Name: Google Next 2025
Start: 2025-04-09 15:25:59
End: 2025-04-11 15:25:59

Accelerate your AI ROI journey

Unleash the power of AI, shape the future of business & ignite innovation at Google Next 2025. Join over 30,000 forward-thinking developers, IT professionals, and executives for three action-packed days of cutting-edge insights, hands-on learning, and unbeatable networking opportunities in the electrifying atmosphere of Las Vegas.

Join us at the Grid Dynamics booth (#3160)

This year, Grid Dynamics takes center stage with practical AI solutions and implementation frameworks designed to accelerate your path from proof-of-concept to profit. We will be offering many exciting opportunities to engage with us at our booth this year:

Meet our experts, see AI in action, and get inspired by solutions that deliver tangible ROI
Come by for one of our Tech Talks in our Theatre on trending industry topics
Exciting swag
Raffle for daily giveaways
Demos

Speakers you’ll meet at our sessions

Achilles Chalkiotis

Senior Director, Digital Engagement

Eugene Steinberg

Technical Fellow, Head of Digital Commerce

Ilya Katsov

VP of Technology at Grid Dynamics

Suresh Nageswaran

Senior Director of Technology, Financial Services

Leo Shulman

Practice Lead – Insurance

Achilles Chalkiotis

Senior Director, Digital Engagement

Eugene Steinberg

Technical Fellow, Head of Digital Commerce

Dr. Eugene Steinberg, a Founding engineer and VP of Technology at Grid Dynamics, spearheads key technology practices in commerce, search, and AI. As a Principal Architect, he has guided numerous significant programs from inception to production, aligning business requirements with technological capabilities. His achievements include leading the first industry implementation of Google Retail Search’s alpha version, implementing pioneering visual search and recommendation systems using deep learning, architecting microservices-based commerce platforms and custom search engines, and pioneering distributed in-memory computing for fraud detection. Dr. Steinberg’s expertise spans digital commerce platforms, AI/ML applications, information retrieval, enterprise search, natural language processing, computer vision, and scalable distributed systems. As a thought leader, he has been instrumental in developing the Grid Dynamics – Google partnership, spoken at conferences on various tech topics, and advised startups and VC firms. Dr. Steinberg continues to drive innovation in digital commerce and related technologies, contributing to Grid Dynamics’ reputation for engineering excellence and emerging technology expertise.

Ilya Katsov

VP of Technology at Grid Dynamics

Ilya joined Grid Dynamics in 2009, and since then has been leading engagements with a number of major retail and technology companies, focusing primarily on Big Data, Machine Learning, and Economic Modeling. He is currently managing the Industrial AI consulting practice that helps clients to become successful AI adopters and deliver innovate AI solutions. Prior to joining Grid Dynamics, Ilya worked at Intel Research on emerging wireless communication technologies. He is the author of several scientific articles and international patents, and also authored a book, “Introduction to Algorithmic Marketing: Artificial Intelligence for Marketing Operations” (2017).

Suresh Nageswaran

Senior Director of Technology, Financial Services

Leo Shulman

Practice Lead – Insurance

Grid Dynamics leadership you’ll meet at the event

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Leonard Livschitz

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Leonard Livschitz

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Leonard Livschitz has served as a director of Grid Dynamics’ board of directors since 2006 and the Chief Executive Officer of Grid Dynamics since 2014. Prior to joining Grid Dynamics as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Livschitz co-founded the LED solutions company Luxera, serving as director from 2010 to 2014 and as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2014. Prior to that, was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Ledengin. Mr. Livschitz has over 25 years of experience in the high tech industry. He has held executive and management roles in sales, marketing, business development, and R&D with Philips Lumileds Lighting, Ledengin, Visteon Lighting and Ford Motor Company. Mr. Livschitz holds a Masters of Science degree in Systems and Control Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kharkiv State Polytechnic University, Ukraine. We believe Mr. Livschitz’s extensive experience in and knowledge of the high tech industry, as well as his experience with executive and management roles and responsibilities at Grid Dynamics, provide him with the necessary skills to serve as a member of the board of directors.

Valery Zelixon

Senior Vice President of Sales and Account Management

Valery Zelixon

Senior Vice President of Sales and Account Management

Valery Zelixon brings 30 years of experience in driving business transformation through the use of technology. His background includes technology and business consulting, startups, solution development, software and technology services sales, and leadership. Throughout his career, Valery played both individual contributor and organizational leader roles, leading teams in such companies as EMC and Wipro. For the last 6 years, Valery built and led a hunting sales team at EPAM, as Vice President and Head of North American Sales. This high-performing hunting sales team made significant contributions to the growth of EPAM.

Rahul Bindlish

VP of Strategic Business Development

Rahul Bindlish

VP of Strategic Business Development

Rahul Bindlish has 27+ years of experience in IT services and consulting. He specializes in helping Tier-1 enterprises with their digital initiatives to improve business performance and drive industry leading growth. Throughout his career, Mr. Bindlish has been recognized as an innovative leader who excels in building high-performing teams and developing customer relationships. He is currently the Vice President of Strategic Business Development at Grid Dynamics. Mr. Bindlish holds a Master’s degree in Business and Management from the Asian Institute of Management.

Grid Dynamics spotlight talks

Our team of visionaries will lead compelling 15-minute sessions and demos packed with insights aligned with the key pillars of enterprise AI success:

Technology modernization: Implement modern data architectures and AI platforms that drive sustainable growth and competitive advantage;
Cost optimization and scalability: Maximize ROI through strategic AI implementation that optimizes cloud costs while enabling enterprise-wide scaling;
Governance and trust: Build reliable AI systems with robust governance frameworks that ensure accuracy, compliance, and stakeholder confidence;
Industry solutions: Deploy proven AI frameworks tailored to your sector’s specific challenges and opportunities;
Customer experience excellence: Transform customer interactions into revenue with AI-powered personalization and intelligent automation that delivers measurable results;
Developer and workforce efficiency: Accelerate development cycles and empower teams with AI tools that boost productivity while maintaining quality standards.