Виталий Челпанов
@vitaliichelpanov
Technical BD and partnerships leader specializing in AI, infrastructure, and cross-border commercialization.
What I'm looking for
I am a Technical Business Development and Partnerships specialist with an engineering background and hands-on experience in AI evaluation, prompt engineering, and project delivery. I have led cross-functional engineering and research teams, negotiated strategic partnerships, and helped secure seed investment while driving early commercial traction for complex technical products.
My work spans ecosystem development, GTM execution and automation — from evaluating 500+ LLM outputs weekly to building distributed inference networks and expanding developer and partner ecosystems across EU, APAC and CIS. I combine technical fluency, operational rigor and strong communication to shorten negotiation cycles, scale contributor networks, and launch effective go-to-market initiatives.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
AI Evaluator / Prompt Architect
Telus Digital
Jun 2025 - Present (7 months)
Evaluated 500+ LLM outputs weekly to improve reasoning accuracy and coherence, contributing to ~10% improvement in model stability and reducing ambiguous evaluation cases by 15–20%.
Project Manager / Project Lead
DecentralGPT
May 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year 3 months)
Led engineering and research teams delivering a decentralized inference platform with 500+ test nodes, contributed to securing $3M seed funding and three strategic hardware partnerships.
Head of Ecosystem Development
AIA Chain
Feb 2024 - Feb 2025 (1 year)
Expanded ecosystem user base ~40% via developer grants, onboarding and ambassador programs and established 5+ partnerships across China and the EU to increase integration opportunities.
Business Development Manager
MEXC Global
Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 (4 months)
Negotiated seven token listings and BD partnerships across CIS/EU markets, supporting ~15% regional liquidity growth and delivering three targeted marketing campaigns to boost partner engagement.
International Partnerships Manager
Synergy
Aug 2023 - Sep 2024 (1 year 1 month)
Generated a $1.2M cross-border deal pipeline and reduced negotiation cycle time ~20% by standardizing proposals and pitching framework for AI and hardware integration projects.
Head of Marketing
BitBNS
Mar 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 5 months)
Led multi-market marketing and affiliate operations, launching three affiliate programs and two campaigns that increased active user acquisition by 45% and scaled an affiliate network to 150+ partners.
Marketing Manager / SMM
Bittrex
Sep 2022 - Nov 2023 (1 year 2 months)
Managed regional multi-channel marketing and partnership coordination to improve organic community activity and strengthen brand visibility through partner integrations and events.
Founder / Operations Manager
Independent
Jan 2018 - Dec 2022 (4 years 11 months)
Managed an international calling services business from 2018–2022, handling supplier coordination, client negotiations and operational processes to strengthen BD and system-management capabilities.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
EF SET
EF SET Certificate (C2), English Proficiency
2025 - 2025
Grade: 85/100
Achieved EF SET English Certificate with a score of 85/100 (C2 Proficient).
Scrum.org
PSM I Certificate, Agile / Scrum
2025 - 2025
Earned Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certification validating Scrum understanding and foundational agile facilitation skills.
DeepLearning.AI
Certificate, Prompt Engineering
2024 - 2024
Completed a Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT course focused on prompt design and best practices for large language models.
Professional Certificate, Project Management
2024 - 2024
Completed the Google Project Management Professional certificate covering project planning, execution, and agile practices.
n8n Academy
Certificate, AI Workflow Automation
2024 - 2024
Completed an AI Workflow Automation (Basics) course focused on designing and automating workflows with n8n.
Coursera
Certificate, Technical Communication
2024 - 2024
Completed a Technical Communication for Engineers course emphasizing clear technical documentation and communication practices.
Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy
Engineer’s Degree, Maritime Engineering & Navigation
2010 - 2016
Engineer’s Degree in Maritime Engineering and Navigation completed with engineering-level training and practical work in navigation, system operations and safety protocols.
Availability
Location
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Website
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