CV
My CV reflects 10+ years of AI impact across the UK and Southeast Asia, and a current focus on building research-grounded systems with real-world reach.
General Information
| Full Name | Aleksandr Timashov |
| Date of Birth | 10th August 1985 |
| Languages | Russian, English, Portuguese (Basic) |
Experience
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10.2022 - 03.2025 Machine Learning Engineer
Facebook (Meta), London, UK - Developed a multi-class ad policy violation classifier (50+ classes), increasing precision from 60% to 91% and reducing harmful ad exposure for 2B+ daily users.
- Built multiple AI detectors for malicious Chrome extensions, achieving over 95% precision at 50% recall.
- On my own initiative, improved LLaMA’s mathematical reasoning accuracy by 2%.
- On my own initiative, optimised Meta Quest’s eye-tracking algorithm achieving a 1% mAP improvement, enhancing gaze estimation and user experience across millions of devices.
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2019-2022 Computer Vision Engineering Lead
Petronas Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Established Petronas’ First CV Team & Scaled AI Adoption.
- Built and led Petronas’ first Computer Vision team, growing it to 12 ML engineers.
- Organised and led the internal Data Science Academy, training 100+ professionals in AI/ML.
- Drove AI adoption across Petronas’ 10,000+ workforce through the Citizen Analytics program.
- Optimized Security Manpower with AI-Driven Video Analytics.
- Led full deployment, including Linux-based server setup, optimizing manpower by ∼30%.
- Built and deployed real-time surveillance automation across hundreds of cameras for Petronas Twin Towers & KLCC.
- Developed CNN-based tracking models, and graph-based crowd analysis.
- Automated Industrial Inspections Enterprise-wide.
- Scaled the system to 30+ plants, cutting costs by more than $10M annually and saving 30K labour hours.
- Designed and deployed PISARES SIMS, an AI-powered drone and OCR-based inspection system.
- Developed AI models for defect detection (corrosion, cracks, etc.) and engineering drawing digitization.
- Mentored engineers in implementing AI models using PyTorch, ensuring sustainable AI adoption.
- Optimised AI for Transport Safety
- Reduced AI model size from 1GB to 50MB (20x compression) while maintaining accuracy and transferring knowledge to the team.
- Enabled real-time in-vehicle deployment across hundreds of Petronas’ fleet vehicles.
- Established Petronas’ First CV Team & Scaled AI Adoption.
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03.2019-10.2019 Director of Data Science
Entropia Global, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Built and mentored a data science team, establishing best practices for AI-driven decision-making.
- Led AI and ML initiatives, including clustering, regression, and classification models.
- Designed and implemented an analytics platform integrating internal and external data for real-time insights.
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01.2018-02.2019 Machine Learning Engineer
Omnilytics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Built feature comparing 10M products to extract matches in real-time by developing Deep Learning models.
- Built and deployed APIs using Flask to enhance analytic dashboard functionalities.
- Optimised ML pipelines for scalability, improving performance in large-scale data processing.
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05.2015 - 12.2017 Machine Learning Engineer
Freelance, Russia - Developed an AI-driven trading robot, integrating ML strategies with broker APIs.
- Designed and implemented a risk evaluation system for financial companies across Asia using Python.
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05.2012 - 04.2015 FC Otkritie
Multiple roles related to ML, Russia - Developed and implemented scoring models using SAS and R.
- Developed portfolio management strategies based on scoring models.
Education
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09.2021-12.2023 Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence
Stanford University, California, USA - Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning
- Deep Learning for Computer Vision
- Machine Learning with Graphs
- Deep Generative Models
- Deep Multi-Task and Meta Learning
- Probabilistic Graphical Models
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01.2020-08.2021 Bachelor's Degree
Indiana University, Indiana, USA - GPA is 3.96
Volunteering
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10.2024-06.2025 Course Facilitator for Professional Program in AI
Stanford Engineering Center for Global & Online Education - Facilitated Stanford’s “Machine Learning with Graphs” course (XCS224W), supporting professionals globally with personalized technical instruction through the AI Professional Program.
Leadership and Awards
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2000-2002 - Two times prize-winner of the federal districts stage competed in mathematics (high school)
Academic Interests
- Computer Vision
- Natural Language Processing
- Generative AI
- Efficient Deep Learning
Other Interests
- Hobbies: Diving, Workout, Travel.