Taras Zagibalov
CEO, Founder at Oppi AI
Lahti, Päijät-Häme, Finland
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Top SchoolTaras Zagibalov is a founder and AI-driven product leader with 10+ years building NLP and EdTech products, currently steering Oppi AI as CEO to deliver chat-first, personalized learning platforms with enterprise-grade SLAs. He combines deep academic roots in computational linguistics (DPhil) and hands-on NLP engineering across startups and consultancies to turn research into scalable learning experiences. Taras also co-founded Kontrad as Chief Data Officer, reflecting a breadth across product strategy, data leadership, and partnership development with institutions like Carnegie Learning and LAB University. Known for shipping mobile-first Chat LMS features and tailored solutions for IT and education clients, he balances product vision with pragmatic engineering and client-facing delivery. An unusual strength is his multilingual background (Chinese and English master’s) and long teaching history, which grounds his AI work in practical language learning pedagogy.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Linguistics at University of SussexMaster Chinese and English languages, Master Chinese and English languages at Irkutsk State Linguistic University
Russian, Chinese, English
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Github Skills (128)
letter10
intellij10
mail-client10
linux9
telegram-bot9
keras-tensorflow9
linear-algebra9
keras9
imap9
deploying9
java9
nlp8
hyperparameter-tuning8
math-library8
clojure8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
tezer/OppiWordsBot
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
A Telegram bot for learning languages
Contributions:327 commits, 20 PRs, 87 pushes in 11 months
telegram-botpythonbottelegramlanguages
tezer/ocr
Jul 2021 - Apr 2023
Contributions:17 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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