Ilia Likhanin
AI Engineer · C# / .NET, Python, language models
22 years in IT. For the last 8, software developer at a medical center: more than 10 programs and services that run every day. I build systems end to end — from the problem statement to production and support.
- Tashkent
- Remote or relocation to the US
- 22 years in IT
Employers aren't named on this site: the clinic and the retail chain are described without names on purpose. Company names, references and the contacts of people I worked with: in conversation, on request.
In IT since 2004. Thirteen years at a retail chain: I started as an assistant system administrator and grew into the head of IT while the chain grew from 5 to 67 stores.
Since 2018, software developer at a medical center. I built and rolled out more than 10 programs and services in C# / .NET, Python, Firebird and Excel/VBA: call speech analytics on language models, lab results integrated into the medical system with built-in AI agents, tracking of paper medical charts with long-range RFID (UHF), IP telephony with reports, electronic outpatient records, and a building safety system on microcontrollers.
On contract, I delivered 1C 8.3 projects for a fuel company: real-time exchange with discount card processing, after which the gas station chain moved from 1C 7.7 to 1C 8.3.
I run language models on our own hardware, so the data never leaves for the cloud. Since 2026 I develop together with AI agents: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex.
- Time zoneTashkent, UTC+5. Your morning is my evening: 9:00–13:00 in New York is 18:00–22:00 here, and I keep those hours free for calls. With California the overlap is 9:00–11:00 their time.
- VisaNo US work authorization yet: I will need visa sponsorship. Ready to start remotely on a contract and relocate once the visa is through.
- EnglishI read and write English every day; interviews in English are fine. Russian is my native language.
- 25,000+calls transcribed and analyzed by speech analytics — the director saw where the clinic was losing patients
- 4 h → 30 mina day of staff time on lab results after the module was integrated into the medical system
- 20–25kmedical charts tracked with long-range RFID
- 30 dayswithout a failure — a language model on old graphics cards
- 24 roomswith panic buttons: the clinic received its building safety certificate
- 5 → 67stores in the retail chain where I grew into the head of IT
Software developer
On staff until 2022, then on contract. More than 10 programs and services around the medical database:
- Call speech analytics: speech recognition (GigaAM), Gemma and Qwen language models on the clinic's own servers, anonymization, each call analyzed on 36 parameters. 4,000–6,000 calls a month, more than 25,000 in six months.
- A lab results module integrated into the medical system with built-in AI agents: staff time on lab results is 30 minutes a day instead of 4 hours.
- Tracking of 20,000–25,000 paper charts with long-range RFID (UHF): 5 readers, 12 antennas, IP camera snapshots, an Android app for finding a chart.
- “Electronic Nurse” — an AI assistant for doctors, a pilot project: records the appointment, drafts the medical documentation, shows past appointments on one screen.
- Language models on our own hardware: a custom llama.cpp build for NVIDIA Pascal GPUs, a task balancer in Python, 30 days of work without a failure.
- A building safety system on microcontrollers (AVR, ESP32): panic buttons in 24 rooms, 8-hour emergency lighting, voice alerts. The clinic received its building safety certificate.
- IP telephony and call reports, electronic outpatient records, tracking of regulated medications, management reports in Excel/VBA.
1C 8.3 projects
On contract. Designed and built real-time exchange between discount card processing and 1C 8.3 — the gas station chain moved from 1C 7.7 to 1C 8.3 step by step. Extended the 1C 8.3 configuration for the company's car service.
From assistant sysadmin to head of IT
Assistant system administrator → system administrator → head of a three-person IT department.
- IT setup for every new store while the chain grew from 5 to 67: computers, cash registers, scanners, scales, video surveillance.
- Infrastructure of two offices, about 180 computers: Windows Server, Hyper-V, backups, 1C 7.7–8.3, MS SQL Server, Firebird, PostgreSQL.
- A 1C data exchange program over several independent channels and monitoring of 1C services and retail platforms.
- Networks and seamless Wi-Fi in the offices and stores.
Development
- C# / .NET 10: ASP.NET Core, WPF, WinForms
- Python
- Java (Android)
- SQL
- 1C:Enterprise 8.3
- Excel/VBA
- C/C++ for microcontrollers (AVR, ESP32)
- Next.js, TypeScript
AI and language models
- Gemma and Qwen on llama.cpp (custom builds)
- Claude via OpenRouter
- GigaAM speech recognition
- data anonymization
- structured JSON output
- Claude Code, Cursor, Codex
Databases
- Firebird
- MS SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite
Infrastructure and hardware
- Windows Server, Hyper-V
- IP telephony (SIP)
- networks and Wi-Fi
- UHF RFID
- GSM gateways
- 2023 — 2027Bachelor's in Information Systems and TechnologiesSynergy University, part-time · graduating in March 2027
- 2023Professional retraining: Software Development Technology, 822 hoursMUTs DPO TsPP training center, Moscow
- 2020Professional retraining: System Administration and Information Technology, 520 hoursMUTs DPO TsPP training center, Moscow
- 20161C:Professional certificateand courses in configuring and administering 1C:Enterprise 8, 2010–2016
- 2005Vocational school, electrician