Igor Y.

Igor Y. is an experienced professional specializing in product analytics and computational linguistics, currently serving as Head of Product Analytics at Yandex.Mediaservices since October 2020. Previously, Igor held roles at Yandex, including Head of Experiment Analysis Group and Analytics Manager, focusing on commercial search quality and A/B testing for Yandex.Market. As a Computational Linguist at Consultant Plus, Igor contributed to R&D in Natural Language Processing and Text Matching. At Braintree, Igor led a department focused on developing NLP algorithms for the Russian language and establishing a knowledge extraction system. Additional experience includes translation work for Russian EMPIRE magazine and Geleos, as well as a development role at ISM, where Igor was involved in creating business applications for energy retail organizations. Igor holds a Specialist degree in Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, and Programming from Russian State University for Humanities and is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the All-Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information.