Ayana Mussabayeva
Languages
English (Professional, IELTS: 8.0)
Russian (First language)
Kazakh (Second language)
Skills
Awards
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), 2023
CodeJam to I/O for Women coding competition winner, 2019
Community Service
Co-founder of DSML KZ

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Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Green Eye Ltd | December 2024 - Present
Remote
Built AI systems for real-time detection of bullying, cheating, and intrusions; after proving research traction and delivering early results, was promoted to CTO to lead engineering and launch the product
Led a cross-functional engineering team of ~20 (ML, backend, frontend, mobile, UX/UI, DevOps)
Architected Kepler Vision platform for real-time processing, alerting, and analytics in educational institutions
Built the engineering organization from scratch; owned end-to-end hiring: sourcing, interviews, onboarding
Deployed system in pilot school in Astana; improved safety, reduced response time, and increased transparency for parents and staff
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Green Eye Ltd | October 2024 - December 2024
Remote
Set up ML research workflows and built core CV systems (YOLO, keypoint interaction, face recognition) for event and action detection; validated feasibility through MVPs deployed in real school environments
Head of AI/ML
INUI GAMING | October 2023 - October 2024
Dubai, UAE
Established company's ML/AI function, leading a team on innovative projects for the gaming industry:
Anticheat system for Counter Strike 2 and CS:GO (computer vision based solutions for WallHack cheats and sophisticated deep learning and mathematical algorithms for AimBot, Spinbot type of cheats)
Recommendation systems for content suggestions and gaming marketplace
Match-making and ranking system for normal and custom modes of team playing in Counter Strike
Scaled the team from 2 to 5 senior ML engineers, overseeing the entire hiring process
Managed cross-team communication and stakeholder collaboration to ensure alignment, optimizing project delivery
Gaming platform that prevents cheating in multiplayer games, total raise of $17.8 million
Senior Lecturer
Kazakh-British Technical University | January 2023 - June 2023
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Designed and taught Electronics & Digital Design course for second year undergraduate students of Faculty of Information Technologies
Teaching Assistant
University of Manchester | February 2022 - December 2022
Manchester, UK
Taught Calculus (1st year students), Introduction to Python (2nd year students), Statistical Inference (3rd year students)
Research Assistant
Nazarbayev University | October 2019 - December 2021
Astana, Kazakhstan
Designed machine learning algorithms for brain-computer interface systems, specifically the EEG-based P300 Speller, resulting in the publication of 5 academic papers
Education
PhD in Machine Learning
Mohammed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence | August 2024 - Present
Abu-Dhabi, UAE
Relevant coursework: Advanced Continuous Optimization · Parallel and Distributed ML · Advanced Topics in Causality & ML
Member of BioMedIA and Causality research groups
Global top 20 across ML, CV, NLP (CSRankings), world's first AI university
MPhil. in Mathematical Sciences
University of Manchester | August 2021 - August 2023
Manchester, UK
Developed mathematical approaches to infer kinetics as a system of ODEs from catalytic reactions time-series data
Numerical linear algebra group member
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) scholarship holder (full coverage of tuition fees and £17.667 of yearly stipend)
Ranked 34th in the world and 6th in the UK (QSRankings)
MSc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nazarbayev University | August 2021 - June 2023
Astana, Kazakhstan
CGPA: 3.30 (out of 4.00)
Thesis: "Meta-Classification of Brain Signals in P300 Speller". Implementation of EEG features classification using deep learning models
Top-1 research university in Kazakhstan
BEng. in Automation and Control
Kazakh-British Technical University | August 2015 - June 2019
Almaty, Kazakhstan
CGPA: 3.68 (out of 4.00)
Holder of KBTU Success 2019 award for outstanding academic achievements
ABET accredited university