Ruslan Brilenkov
Senior Data Specialist
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRuslan Brilenkov is a Senior Data Specialist based in Waterloo with nine years of experience turning complex business problems into scalable data products, currently focused on Personal Insurance at Definity. Trained as an astrophysicist (PhD candidate) and with multi-country Masters training, he blends rigorous scientific methods with practical data engineering skills across SQL, Python, and GCP. He has a track record of building automated data workflows, privacy-compliant migrations, and machine-learning pipelines that delivered measurable business impact, including revenue-driving features and cost-reduction algorithms. As a versatile contributor he also writes accessible technical content (29+ blogs) and evaluates AI writing, demonstrating an uncommon ability to translate technical nuance for broad audiences. His freelance and research work spans public health network analysis to automated web scraping, showing comfort with both exploratory science and production-grade engineering. Outside work he engages in community outreach through hands-on volunteering with Recycle Cycles, reflecting a commitment to applied impact beyond code.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics at The University of GöttingenMaster of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics at Università degli Studi di PadovaBachelor of Science - BS Theoretical Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Theoretical Physics at Odessa I.I.Mechnikov National UniversityMaster of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics at Universität InnsbruckDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of GroningenMaster of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master of Science - MS Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Rome Tor Vergata
Ukrainian, English, Dutch, Russian, German
Github Skills (13)
scanning5
dedicated5
image-processing4
python4
computer-vision3
object-detection3
data-set3
classify3
classification2
scikit1
machine-learning1
data-science1
scikit-learn1
Github contributions (5)
RuslanBrilenkov/Arxiv-Harvester
May 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:17 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
RuslanBrilenkov/Computer_Vision_Projects-1_Document_Scanner
Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
This repository is dedicated to a real-life computer vision application with OpenCV. Precisely, building a Python application for document scanning using a series of morphological transformations.
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 3 months
pythonvisiondocument-scanningdedicatedobject-detection
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