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
Moved to San Francisco
Joined Theo AI as an AI Engineer, relocating to SF to build AI-native tools for legal teams
Present
Currently based in San Francisco, California, working as an AI Engineer at Theo AI. I build production-grade AI systems that turn messy, real-world data into reliable product workflows, developing AI pipelines and agents that power AI-native tools for legal teams. My focus is on agents, multimodal pipelines, and LLMOps, with an emphasis on performance, cost, and reproducibility.
Before Theo, I was a founding engineer at Mattoboard, where I owned ingestion across hundreds of suppliers and shipped multimodal search and vision workflows that scaled inventory 10x.
Outside of work, I enjoy hiking, side projects, and the social scene in SF.