Safina Giovanni

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ABOUT SAFINA GIOVANNI

As Chief AI Officer, I lead enterprise AI strategy, governance, and GenAI platforms at scale - delivering both revenue impact and responsible AI adoption. I build AI systems that move the business needle. I’ve led 30+ engineers/data scientists to ship 40+ AI products across recommendations, anomaly detection, NLP, and GenAI-improving operational efficiency by 40% and customer satisfaction by 35% while speeding ML delivery by 60% with modern MLOps (Kubernetes, feature stores, CI/CD). Previously at Tinkoff, I scaled predictive models for credit risk, fraud, and growth marketing, cutting default rates and lifting retention with measurable impact. Specialties: GenAI & LLM platforms, retrieval‑augmented generation, recommender systems, causal uplift modeling, experimentation (A/B), time‑series forecasting, real‑time inference, ML platform design (feature pipelines, observability, governance), and responsible AI. I lead like an engineer and operate like an owner: crisp problem framing, fast iteration, honest metrics, and clear “from‑to” roadmaps that survive contact with production. Recent outcomes:+25% revenue from ML‑driven products;+60% faster model dev/deploy via standardized pipelines. 95% accuracy on a healthcare prediction platform; 20% lift from a hybrid recommender (neural + collaborative). AutoML & ethical AI training rolled out company‑wide; improved accuracy +20% while raising transparency. I’m focused on Director/Head of AI/ML, Platform ML, or Applied AI roles in top U.S. companies (open to remote/hybrid). Let’s build systems that compound.