Tim Simeonov

About Tim Simeonov

Accomplished Technology Leader | Product Vision | Hands-on Application & Enterprise 25+ years in development and leadership, specializing in high-volume, highly scalable, distributed systems.**Passions**: AI & ML, ChatBots, GenAI, Agentic frameworks. Thrive in high-paced environments.**Achievements**- Built and led teams in both corporate and startup environments- Successfully delivered projects on time and on budget through Agile Scrum- Coordinated and led offshore development projects- Designed and added ML, GenAI capabilities to SaaS B2B API products.**Skills**- Team Leadership (Agile/Scrum), Remote Team Coordination- Technical Architecture & Design, Enterprise Integration- Business Solutions Architecture & BPM- Hands-on experience with Java, Python, Swift, Microservices, REST, Spring, ML, LLM, Hadoop, Kafka, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and more.**Certifications**- Certified Scrum Product Owner (SPOC)**Specialties**- High-volume, Big Data systems, SaaS- AI, GenAI, ML- Mobile Design, Architecture, Implementation- Governance, C-Level Presentations, M&A Technical Evaluations**Technologies**- AI: GenAI, NLP, ChatBots, RAG, Prompt Engineering, Vector DB, Linear Regression, Random Forests, SVM, XGBoost, Time Series Forecasting (ARIMA, SARIMA), Pandas, NumPy- Big Data: Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Flink- Java, Java EE, Python, REST, Spring, Elasticsearch- Mobile: Objective-C, Swift, iOS- Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, Pinecone, Faiss, Oracle, DB2, SQLLite, SQL, CoreData- Microservices, Web Services, SOA**About Me**- Highly motivated team player with strong analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and interpersonal skills- Adaptive, flexible, and passionate about technology and quality- AI enthusiast and practitioner- Hobbies: Tennis, jogging, skiing, science fiction**US Citizen**

Experience

1. Vice President Innovation Engineering

   Experian

   Dec 2021 — Present · Costa Mesa, CA, US

   Experian is the world’s leading global information services company, transforming data into meaningful opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society. • Driving Innovation in Fraud Prevention: As the leader of the Innovation Engineering team, I drive the successful delivery of advanced solutions in fraud prevention and credit risk analysis. Our B2B solutions for identity verification and credit scoring enable millions of secure and seamless transactions every month, empowering businesses with reliable tools to mitigate risk. • Pioneering Industry-First Solutions: Led the development of Experian Link, the first Identity-to-Credit Card linking service in the industry. This groundbreaking solution enhances fraud detection for e-commerce platforms and payment providers, driving greater efficiency and security across digital transactions. • Generative AI Visionary: As the Technical and Educational Lead for Experian’s Generative AI initiatives, I developed comprehensive training materials and introduced a suite of Large Language Model (LLM)-powered RAG ChatBots driving significant improvements in both customer satisfaction and internal productivity. • Transforming User Experiences with Voice Automation: Spearheaded the design and implementation of a cutting-edge Generative AI Voice Automation platform. This innovative system delivers seamless, conversational interactions while securely retrieving and updating user information, setting a new benchmark for voice-enabled services and enhancing the customer journey. • Strategic Advisor for Product Innovation: Provide expert guidance on incorporating Generative AI into Experian’s product offerings, identifying opportunities to enhance existing solutions and create new, AI-driven capabilities that deliver exceptional value to customers.

Education

• Florida Atlantic University

  BSCS, Computer Science

  1993 — 1995

Skills

• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Pega Prpc
• Multithreading
• Sdlc
• Databases
• Hive
• Web Services
• Tomcat
• Java Enterprise Architecture
• Oracle
• Integration
• Hadoop
• Agile Project Management
• Ajax
• Soa
• Apache Kafka
• Business Process Design
• Business Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Struts
• Hbase
• Business Process
• Software Development
• Corba
• Scrum
• Java
• Ios
• Rest
• Strategic Planning
• Sql
• Design Patterns
• Spring Framework
• Objective-C