Serhii

SERHII CHOPOROV
Digital Transformation for Government, Strategic Industry & Higher Education | AI Governance |
University Board Member | D.Sc., Professor
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Senior technology executive, public-sector digital transformation leader, and professor with more than
10 years of experience leading digital services, cybersecurity, technical information protection, critical-
infrastructure resilience, IT operations, and AI-enabled software initiatives. Proven record of delivering
ministry-level programs; drafting digital policy, legislation, and regulations; and coordinating
government bodies, international partners, defense-industry stakeholders, academic institutions, and
multidisciplinary technical teams.

CORE COMPETENCIES
• Strategic leadership of digital transformation, IT operations, technology modernization, and AI
adoption.
• Cybersecurity, technical information protection, incident response, enterprise identity and
access management, and cybersecurity audits.
• Critical-infrastructure security and resilience, interagency coordination, and protection of
industrial and defense-industrial facilities.
• Digital policy, legislative and regulatory drafting, electronic registries, and public-sector digital
service delivery.
• Software, data, cloud, and DevOps architecture; AI, neural networks, large language models, and
genetic algorithms.
• Program, product, and software delivery using Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methods; project
governance, workforce planning, and talent management.
• Executive communications, public speaking, C-suite stakeholder engagement, and international
cooperation, including engagement with USAID and NATO representatives.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chief AI Officer | U.S.-Based MedTech Startup | Dec 2025–Present
• Lead AI product development and testing, coordinating cross-functional engineering teams and
defining development priorities, product requirements, and delivery plans.
• Direct the development of the product’s scientific and AI core, including genetic-algorithm and
optimization components used to generate personalized recommendations.
• Translate business objectives into technical requirements and product roadmaps in close
collaboration with the company founder.
• Support technology strategy, architecture decisions, model validation, and the integration of AI
components into the remote-care platform.
• Recruit and evaluate technical specialists, helping build and scale the engineering and AI
development team.

Vice-Rector for Digital Development | European University | Dec 2025–Present
• Lead institution-wide digital transformation across academic, administrative and support
functions, aligning technology investment with university strategy.
• Establish governance for digital services, data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and
technology risk.
• Direct the modernization of institutional information systems and the redesign of high-impact
administrative processes.
• Build cross-functional teams involving university leadership, academic units, IT specialists and
external partners.
• Develop international partnerships, digital-education initiatives and grant proposals in research
and innovation.
• Delivered Moodle LMS, balancing on-site and cloud infrastructure for 10,000 users.

Supervisory Board Member | Zaporizhzhia National University | Dec 2024–Present
• Selected through an independent national competitive process to serve on the strengthened
Supervisory Board of Zaporizhzhia National University.
• Contribute to institutional strategy, executive oversight, risk management, digital
transformation and organizational resilience.
• Support the development of accountable university governance and long-term institutional
capacity.
• Engage government bodies and private-sector partners and conduct negotiations to secure
grant funding for information, research, and cloud infrastructure.
• Monitor university budget execution and contribute to organizational-structure optimization.

Director of Department - Head of Directorate, Digital Development, Digital Transformations and
Digitalization | Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine | May 2023–Dec 2025
• Led digital-development and digital-transformation policy and implementation for Ukraine’s
strategic-industries administration.
• Directed the development and modernization of digital services, registries and institutional
information systems.

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• Coordinated cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure protection priorities across internal and
external stakeholders.
• Contributed to organizational and regulatory mechanisms supporting national digital policy.
• Managed 15 employee, and cooperation involving more than 100 enterprises.
• Set team priorities, assigned tasks, monitored delivery, and coordinated directly with senior
Ministry leadership.
• Exercised the Ministry's governing-body functions with respect to the State Finance Institution
for Innovations (SFII).
• Developed and implemented policy for protecting critical infrastructure in the industrial and
defense-industrial sectors.

Chair, Department of Computer Science | Zaporizhzhia National University | Sep 2021–May 2023
• Led and coordinated the work of the department’s academic and administrative staff (20
established staff positions), including allocation and monitoring of teaching workloads, research
activities, and international cooperation.
• Directed the development and delivery of educational programs and departmental research
activities.
• Developed the bachelor’s degree program in Cybersecurity, including its curriculum and
implementation framework.
• Ensured continuity of teaching, research, and departmental operations during the initial phase
of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Self-Employed Software Development Consultant | Independent Practice | Apr 2020–May 2023
• Designed and developed end-to-end machine learning solutions using Python, TensorFlow, and
Keras for forecasting, classification, computer vision, audio analysis, and generative applications.
• Built artificial neural network modules for predictive modelling in CAD/CAE software.
• Developed computer vision pipelines for image recognition and classification using
convolutional neural networks and OpenCV.
• Created an encoder–decoder recurrent neural network for music generation, trained on user-
provided music collections.
• Developed CNN-based models for sound recognition and classification.
• Applied statistical and deep-learning methods to time-series analysis and forecasting, including
regression, ARIMA, SARIMA, GARCH, and recurrent neural networks.
• Developed REST APIs and full-stack web applications using Django and Flask, with Celery and
Redis for asynchronous task processing.
• Built data-processing and web-scraping pipelines using Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Selenium, and
Scrapy.
• Worked with relational and NoSQL databases, including MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, and Redis, as
well as JSON, XML, and SOAP-based data exchange.
• Deployed and maintained applications in Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure environments using
Docker and Git-based development workflows.
• Developed machine learning applications for resource-constrained and edge-computing devices,
including Arduino and NVIDIA Jetson Nano.

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• Used MATLAB, Scilab, Octave, and R for data analysis, mathematical modelling, and proof-of-
concept development.

Professor, Department of Software Engineering | Zaporizhzhia National University | Feb 2020–Aug 2021
• Designed and taught courses in software architecture, design, and development.
• Supervised bachelor's, master's, and doctoral research.
• Led and contributed to research performed under contracts with Yuzhnoye State Design Office.

Research Project Lead | Mathematical Software for Cloud-Based Engineering Analysis of Aerospace
Systems | Oct 2017–Sep 2020
• Led a research team and development of cloud-based mathematical modeling and engineering-
analysis software for aerospace systems.
• Designed, implemented, and tested software modules in C++ and Python.

Associate Professor, Department of Software Engineering | Zaporizhzhia National University | Sep
2016–Jan 2020
• Designed and taught software design and development courses and supervised bachelor's,
master's, and doctoral students.
• Conducted doctoral research and defended the Doctor of Technical Sciences dissertation in
Computer-Aided Design Automation Systems: “Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Object
Shapes in Mechanical-Engineering CAD.”

Research Project Lead | Presidential Grant Project: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Geometric Objects
Using Parallel Computing | Sep 2013–Dec 2013
• Led the research team and development of parallel-computing software for mathematical
modeling of complex-shaped technical objects.
• Designed, implemented, and tested software in C++ and Python.

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Modeling | Zaporizhzhia National University | Sep
2013–Aug 2016
• Designed and taught software design and development courses and supervised bachelor's,
master's, and doctoral research.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Modeling | Zaporizhzhia National University | Sep 2012–
Aug 2013
• Taught courses in software design and development.

Head, Geographic Information Systems Laboratory | Zaporizhzhia National University | Nov 2010–Aug
2012
• Supervised laboratory staff, identified donors and funding opportunities, and prepared
laboratory development plans.

Doctoral Researcher | Zaporizhzhia National University | Oct 2007–Oct 2010
• Conducted doctoral research in mathematical modeling and computational methods and
developed methods for modeling complex-shaped technical objects.

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• Defended the Candidate of Technical Sciences dissertation, “Mathematical Modeling of
Geometric Objects Using R-Functions.”

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
Digital Infrastructure and Services
• Led procurement, configuration, administration, and support of Ministry IT infrastructure,
including network, server, peripheral, and IP-telephony equipment.
• Built and administered server infrastructure and provided technical support for more than 200
users.
• Ensured operational support for 15 Class 1 automated systems used to process restricted-access
information under Ukrainian information-protection requirements.
• Delivered a USAID-supported IT and cybersecurity infrastructure project valued at more than
$880,000, including Fortinet and Trend Micro solutions, generators, and uninterruptible power
supplies.

Cybersecurity and Information Protection
• Deployed and integrated enterprise security platforms, including FortiAuthenticator, FortiSIEM,
FortiNAC, FortiEMS, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiPAM.
• Implemented endpoint detection and response using Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro
Deep Security.
• Implemented a data loss prevention (DLP) system.
• Established seven Comprehensive Information Protection Systems under Ukraine's regulatory
framework.
• Established a technical information-protection system for spoken restricted-access information.
• Coordinated a USAID-supported cybersecurity assessment of information and communications
systems.
• Implemented measures to counter technical-intelligence threats within the defense-industrial
sector.

Digital Policy, Regulation, and Electronic Registries
• Drafted and coordinated interagency review and Cabinet approval of Order No. 320-r of April
13, 2024, approving the Concept for the State Targeted Scientific and Technical Program on the
Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Priority Sectors of the Economy through 2026.
• Drafted the Cabinet resolution to approve the implementing AI program and submitted it to
central executive authorities for interagency concurrence.
• Drafted the Law of Ukraine “On Robotics and Robotization in Ukraine” and submitted it to
central executive authorities for interagency concurrence.
• Designed business processes for the State Register of Import Substitution and Cooperation in
Strategic Industries under Cabinet Resolution No. 127 and prepared technical requirements
approved by Ministry order.

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• Designed business processes and technical requirements for the electronic register of
participants in competitive selection procedures and contractors under state contracts, in
coordination with the Department of Military-Industrial Policy.
• Led measures to restrict public access, including access through state registries, to information
concerning defense-industrial enterprises and prepared technical requirements for Ministry
electronic registries.

Critical-Infrastructure Protection
• Established and coordinated a working group to identify and categorize critical-infrastructure
facilities; facilitated inclusion of 107 facilities from the defense-industrial, aviation, and
metallurgy sectors in the national register.
• Managed the review and approval process for 64 mandatory Critical Infrastructure Facility
Security Passports submitted by 46 operators.
• Coordinated with functional authorities responsible for critical-infrastructure protection and
contributed to development of the relevant regulatory framework.
• Drafted sector-specific protection requirements, an interagency coordination plan covering all
critical-infrastructure operating modes, and a contingency plan for sustaining vital functions
after infrastructure disruptions.

Software Engineering and Applied AI
• Developed an open-source CAD system to validate scientific methods subsequently used in
rocket-system design.
• Developed neural networks and NVIDIA Jetson Nano software for a National Geographic project
to monitor wildlife and distinguish gunshots from background noise.
• Developed real-estate management and accounting software for use in the Czech Republic and
Slovakia.
• Developed a Shopify backend that calculated individualized prices and discounts while
maintaining a target average selling price.
• Developed a lodging-reservation website for Feodosia, Crimea, before 2014.
• Developed software and led a U.S. MedTech startup project to digitize physician-office
operations, including a medical scheduling system based on a genetic algorithm.
• Audited and restored a software system used for real-time trading on a New York stock
exchange.
• Developed a forecasting system for aviation-fuel prices in the United States.

Public Engagement and International Cooperation
• Spoke on a government-institutions panel at INVESTMAN EXPO on industrial development
incentives, intellectual-property protection, and R&D policy.
• Participated in a roundtable on implementation of Directive (EU) 2022/2557 on the resilience of
critical entities.
• Participated in a policy discussion on the draft Law of Ukraine “On Cybersecurity” and alignment
with the EU NIS2 Directive.

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• Moderated the “Cyber Career: Finding the Right Path” panel at the CyberDive forum.
• Represented the Ministry at meetings of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
and other government bodies.
• Conducted negotiations with representatives of the NATO Political Office, USAID, CRDF Global,
UNIDO, and other international partners.

Research and Academic Leadership
• Author of 114 scientific articles on mathematical modeling, software design and development,
and artificial intelligence; author of nine monographs.
• Recipient of a Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine scholarship for young scientists.
• Led research projects, including a project funded through a Grant of the President of Ukraine.
• Completed an Erasmus+ research fellowship in Le Mans, France.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Doctor of Technical Sciences (D.Sc.) | Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics - Specialization:
Computer-Aided Design Automation Systems | 2019
• Higher doctoral degree in Technical Sciences, specialty 05.13.12 - Computer-Aided Design
Automation Systems.

M.S. in Applied Mathematics | Zaporizhzhia National University | 2007
• Master's degree in Applied Mathematics.

Academic Title of Professor (Software Engineering) | Zaporizhzhia National University | 2022
• Academic title awarded in the field of Software Engineering.

Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience Course | Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey - NATO School
Oberammergau | 2023
• Completed specialized professional training in cyber resilience for critical infrastructure.

Ethical Leadership | Kyiv School of Public Administration named after Serhiy Nyznhny | 2024
• Completed specialized training in leadership.

CDTO Campus: Digital Transformation in Public Governance | Professional Development | 2025
• Completed advanced professional development in digital transformation in public
administration and governance.

Strategic Leadership Course | NATO DEEP | 2024–2025
• Completed a NATO Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) course in strategic
leadership.

Digital Transformation and the European Union's digital policies | UNIDO | 2026
• Completed UNIDO course on digital policies and legislation.

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TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE
• Programming and data: Python, C++, Keras, NumPy, Pandas, NVIDIA Jetson Nano, ESP32, and
Arduino.
• Software architecture: monolithic and microservices architectures, asynchronous integration
patterns, stable product-ecosystem design, and architecture reviews.
• Cloud and DevOps: AWS, Azure, shared-responsibility security models, infrastructure
architecture, cloud-cost governance, Docker, Git, and GitHub.
• Reliability and data: monitoring, logging, critical-incident response processes, and data-
architecture design and optimization.
• AI: neural networks, large language models, genetic algorithms, and applied AI systems.
• Security and compliance: security by design, incident response, cybersecurity audits, enterprise
access management, cyber-awareness exercises, and coordination with CERT-UA and
government security units.
• Delivery and collaboration: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Jira, Confluence, software testing,
knowledge-base development, and backend and frontend task coordination.
• People leadership: workforce planning, skills balancing, development-performance metrics, and
innovation-oriented team culture.

LANGUAGES AND CERTIFICATIONS
• English: CEFR B2; Pearson Edexcel English-language proficiency certificate.
• Ukrainian: Fluent; State Certificate of Proficiency in Ukrainian, Level 2.

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