Vlad Surmin

Main business focus: getting LATAM OpCos up to speed with modern stack/solutions/processes/data governance practices
reused from US, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands ecosystem.

AI Strategy & Agent Development: Defined the architecture and roadmap for AI/ML-ready datasets, pipelines, and infrastructure; designed and validated data structures optimized for LLM fundamentals, including RAG paterns, embedding models, and vector database readiness.

Enterprise Automation & Integration: Orchestrated complex, end-to-end multi-tool integrations across global SaaS ecosystems (Dynamics 365, Salesforce, SAP); designed robust data flows utilizing REST APIs, webhooks, Microsoft Graph API, and secure identity governance(Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0).

Microsoft Power Platform & Solutions: Guided the integration of analytics ecosystems with the Microsoft Power Platform; designed responsive query optimized PowerBI visualizations and automation dashboards for global stakeholders to track system performance and ROI.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Acted as the subject mater expert on data architecture and integration; collaborated deeply with business stakeholders, IT, and cross functional teams to translate complex requirements into scalable software design guidance and technical design specifications.

Infrastructure Optimization & Tech Debt Management: Managed technical debt, modern software adoption, and infrastructure cost-reductions/optimizations across global cloud environments.

Stack: Azure, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI / AI Services, MLflow, Azure DevOps, Python, PySpark, SQL, PowerBI, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, Delta Lake, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Microsoft Entra ID, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Ataccama ONE, Collibra, New Relic.

Reporting: CTO;
Selected customers: Henkel, Gucci, RingCentral;
Responsibilities:
1) maintained cross-platform Face AR SDK for real-time face tracking, facial landmarks, background subtraction, beautification, and interactive AR effects
2) designed platform-independent C++ core around EffectPlayer and defined bindings and integration paterns for Android, iOS, Web, and Unity runtimes
3) led platform integrations across Android (Java/Kotlin, JNI, OpenGL ES), iOS (Objective-C/Swift/Objective-C++, Metal/ OpenGL ES), Web (JavaScript/TypeScript, WebAssembly, WebGL), and Unity (C#, native plugins) defined SDK APIs for camera/input pipelines, effect loading and lifecycle management, rendering output, asset loading and media-processing workflows
4) optimized ML-powered features including face detection, facial landmark tracking, and segmentation for real-time mobile and browser performance

Selected projects: htps://crowmie.com/; htps://agrowanalytics.com/
1) supervised IoT startups from 0 to Seed rounds within incubation programmes partnered with EM Micro and Lenovo
2) led market discovery and product demos
3) hired, and mentored engineers within 7 scrum teams across different startups.
4) designed MVP(scaling/extension friendly) product architecture in collaboration with CTO and CPO advisors
5) maintained delivery standards enabling CI with weekly releases

Prepared infra migration strategies from on-prem to cloud solutions conducted infra migration readiness/reliability/scalability audits for US Labor Unions, US Police Departments, Kuwait government.

Selected customers: jazeeraairways.com kenshoo.com dealroom.co

- data mining and business intelligence analysis
- created BABOK-compliant requirements and supported full project lifecycle from initial client call, RFP, backlog and scope change management to post-development maintenance
- produced UML diagrams, backlog as stories, wireframes, comparison matrices, RACI matrices, unit economics reports, P&L reports, and custom Power BI and Tableau dashboards

PHP plugins customization, wordPress website administration, SEO tooling optimization
hosting management, and Linux server administration; L2/L3 hotfix customer support; configured tools for text mining, sentiment analysis, and web crawling using Python and SQL