Oleg Ponomaryov is a CTO and AI engineer with a decade of experience building production-grade computer vision, NLP, and speech processing systems from cloud to edge. As head of engineering at It-Jim he leads delivery of smart CCTV analytics, AI-powered monitoring and quality control, and generative AI tools that remove routine work from design workflows. His background combines hands-on ML engineering and team leadership, progressing from CV/ML engineer to AI Tech Lead and now CTO within a fast-moving startup. He holds advanced technical training—currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Mathematics—bringing rigorous modeling and algorithmic depth to product-focused solutions. Based in San Francisco, he specializes in tailored AI systems that prioritize scalability and real-world integration rather than one-size-fits-all demos. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic about AI: skeptical of flashy integrations (“I won't hook up ChatGPT to your Excel tables”) and focused on measurable business impact.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"
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Oleg Ponomaryov - Chief Technology Officer at It-Jim