Sergey Platonov is an experienced software engineer and educator with a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Novgorod State University. Career highlights include serving as a software developer at Yandex focused on taxi backend development, a C++ software developer at the Federal Research Institute of Precision Instrument Making, and a senior software engineer developing a Genode-based operating system at gapfruit AG. Sergey has held roles in technical support, systems administration, and as a senior lecturer at Novgorod State University, covering subjects such as object-oriented programming and operating systems. Current position is as a software engineer at Google, complemented by previous leadership experience as head of a local branch at IMAQLIQ Ltd and roles at Tensor Technologies and Opensoft.