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Elena Samuylova has an extensive work experience. Elena began their career in 2009 as a Management Trainee at JTI (Japan Tobacco International). In 2011, they became a Market Research Analyst at Synovate, where they managed quantitative research projects for major consumer brands. In 2012, they were a Business Development Associate at Visual Meta GmbH, where they built the UK portal for an e-commerce search aggregator. Elena was also an External Strategy Consultant at Sony in the same year. In 2013, they became the Head of Startup Ecosystem at Yandex, where they launched and built the first corporate startup accelerator in Russia. In 2014, they were the Director of Business Development at Yandex Data Factory, where they were an executive team member of the business unit providing ML solutions for telecom, retail, finance, manufacturing and other sectors. In 2018, they were a Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Mechanica AI, where they co-founded an AI startup to optimize industrial production with machine learning. Elena was also a Member (Class XXI) of the Alchemist Accelerator in the same year, and a \"Master in Big Data Analytics\" Program Council at Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg State University, where they helped shape a new Master Program with a dual focus on management and data analytics. Currently, they are the CEO & Co-founder of Evidently AI, where they are developing open-source tools to evaluate, test and monitor ML models in production.

Elena Samuylova is currently enrolled in the Y Combinator Summer 2021 Batch. Elena obtained their CEMS Master in International Management from Esade, Corvinus University of Budapest, and CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education in 2011-2012. Elena also obtained their Master of Science (MSc) in International Business from the Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg State University in 2010-2012. In 2010, they attended the Summer School at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) for International Marketing. Lastly, they obtained their Specialist Graduate Degree in Economics from Saint Petersburg State University in 2005-2010. Additionally, they obtained their DELE C1 (Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language) from the Instituto Cervantes in February 2016.