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Eduard Kharaev, Head of AI / AI Transformation Lead

Eduard Kharaev

Head of AI / AI Transformation Lead·NMK

Russian Federation

Master's degree, Programming in Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 6 months

Head of AI / AI Transformation Lead

September 2023 - Present

NMK

Nalchik, Russian Federation

September 2023 - Present

- Initiated the companys AI transformation: built the first generations of the Chaban AI platform single-handedly, then hired and trained the AI department - 7 engineers including myself, 16 people under my management including the IT team.
- Own all architecture and technology decisions (FastAPI, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Qdrant, Redis, MinIO); flagship platform: 16-tab BI suite, in-house messenger, AI agents - serving ~2, 000 retail outlets and 500-700 orders/day.
- Specified and personally assembled the dedicated GPU server (NVIDIA H200) serving our self-hosted Qwen models via vLLM.
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Information Technology

Head of AI / AI Transformation Lead

January 2023 - Present

Nalchik Dairy Plant (NMK) - dairy FMCG group,

Nalchik, Russian Federation

January 2023 - Present

• Initiated the companys AI transformation: built the first platform generations single
handedly, then hired and trained the AI department - 7 engineers including myself, 16
people under my management including the IT team.
• Own all architecture and technology decisions across ~11 products on a shared self-hosted
foundation; hands-on in core development; AI-first delivery (Claude Code, spec-driven,
independent test verification gating every change).
• Grew a 1C-only developer into a cross-stack Python/Java engineer who now owns the data
integration domain.
Company industry:
FMCG

Head of IT Manufacturing sector

September 2012 - September 2023

Zhako

Nalchik, Russian Federation

September 2012 - September 2023

- Owned the full IT function of manufacturing enterprises end to end: infrastructure, ERP (1C), business-process automation, information security, and vendor management.
- Led an IT team of 7 - hiring for potential and developing engineers through real production tasks; selected and procured all server and network hardware for multi-site operations.
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Information Technology

Head of IT

January 2012 - January 2023

Zhako Confectionery Factory

Nalchik, Russian Federation

January 2012 - January 2023

• Owned the full IT function: infrastructure, ERP (1C), business-process automation,
information security, vendor management and budgeting; led an IT team of 7; selected and
procured all server and network hardware.
Company industry:
FMCG

Software Developer

September 2009 - August 2012

Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Business (KBIB)

Nalchik, Russian Federation

September 2009 - August 2012

Developed and deployed automated systems in C++ for the institute and external clients (private clinics, retail stores): a computer-based student testing platform and an electronic library; full cycle solo - requirements to deployment, training and support.
Company industry:
Higher Education
Job role:
Information Technology

Software Developer (C++)

January 2009 - January 2012

Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Business (KBIB),

Nalchik, Russian Federation

January 2009 - January 2012

• Developed and deployed automated systems in C++ for the institute and external clients
(private clinics, retail stores): a computer-based student testing platform and an electronic
library; full cycle solo - requirements to deployment, training and support.
Company industry:
Higher Education

Education

Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Business

June 2009

June 2009

Master's degree, Programming in Management

Russian Federation

GPA (point): 5 out of 5

GPA (point): 5 out of 5

Specialist degree - 5-year program in applied IT and management, equivalent to a Master's degree under the Bologna system. Focus: software development, information systems, and business process management.

Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Business

January 2009

January 2009

High school or equivalent, Management

Russian Federation

Skills

LEADERSHIP

Expert

BUDGET MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Intermediate

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

Expert

ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

Expert

IT Management

Expert

VENDOR MANAGEMENT

Expert

Team Leadership

Expert

Python

Intermediate

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Expert

LLM

Expert

RAG

Expert

Machine Learning

Intermediate

COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING

Intermediate

COMPUTER VISION

Intermediate

K NEAREST NEIGHBORS ALGORITHM

Intermediate

MACHINERY

Intermediate

MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

MERCHANDISING

Intermediate

SALES

Intermediate

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

Intermediate

Social profiles

Languages

English

Intermediate

Russian

Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Training
Production LLM Systems: vLLM, Langfuse, Agent Orchestration
Self-directed professional study
Jan 2025

Hobbies and interests

AI video generation (Kling, Veo 3, Seedance)

Create and edit AI-generated video content as an independent videographer: cinematic clips and product-style videos built end-to-end with generative models - from prompt design to final cut.

AI tools and emerging technology

Built a personal AI development workflow with coding agents; ship production-grade side projects outside of work.