AIAlexander Ivanoff

About

Engineer first, translator always.

I work at the intersection of AI engineering and business development — architecting generative AI deployments for Fortune 50 companies, converting proofs of concept into multi-million dollar production systems, and building the frameworks that make repeatable AI delivery possible.

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Experience

Global Sales – Customer Success Manager, AI / ML Ops

07/2024 – Present

International Business Machines (IBM) · New York, NY

  • Ensure successful delivery of $80M+ in software for a global, omni-channel, digital assistant by maintaining deployment roadmaps, providing technical guidance, managing communication between teams, ensuring timely delivery, and proactively clearing blockers.
  • Lead the implementation and adoption of 20+ generative AI and governance solutions across 10+ products by working with technical teams and executives to drive success through cross-functional collaboration.
  • Manage post-sales relationships at three strategic clients with combined annual revenue of $100M+, running enablement demos, creating roadmaps to value, managing individual projects, guiding stakeholders through IBM's ecosystem, and tracking product enhancement requests from initiation to successful delivery.
  • Architect, install, build and deploy generative AI applications across cloud hyper scalar, SaaS, on-prem and hybrid environments using both open-source and IBM software.

Client Engineering – AI Engineer

01/2023 – 07/2024

International Business Machines (IBM) · New York, NY

  • Spearheaded business development for Data & AI opportunities at Fortune 50 companies by partnering with executives and account teams to define value propositions, build trust, and establish long-term strategic partnerships.
  • Delivered 75% proof-of-concept to production conversion rate, leading development of AI applications that improve contextual search accuracy, developer/agent productivity and customer care.
  • Optimized AI pipeline response and retrieval accuracy utilizing model, prompt, and data engineering techniques.
  • Codified repeatable AI implementation patterns from client engagements, creating scalable frameworks for deployment.
  • Achieved top 1% of sales achievement among sellers over the calendar year by converting PoC into $10M+ deployment.

Data Science Elite – Data Scientist, ML Engineer

06/2019 – 12/2022

International Business Machines (IBM) · New York, NY

  • Led Data & AI strategy consulting for 30+ enterprise implementations across a variety of industries and deployment environments, and delivered proof-of-concept applications to prove value to clients.
  • Developed reusable accelerators that reduced client time-to-value by standardizing deployment patterns.
  • Scaled technical expertise organization-wide through weekly enablement sessions and hands-on mentorship programs.
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Beyond the day job

Co-Founder, Technical Curriculum Designer

09/2019 – 04/2021

Girls Who Solve · New York, NY

  • Co-founded organization that teaches technical problem-solving with interactive lessons to high school students.
  • Led sessions that teach how companies use tools like AI and optimization to solve modern business problems.

Student Curriculum and Ecosystem Lead

02/2016 – 12/2018

UC Berkeley Division of Data Science

  • Founded the Data Science Modules and Nexus programs, which have supported over 10,000 students since inception.

Senior Curriculum Developer

2016 – 2018

Data Science Society at Berkeley

  • Developed and taught workshops on data visualization and R programming.

Legislative Intern

06/2014 – 09/2014

United States Senate (Patty Murray)

  • Composed legislative briefings and analysis, hosted tours, and assisted with daily office functions.

Teen Science Cafe Leadership Team – Marketing

2013 – 2014

Pacific Science Center · Seattle, WA

  • Organized community science events attracting 20–150 attendees.
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Education

University of California, Berkeley

12/2018

Bachelor of Arts – Data Science · Berkeley, CA

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Core competencies

AI & ML

Generative AI deployment architecture and security, ML pipeline optimization, production system deployment

Business Development

Technical and executive relationship management, PoC to production conversion

Communication & Collaboration

Cross-functional team leadership, project delivery, value proposition development

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Off the resume

Languages

  • EnglishNative
  • LatinLimited working proficiency — yes, really

Interests

Generative AIQuantum computingData sciencePrediction markets

Certifications

  • IBM Technology ExcellenceIssued 2023

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