Karina Malyshkina

About

5+ years leading AI/LLM automation initiatives. Proven track from identifying high-impact opportunities and building business cases to shipping production-grade AI products. Comfortable owning the full product lifecycle from discovery to cross-functional delivery. Currently finishing an MSc in Data Science at the University of Vienna.

5+years in AI & product
18+products shipped
3degrees pursued

Experience

2025 – present
Head of AI

NDA iGaming Company
- Own the AI roadmap end-to-end: from opportunity discovery to production rollout.
- Lead a cross-functional team delivering LLM-powered automation across operations.
- Establish evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails for live AI features.
2022 – 2025
COO / Head of AI & IT Projects

Espada Solutions
- Ran day-to-day operations and the AI/IT delivery org; reported to founders.
- Scaled the team, hiring engineers, PMs, and ML specialists across two locations.
- Delivered 10+ AI and automation products from idea to client handover.
2023 – 2024
Lecturer, Computer Science

Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Taught applied CS to undergraduates; designed coursework around real-world ML.
- Supervised student projects, focusing on practical, shippable outcomes.

Education

2024 – 2026

MSc in Data Science

University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria

2020 – 2024

BSc in Computer Science

Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

2018 – 2020

Chemistry (incomplete)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Moscow, Russia

Skills

Technical

LLMs & RAG
Prompt engineering
AI product strategy
Python
SQL
Data Science
ML pipelines
Evaluation & guardrails
Process automation
Agile / Scrum
Team leadership
Product discovery

Languages

RussianNative
EnglishC1 – Advanced
GermanB1 – Intermediate

Contact

Open to interesting collaborations. The fastest way to reach me is Telegram.

Email karinamalyskina@gmail.com
Telegram @kmalyshkina
Location Vienna, Austria