Vadim Yanko

Partnered with the Digital Transformation lead to identify operational gaps and deliver solutions, owning technical implementation. Built a notification system, KPI projection tool, and plant performance analytics dashboard, and completed technical/financial assessments for project hand-offs.

Led a cross-functional AI, backend, and frontend team to reduce the cost of manual procurement processes using AI. Defined and executed the technical roadmap, provided architectural guidance, and supported key technical decisions including hiring and onboarding.

Built and launched a platform connecting Ukrainians with life and business coaches for personal and professional development. Owned full product development from architecture to backend, frontend, and deployment, optimized infrastructure for ROI, and led marketing efforts to secure the first paying client within 4 weeks.

Managed cross-team engineering execution while leading operational changes to improve engineering collaboration. Strengthened US–Ukraine communication workflows and implemented a structured interviewing framework to improve hiring consistency.

Led a team of 4 on an Oil & Gas IoT data-gathering project, owning backend and IoT architecture. Converted a proof-of-concept into a scalable, production-grade IoT data collection system and optimized for long-term scalability and error resilience, successfully passing a full security audit.

Built scalable, automated business processes for sales, marketing, customer success, and HR at a 1,000+ employee organization. Designed data collection and dashboarding systems adopted company-wide, implemented notification systems for data-change alerts, and created a framework for building and deploying business applications.

Designed and built a platform enabling non-technical users to deploy automation scripts without infrastructure knowledge. Developed backend capabilities to automatically provision private, secure cloud environments for user scripts.

Worked on an e-commerce platform with an advanced product recommendation engine. Built an automated filtering system for blacklisted products and contributed to core API development.

Developed backend systems for an e-commerce platform serving car parts retailers and delivered several independent client projects as a solo developer. Contributed to the retailer CRM system.

Founded Elk, a technology consultancy serving clients.

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

Completed coursework titled 'Understanding Financial Markets' at the University of Geneva.

Completed the MongoDB Developer Training (DF01) through MongoDB University.

Completed a 'Becoming a CTO' certificate program through Projector.