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OTTAWA, Canada — The ecommerce company Shopfiy hired a C-suite executive to oversee its data and engineering operations, including AI, to push it to the "cutting edge."
Shopify named Mikhail Parakhin its chief technology officer, according to the company this week.
Most recently, Parakhin served as CEO of advertising and web services at Microsoft, according to LinkedIn.
Shopify called Parakhin "one of the finest machine learning (ML) crafters on the planet."
"Mikhail's career is a testament to his ability to build critical infrastructure and invent key technology that has made a significant impact on the broader tech industry," the company said.
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At Microsoft, Parakhin helped lead the company's AI advancement, building consumer and enterprise products, such as Copilot.
Previously, Parakhin served as CTO at Yandex, where he helped develop search engines, cloud services, digital assistants and ClickHouse.
Earlier in his career, he served as dev lead at Parascript and engineer at RC Module.
He holds a master's degree from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
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