About Yuri

Background

Technology leader with 15+ years building high-performance data and engineering organizations. Passionate about harnessing GenAI to supercharge workflows, foster A-player teams, and deliver outsized business impact.

At Wayfair, I led the team ingesting and serving product catalog data at massive scale—powering storefronts and marketing internationally.

Previously I served as VP Engineering at Noteable (Jupyter-as-a-Service). As VP Engineering at Birchbox, where I drove cloud migration, marketing integrations, and conversion optimization, led analytics, and fully optimized our personalized subscription e-commerce engine (Gurobi / Operations Research).

Earlier: Built data and ticketing foundations at TodayTix (serving millions in mobile theater ticketing) and pioneered core algorithms plus Wi-Fi ingestion for Nomi's brick-and-mortar analytics SaaS.

What drives me: Rigor, measurable outcomes, clear vision, and a relentless focus on excellence. Inspired by Greenleaf’s servant leadership, Deming’s quality principles, and Drucker’s management thinking, I’ve consistently scaled data-driven organizations by attracting top-tier talent and securing the investment needed to win.

Today, I’m particularly excited about the next wave: helping ambitious enterprises systematically augment human capabilities with Generative AI across workflows — from engineering and analytics to product, marketing, and operations. I’m actively exploring opportunities to join a leadership team that shares this obsession with excellence, and invests boldly in its people and platforms.

Open to conversations with founders, CEOs, and boards building the future.

Education

Ph.D. Music Theory, Ohio State University

M.S. Statistics, Ohio State University

B.S. Chemistry, University of North Carolina