Dmitry Menshikov is a seasoned professional in machine learning and data science, currently serving as a Senior Consultant at Blackbook.ai, where multi-domain projects in Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision have been led for major Australian companies. Dmitry also contributes to academia as a lecturer and mentor in Machine Learning at Tomsk State University, where an Advanced Machine Learning course was developed for undergraduate students. Previous experience includes a role as a Machine Learning Engineer at Alibaba Group, focusing on search and ranking systems, and significant contributions at NTR Lab in developing multilingual speech recognition systems and risk assessment models. Dmitry's background includes project management and account management roles in notable companies like Michelin and adidas, complemented by a Master of IT in Data Science from Queensland University of Technology and a Specialist degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics from the Moscow Aviation Institute.