Hi 👋 I'm Vlad — a founder and engineering leader based in San Francisco.
I specialize in bridging the gap between technical vision and execution.
Today I run Forward Deployed Engineering at Baseten, where we help world-class engineering teams integrate AI into mission-critical product workflows.
Previously, I founded Stork Network and Retain AI (acq. by Dagster).
I strategically invest in ideas I like: Merit (mentorship), Airbyte (middleware), Fractional
(AI services), Blockthrough (adtech), Mochi (healthcare), Nishe (e-commerce).
👨💻 Past Work
Stork is a low-latency data network for blockchain finance. Today, billions of dollars in derivatives volumes are processed on Stork.
Retain is an AI-powered workflow intelligence platform. We
build a unique browser-based integration platform for privacy-preserving workflow analytics. We solved many interesting classification problems before LLMs really came
on the scene.
$23M Series A led by Emergence Capital.
LiveRamp (Acquired, now NYSE:RAMP) | Engineering & Product
LiveRamp is a leading SaaS connectivity platform. I was the first product manager and a member of the founding
engineering team that went on to become LiveRamp.
💡 Recent Side Projects
MyPod transforms newsletters into listenable podcasts. Just forward them to an email, and it converts them into
episodes for easy listening on most podcast apps.
AI-Augmented voter guide that aimed at simplifying political information, helping voters find alignments with
candidates and initiatives. Winner of TED AI for Good
Hackathon.
Context-responsive LLM-powered YouTube summarizer in the style of The Verge.
Halp!
WikiHow, but unnecessary.
AI Knowledge (Extension)
Automatic, LLM-Powered, in-context teaching and conscientious reading aide.
🏫 Education
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Mathematics + Minor in Computer Science
Bachelor of Business Administration (via WLU)