Valerii Babushkin is a highly accomplished manager and expert in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, A/B testing, and Analytics. He has a Master's degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft and a Diploma in Automation and Cybernetics from Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering (MSUEE). Babushkin has extensive experience leading teams in building innovative businesses and managing hundreds of people, making a difference in the lives of millions of people. Valerii Babushkin is a Kaggle competition Grandmaster and has taken top places in several international ML competitions. He has held several key positions, including Head of Data Science at Blockchain.com, User Data Privacy in WhatsApp Central Integrity at Facebook and User Data Privacy in WhatsApp Central Integrity at Meta, Senior Director of Data Science and Engineering at X5 Retail Group, Vice President of Machine Learning at Alibaba Russia at Alibaba Group, and several others. Babushkin is a former university lecturer at the Higher School of Economics, and his work has impacted the shopping experience of over 100 million people.