Summary
Misha Smirnov is a results-driven technology leader with nine years in senior engineering roles and a long track record of scaling data platforms and customer-facing systems across enterprises. Currently VP of Engineering at CeriFi, he has led CDP development, data lakes, and enterprise search using AWS, Apache NiFi, Pinot, Athena, Spark and Kafka to enable personalized experiences and ML-driven recommendations. At Constant Contact and Verizon he built and managed multi-team organizations, migrating systems to cloud-native stacks and delivering secure, production-ready services at scale. He also teaches big data and streaming technologies at Harvard Extension School, blending hands-on engineering with pedagogy and extensive AWS lab experience. An interesting throughline is his background as a recovering neuroscientist turned data scientist and founder, which informs a practical, research-informed approach to data-driven product design.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Administration, MBA Business Administration at Boston College Carroll School of Management
Information Management Systems, Information Management Systems at Harvard Extension School
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University