Michael Karpov is a seasoned R&D leader with 11 years of experience building high-performance, scalable software and leading distributed engineering teams from Tel Aviv. As VP R&D and former CTO/co‑founder, he has a track record of modernizing legacy systems (including a 50x cost reduction and 10x performance gain), launching CeDeFi products and AI-driven marketing solutions, and managing multi-national development organizations. He combines hands-on full-stack and cloud architecture expertise with strategic product and operational leadership, having overseen mergers of acquired tech and production-grade DeFi services. Notably, he has built large-scale data crawling and high-load systems using distributed AWS infrastructure and led ML-driven ad automation that managed hundreds of millions in ad spend. With an MSc in Computer Science and a history of mentoring engineers, he blends technical depth, entrepreneurial grit, and a knack for turning complex legacy estates into growth‑enabling platforms.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc, Computer Science, B.Sc, Computer Science at Holon Institute of Technology
Program technician, Computer Science, Program technician, Computer Science at Shevah
Master of Science degree, Computer Science, Master of Science degree, Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 5 branches in 4 months
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