Hi, I'm Andrii Dehtiarov - Group CIO at Playnetic
I thrive where technology meets scale. Driven by the challenge of moving AI from prototype to production, I lead with a hands-on approach. I excel in environments that demand both cultural health and technical rigor.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Scaled complex engineering organizations of up to 1,600 people while driving significant global business transformations.
Focuses on operationalizing agentic AI and platform engineering to improve developer productivity in production environments.
Provides executive coaching and strategic technical advisory to bridge the gap between software development and board-level objectives.
🚀 Career trajectory
Foundational Engineering
Began by building core NLP and multi-language search infrastructure, grounding a technical career in deep linguistics and software craft.
✦ Engineering
✦ NLP
✦ Development
Organizational Leadership
Progressed to CTO and VP roles, mastering the transformation of high-growth scale-ups and global corporate engineering divisions.
✦ Executive Leadership
✦ Scale-up
✦ Transformation
Strategic Advisory & Governance
Current focus on leveraging deep-tech expertise as a board-level advisor and coach for complex, high-stakes global businesses.
✦ Board Advisory
✦ Executive Coaching
✦ Strategy
💪🏻 Superpowers
Scaling Engineering Ecosystems
Architecting infrastructure for hyper-growth environments
✦ Transformed engineering organizations across diverse scale requirements from 10 to 1,600 staff.
✦ Implemented sustainable developer experience models for global distributed teams.
✦ Streamlined operational complexity through advanced platform engineering initiatives.
Operational AI Integration
Moving AI from research prototypes to production-grade utility
✦ Deployed agentic workflows to drive measurable engineering productivity.
✦ Integrated NLP and search infrastructure into legacy financial systems.
✦ Focuses on secure and compliant implementation of LLM frameworks.
Strategic Tech Stewardship
Providing board-level oversight and executive guidance
✦ Serves as a technology advisor for global healthtech and real estate ventures.
✦ Guides M&A technical due diligence and organizational restructuring.
✦ Bridges technical debt mitigation with long-term business roadmap goals.
I'm excited about
✦ Seeking peer-level communities to discuss the future of agentic AI and infrastructure.
✦ Looking to exchange strategies on leading massive, distributed engineering teams in volatile markets.
✦ Aiming to connect with fellow executive leaders who balance hands-on technical craft with strategic governance.
I can help with
✦ Advising on organizational structure and hiring for engineering teams during hyper-growth phases.
✦ Providing technical audits for companies looking to move AI projects into production at scale.
✦ Coaching emerging engineering leaders on managing culture and technical excellence in remote environments.
I would love your help on
✦ Seeking insights into the latest governance frameworks for AI in heavily regulated sectors.
✦ Looking for diverse perspectives on modernizing internal developer platforms in legacy organizations.
✦ Interested in networking with board members who specialize in the intersection of tech and strategy.