Bakyt Khochshanov

● Remote work with a finance venture firm in Kazakhstan on report automation on Python:

1. Developing product pilot on Python (Windows environment) to generate a financial report in Word and PDF;

2. Use of OpenAI API to generate news summarizer for the report entity and building programmatic fill of other report blocs like financials, shareholder structure, etc;

● On-premise work with a Regtech startup project in Malta, which has made product launch on business verifications for customers:
1. Implemented one of key backend components, integrating business
verification process into the startup service, including REST API call
and data persistence in a database;
2. Integrated an email service, triggering messages to customers when
users register or restore their passwords

● Remote development for a Swedish startup to scale up from MVP to three-country ops, writing several API services on AWS by engaging in day-to-day activities as well as implementing the following:

1. Messaging API on Typescript on AWS SQS-SNS that sent email and SMS notifications to clients along their order status journey;

2. Pricing module on Typescript, generated pricing range estimates based on internal product parameter;

3. Data sync algorithm on Fastify to manage user cart via Graphql queries with Mercurius;

• Established a new business segment for a company, by helping it launch production-ready ML services, implementing the following: 1
• Developed and deployed (on Flask) forecasting model 5-day ahead to reduce inventory levels of milk products for a 80-outlet distributor chain 2
• Fine-tuned CV ensemble (SSD/fRCNN) model on Pytorch to identify empty shelves for a flower shop distributor Full-stack development, including: 1
• A website for a pizzeria on Vue.js-Node.js, using Redis cart storage and MongoDB for permanence 2
• Telegram-Facebook Messenger bots to collect customer orders for flower shops and table bookings for restaurants 3
• File parser for a collections agency, extracting data into a dashboard with authentication

• Improved appetency rate for churned clients in a mid-tiered bank, implementing the following procedures: 1
• Re-wrote classification model from logistic regression to random-forest approach, and deploying the model on a Linux server 2
• Aided collections department with client segmentation with PCA model

• Worked as a financial analyst in different banks and brokerages in Almaty, Kazakhstan, including Halyk Pension Fund, Visor Capital, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
• In brokerage firms conducted equity and bond research, analysing the company fundamentals and making market/product analysis, updating the financial models and forecasting asset prices
• The companies that I wrote analytic reports were: KEGOC, Kazatomprom, Kcell, Centerra Gold, etc
• In the pension fund, the job function was an Economist, conducted econometric research and preparing currency forecasts based on the country macroeconomic fundamentals and VBA-based risk analysis tool
• In 2013 obtained a reputable CFA charter after clearing 3 levels of annually-held exams and having worked for 4 years in an investment analysis role