Mikhail Grinenko

Mikhail Grinenko

Head of AI / AI Product Lead

Moscow, RU.

About

AI & creative technology leader with over 6 years of experience building GenAI products at the intersection of content, design, and engineering. At Alfa-Bank, I significantly drove AI-generated content (51%), launched 10 in-house AI tools for 121 specialists, and achieved cumulative savings of ~$670K. Previously, as a Lead 3D Designer and Fullstack Developer at Artemy Lebedev Studio, I delivered award-winning interactive experiences and a B2B SaaS product, specializing in translating brand strategy into AI systems and agentic LLM pipelines.

Work

Alfa-Bank

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Head of AI / ML Lead

Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation

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Summary

Led GenAI integration across the Content & UX Department at Russia's largest private bank, driving significant automation and strategic AI initiatives.

Highlights

Achieved 51% AI-generated content in routine tasks by Q4 2025, increasing from 0% at the start of the year and targeting 65% by end of 2026.

Developed and deployed 10 proprietary AI tools, enabling 121 specialists (74 designers, 47 editors) to increase task completion speed by 2-3x.

Reduced outsourcing spend by 50% and decreased CPC by 37%, resulting in cumulative savings of ~$670K USD by 2025.

Fine-tuned over 40 LoRA adapters for Flux 1/2 and Qwen Image models across 4 business lines, ensuring brand-consistent AI generation and developing advanced prompt engineering systems.

Architected and implemented agentic LLM pipelines (LangChain/LangGraph) and custom ML models (PyTorch, FastAI, RandomForest) for automated content resizing, generation, and quality validation.

Drove organizational transformation by hiring AI-specialized designers and editors, delivering 13 AI training intensives, and integrating AI experts into sub-teams.

Designed and implemented a comprehensive model evaluation benchmark, achieving automated quality assessment on par with expert human review using ALADIN KID, SIFID, and custom quality metrics.

Artemy Lebedev Studio

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Lead Designer / Fullstack Developer

Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation

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Summary

Combined art direction and engineering to deliver award-winning interactive campaigns and product experiences across web, video, and 3D for Russia's most internationally recognized design studio.

Highlights

Led as a 3D Designer and Fullstack Developer, integrating art direction and engineering to deliver interactive campaigns and product experiences across web, video, and 3D platforms.

Spearheaded the development and monetization of Mockupus, a B2B SaaS tool, managing the full lifecycle from concept to 3D engine, backend, and payment integration (Three.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Stripe).

Directed 3D and CGI for flagship projects, including the Nicolas Ironov AI designer, Aquarium band website, and national campaigns for brands like Zenit FC and Rukami cyber festival.

Invented and productionized a custom Three.js render engine with GPU-aware optimizations and reusable architecture, reducing delivery time for 3D visualization projects and powering multiple commercial launches.

Developed end-to-end 3D web pipelines (Blender to glTF/glb to Three.js/GLSL) for complex interactive sites, ensuring smooth performance and visual fidelity across devices.

Managed cross-functional teams of designers, developers, and producers, delivering award-winning interactive experiences on time and modernizing internal tools and workflows.

Education

Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering (MSUE)

Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Bachelor's Degree Engineering / Industrial Production Management

Awards

International Design Awards

Artemy Lebedev Studio

Received multiple international design awards for projects at Artemy Lebedev Studio, including Red Dot, iF Design, Epica, ADC*E, Awwwards, CSS Design Awards, and Silver Archer.

Languages

English

Proficient

Russian

Native

Certificates

Data Science: Transformers for Natural Language Processing

Udemy

Docker & Kubernetes: The Complete Practical Guide

Udemy

GLSL Shader Tutorial Series

Lewis Lepton

Machine Learning in JavaScript with TensorFlow.js

Udemy

Node.js Tutorial and Projects Course

Udemy

React - The Complete Guide (incl Hooks, React Router, Redux)

Udemy

TensorFlow Developer Certificate Bootcamp

Udemy

Understanding TypeScript - 2022 Edition

Udemy

The Modern JavaScript Tutorial

Skills

GenAI & ML

LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, PyTorch, FastAI, scikit-learn, ALADIN KID, SIFID.

Backend & Infra

Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, REST API, Linux, CI/CD, Git.

Frontend & 3D

JavaScript, Vue.js, React, Three.js, Babylon.js, GLSL.

Leadership

AI Product Strategy, ML Team Management, Stakeholder Management, Hiring & Mentoring.