Vitaliy Baklikov

Vitaliy Baklikov has extensive work experience in the field of technology and engineering. Vitaliy is currently serving as the VP of Engineering at Skyward, where they focus on structuring and shaping the Engineering Department and developing innovative solutions. Prior to this, they worked at DBS Bank as the Senior Vice President and Lead Solution Architect for AI/ML, overseeing the design and delivery of the Enterprise Data Platform. At Credit Suisse, they worked as a Big Data Architect, providing guidance on data strategy, solution architecture, and team leadership. Vitaliy also has experience as a Big Data Architect and Associate Director at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Additionally, they co-founded Optimal Management Inc., a startup specializing in Big Data, where they held the position of VP of Business Development and was responsible for strategy, architecture, and product development. Earlier in their career, they worked at Fairfax Imaging Inc. in various roles including System Architect and Tech Lead, Tech Lead/Manager, and Software Engineer.

Vitaliy Baklikov holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, which they obtained from 2003 to 2007. Prior to that, they pursued Computational and Applied Mathematics at the Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University) from 2000 to 2002, although no degree information was provided for this period.

Vitaliy also has several certifications, including "Building Resilient Streaming Systems on Google Cloud Platform" from Coursera, obtained in January 2018. In July 2017, they completed the "Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals" course, also on Coursera. Vitaliy'searliest certification listed is the "Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop (CCD-410)" which they obtained in July 2014.

Additionally, Vitaliy has Certifications in different areas of data science and software development, such as "Regression Models," "Practical Machine Learning," and "Exploratory Data Analysis," obtained through Coursera. Vitaliy also holds the "AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty" certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS), obtained in March 2020.

Furthermore, Vitaliy has certifications as a Scrum professional, although specific details regarding the certification type and dates were not provided. Vitaliy also completed courses in developing data products, getting and cleaning data, R programming, and the data scientist's toolbox on Coursera.

Finally, Vitaliy is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.