Boris Vidolov

About Boris Vidolov

With over 20 years of experience in the software industry, I’ve consistently driven transformational outcomes at scale, spanning AI research, cloud, mobile, and desktop systems. I have been leading AI research teams to apply state-of-the-art models in reinforcement learning to improve revenue streams and advertisers\' ROI. My teams have delivered faster LLM training cycles and efficient image/video inference to enable genAI experiences. As a leader of multi-division and cross-company initiatives, I’ve built high-performing organizations, growing both managers and very senior individual contributors, to generate billions in revenue. I have scaled platforms that serve billions of users worldwide, supporting more than 50 million QPS and saving hundreds of millions in operational expenses. My leadership has shaped the future of innovation across multiple industry leading companies.

Experience

1. Ai Research Leadership

   Meta

   Apr 2022 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   Leading a multi-team AI Research organization of research engineers and research scientists across 3 locations.• Leading applied reinforcement learning and causal learning State-Of-The-Art (SOTA) research teams to improve Meta ad revenue, including capturing the long-term user value and optimizing the auto-bidding strategies. Organized teaching sessions across the company to accelerate the reinforcement learning adoption at Meta. Co-authored multiple academic papers.Led infrastructure organization distributed across 3 locations, responsible for efficient I/O routing and storage:• Pioneered GenAI Advancements: Cut LLaMa 3 training I/O bottlenecks, accelerating image/video generation for 3B+ users.• Significant Cost Savings: Reduced operational expenditures by hundreds of millions of dollars through innovative storage solutions and compute optimizations.• Global Video Streaming at Scale: Built and deployed I/O infrastructure supporting live video delivery to more than three billion users across all Meta social platforms and messaging apps.• Massively Scalable Caching: Owned and evolved caching systems capable of handling 50 million read/write QPS on a global, horizontally scalable architecture.• Cross-Company Collaboration: Drove company-wide adoption of efficient I/O solutions that improved development velocity, latency, and reliability—freeing engineers to focus on high-impact initiatives.

Education

• University of Washington

  Certificate, Marketing

• Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

  Master's degree, Computer Science, specialized in Artifical Intelligence

Skills

• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Strategy Development
• Algorithms
• C#
• .net
• Innovator
• Mobile Applications
• Team Motivator
• Machine Learning
• Object Oriented Design
• Windows Azure
• Enterprise Architecture
• Product Marketing
• Online Advertising
• Big Data
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Software Project Management
• Online Services
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Rest
• Program Management
• Software Performance
• System Architecture
• Authentication
• Distributed Systems
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Saas
• Creative Problem Solving
• Visual Studio
• Process Development
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Web Services
• Technical Leadership
• Ios Development
• Soa