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Recently, seven of our top-tier software engineers—Eugene Kileiko, Roman Bulavsky, Ivan Zaskevich, Andrei Charopka, Ilya Kremko, Anton Pazharytski, and Ilya Maksimenko—obtained the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate certification. We spoke with these team members to find out what inspired them to seek this recognition, the challenges they faced during the certification process, and the business value this achievement brings to EffectiveSoft’s clients from a practical perspective.
The main motivation to pursue the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification was our engineers’ interest in AI technology and its evolution.
Eugene Kileiko pointed out his strong desire to expand his existing AI knowledge and help EffectiveSoft’s clients address complex business problems:
“I’ve always been passionate about using AI to solve complex business challenges, and this certification was an excellent opportunity to formalize and expand my knowledge. My motivation also came from a desire to provide tangible value to our clients by bringing them to the leading edge of AI.”
Roman Bulavsky underscored the importance of certification in acquiring and honing hands-on AI skills:
“I’m deeply interested in where our industry is heading and what technologies are emerging. Specifically regarding AI, I felt I lacked practical experience. I wanted to understand how and in which scenarios I could use the latest ML models, so getting a Microsoft certificate seemed like a good way to grasp the immensity of the technology.”
Any certification exam is a challenging experience that requires thorough preparation and dedicated study. All of our recently certified software engineers managed to effectively balance exam preparation with their existing work commitments while some of them even participated in EffectiveSoft’s GenAI hackathon!
Here’s how Ivan Zaskevich recalled this experience:
“The biggest challenge for me was juggling exam preparation with daily work responsibilities and participation in the company’s hackathon. However, without struggle, there’s no progress. In the end, I was thrilled with the successful results of my undertakings.”
For Andrei Charopka, the certification process was already familiar:
“To be honest, I didn’t face any significant challenges during the certification journey. Balancing studies with ongoing project work was already part of my experience, so the certification process went smoothly. Keeping up with Azure’s constantly evolving AI services may have been the most difficult part.”
Our certified Azure AI engineers are fully prepared to address our clients’ critical pain points and have already applied new knowledge during the company’s GenAI hackathon. Among the hands-on use cases of Azure AI services, the team highlighted smart search experiences, automated data extraction from unstructured documents, text analysis, keyword extraction, and ML-enabled object recognition and classification.
Ilya Kremko highlighted the following use case:
“With Azure AI, I can create AI-powered chatbots that answer user questions, assist with environment setups, and simplify business operations. These tools can automate processes, offer personalized recommendations, provide better insights for data-driven decision-making, and improve customer experiences.”
Anton Pazharytski elaborated on the capabilities of Azure Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning:
“I can use Azure Cognitive Services to embed intelligent features like NLP, sentiment analysis, and image recognition into our clients’ systems. With Azure Machine Learning, I can build ML models that analyze large amounts of client data and help extract actionable insights and improve decision-making.”
Practical applications transform certification knowledge into measurable benefits for businesses. By earning the Azure AI Engineer Associate designation, our team has proven its ability to create first-rate AI solutions for our clients’ routine tasks, ensuring improved efficiency, reduced operational costs, and faster time-to-market.
Here’s how Ilya Maksimenko articulated the value of the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification:
“This achievement confirms our company’s expertise and gives potential clients confidence in our capabilities. It enables me to proactively anticipate issues related to the use of AI and come up with optimal solutions for specific client problems. I know this designation will help us win a wider range of projects in the future.”
EffectiveSoft is a leading-edge software development company that values its employees and potential clients as its greatest assets. We’re committed to investing time and resources in the certification process to enhance our team’s expertise and ensure we deliver top-tier software solutions to our clients. Congratulations to our team members on their remarkable achievements! We can’t wait to welcome more specialists as they join the ranks of recently certified.
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