Bio
MY STORY & BACKGROUND
I've been fascinated by technology since childhood. What started with playful exploration (and yes, getting detention for hacking my middle school's network) has evolved into a deep passion for computational systems and artificial intelligence.
Journey
Born in Ukraine
Started my journey in Eastern Europe
Moved to America
Began a new chapter with my family in the United States
US Citizenship & College Start
Became a US citizen at 15 and started early college at FAU High School
Florida Atlantic University
Completed BA in Philosophy at 19 years of age with focus on Logic
Kent State University
Earned MA studying Logic, Computation, Metaphysics, and Ontology
University of Kentucky
Pursued PhD focusing on Philosophy of AI, Logic, and Computational Theory
Career Pivot
Left academia to focus on building practical AI applications and systems
Present
Currently based in Boca Raton, Florida, working remotely as a Founding Engineer at Mattoboard. I build multimodal, production-grade LLM systems: end-to-end product ingestion and transformation across hundreds of suppliers using vision-enabled expert agents; multimodal semantic search with tuned text+image embeddings, retrieval, and parallel intelligent reranking; and a CV + LLM pipeline that generates PBR maps via OpenCV for realistic 3D assets. I also lead LLMOps including offline evals, Langfuse observability, and budget-aware model routing to improve reliability while reducing cost.
As an active member of the local Jewish community, I value the balance between innovation and tradition. When I'm not coding, you'll find me on the tennis court or experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.