classical game AI and authored a book on human-centered game design, signaling a rare intersection of AI, games, and systems leadership. Open to CTO/VP Engineering and AI transformation roles, he brings both entrepreneurial grit and repeatable processes for scaling people and AI-driven engineering.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Applied Mathematics, Master's degree Applied Mathematics at Perm State University (PSU)
English
Github Skills (13)
eosio9
blockchain-platform9
solidity8
contract8
ethereum7
blockchain7
smart-contracts7
social-media3
react3
blockstack3
web-application3
golang2
decentralization1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
LetItPlay/CryptoWizards-SmartContract
Jul 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
opcheese/open_spiel
Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
OpenSpiel is a collection of environments and algorithms for research in general reinforcement learning and search/planning in games.
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
gamesreinforcement-learningplanningreinforcementenvironments
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