Mykhailo Shvets is a founder and CTO with 11 years of experience blending deep academic research in computer vision and robotics with product-focused engineering for startups. He co-founded DayOf to turn predictable event arrivals into reliable local revenue streams by embedding curated experience marketplaces into event and housing channels. His background includes a PhD-level research trajectory at UNC Chapel Hill, internships at Microsoft Mixed Reality and Facebook AI, and hands-on autonomous driving work at Nuro, reflecting a strong track record in object detection, tracking, and applied ML. Comfortable moving between research and production, he has taught advanced courses (Computer Vision, Algorithms, Parallel Programming) and translated those concepts into scalable marketplace systems. Based in the U.S., he pairs rigorous quantitative training from MIPT and Skoltech with practical startup execution—an uncommon combination that helps DayOf bridge academic rigour and real-world revenue engineering.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Master’s Degree, Applied Mathematics, Master’s Degree, Applied Mathematics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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