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Grew the data department from a 6-person team to four teams and 25+ people in two years, while building B2B data products for global pharma and insurers.
Grew the data department from 6 people to four teams and 25+ people in two years.
Delivered B2B data products for Novartis, Bayer, Takeda, Kaiser Permanente, and Prudential.
Gave internal teams real-time analytics and self-service BI.
Established data governance and a culture that outlasted my engagement.
Scale-upeHealthIn-housePeopleProduct+2
Thank you so much Ilya Vladimirskiy, very much appreciated working with you at Ada Health. You are a strong leader in data and engineering!
Built the data infrastructure behind machine-learning demand forecasting and price optimization across 500K+ products.
Gave ML teams a high-performance foundation for model development and deployment.
Helped replace manual heuristics with machine-learning-driven pricing.
Supported Zalando's shift toward dynamic, AI-driven pricing at scale.
Reduced repetitive manual work for the wholesale teams.
EnterpriseE-commerceIn-houseTechnologyData
Ilya is an exceptional engineer and I was happy to work with him at Zalando. He is a very supportive team player and greatly helped maintaining PostgreSQL based ETL processes as well as the communication with the Business Intelligence and Analytics departments. His previous experiences with databases, data processing and fundamental computer science research helped to largely improve the quality of Data Science at Zalando.
Valentine Gogichashvili · Built Zalando's first DB team
As Fractional CDO, took a non-technical art school from disconnected systems to data-informed daily decisions with Power BI.
Brought data-driven management to a non-technical organization.
Connected operational systems into a lightweight platform feeding Power BI.
Identified churn patterns and acted on them to improve retention.
Gave leadership clarity on admissions, conversion, and payments.
Raised data literacy so the team could keep going on its own.
Small businessEducationFractionalPeopleProcess+3
Ilya has been a game-changer for Kunstschuleberlin. He helped us become a data-driven organization by building a solid foundation for our data platform and getting our team organized around it. Thanks to his guidance, we now use data in a way that truly supports our work. Even after setting things up, he continues to support us, making sure we stay on track. His expertise and hands-on approach made a huge difference!
As Director Data, led and restructured three teams of 15+ people across engineering, analytics, and BI, turning the data organization into a driver of data-driven initiatives.
Restructured three teams into a data department that could deliver as one.
Strengthened the team through hiring and developing engineers and analysts.
Modernized the platform so analytics and BI ran on a dependable foundation.
Positioned data as an enabler of business initiatives, not a back-office function.
Led a small engineering team building the billing, payment, and ETL systems behind a subscription dating business, in close partnership with finance, product, and analytics.
Delivered a billing and payment system the subscription business ran on.
Gave finance and analytics consistent, trustworthy numbers to work from.
Led a small engineering team and owned the domain end to end.
Bridged business and engineering on one of the company's most sensitive systems.
Scale-upDatingIn-housePeopleProduct+1
Ilya is an excellent programmer, a hard worker, a dedicated and loyal employee and a great team worker. It is a pleasure to work with him.
Christian Vollmann · Entrepreneur & investor, 70+ startups
As fractional Data Architect, then Head of Engineering and Infrastructure, built the data integration, architecture, and governance behind a longevity research collaboration with Novartis.
Integrated multi-source research data into governed, usable assets.
Defined the data architecture and governance for a multi-party collaboration.
Kept compliance front and center in a regulated research setting.
Grew from a focused data mandate into broader engineering leadership.
As advisor to the CTO and CEO, helped a geospatial AI company move from a slow, deeply technical engineering org to a faster, more business-oriented one through better process and agile ways of working.
Helped the team move faster and ship with more focus.
Reoriented engineering around business outcomes, not just technical interest.
Introduced agile practices and a clearer development process.
Gave the CTO and CEO a trusted advisor on technology and process.
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Gülsah Wilke · Co-founder 2hearts, ex-Ada Health
