Projects
Since 2016 I have worked on a number of different personal projects in technology startups and community building space. As a result, I have developed a very broad range of skills that allow me to compliment existing teams and an extensive network to tap for additional resources.
Amidst the global fintech downturn of summer 2022, I attempted to launch a credit facility proposition to fund fintech lenders on incremental "pay as you go basis" with a subscription business model, using data analytics for risk management.
- Pitched leading VCs in the UK and USA, private credit investors and startup fintechs in London.
- Selection and intergration with a number of "banking as as service" and data providers.
- Built first product prototype using Django/Flask web frameworks and batch data processes.
- Creation of API schemas, documentation and guides for clients and partners.
Developed a cloud based prototype AutoML solution for time series forecasting and scenario modelling to help with business planning and decision making with a web and API interfaces.
- Large data processing problem requiring high performance for speed.
- Intergration of 10+ machine learning models and frameworks.
- Used Django REST framework to develop APIs for data requests.
- Dynamic chart visualisation on the front end using Chart.js
- Integration with Stripe for subscription billing.
Quantitification of credit risk for B2B companies to help with credit control and reducing working capital.
- Built first credit risk scoring model using Companies House data.
- Used Flask to develop the website and for integration with Companies House APIs.
- Created interactive visualisations of different risk factors using Chart.js.
Developed personalised recommendation system for text-based information stored as a knowledge graph for each user.
- Using various NLP frameworks to process qualitative data and create knowledge graphs.
- Development of machine learning models for the recommendation system.
- Built interactive front end for users in React with Flask APIs on the back end.
- Participated in 2 startup accelerator programs.
Created content on London's AI startups and founders and organised a number of founder panels.
- Interviewed a number of successful startup founders at pre-seed/seed stage.
- Formed partnerships with VCs, startups, non-profits for events and promotions.
- Growth hacking social media to grow reach in London and online in general.
Together with a co-founder built an interactive discovery platform for restaurant menus, catered towards individuals with food allergies.
- Developed a number of scrapers and document processing applications for automated information extraction.
- Direct intergration with an online food delivery service using a bot, instead of APIs, to enable a full user flow from search to order placement.
Launced a monthly informal networking events in Central London for Russian speaking professionals.
- Developed commercial partnerhips with a number of venues and companies to fund various community events and activities.
- Developed an online membership website using WordPress to generate additional income.
- Aggresive growth hacking techniques on social media (LinkedIn and Instagram) to grow membership base up to 1,000 members.
- Succesfully handed over the project to another person to allow myself space to focus on other projects (YARPN is still active and thriving).
Benefit from my knowledge and experiences through my consulting services for your own projects.
I can guarantee a quick turnaround and high quality of work exceeding your expectations.
Feel free to organise an introductionary call with me to discuss your requirements.