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Dr

Maxim Afanasyev

Adjunct Associate Professor

Analytics And Operations

  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Analytics And Operations

BIO

Senior leader of leaders in AI and Product Management, with 20+ years of experience and proven track record in academic research, management consulting, technology and financial services industry. Own Google Cloud strategy in Industries in APJ and act as a bridge between Google engineers and researchers, partners, sales teams and industry needs to ensure Google brings relevant novel Agentic AI capabilities to its clients, and monitor adoption and benefits from these capabilities. Lead solutioning and partner with sales, system integrators, regulators and industry associations on technology innovations to deliver 60%+ YoY cloud platform revenue growth for 3+ years.   

 

Advisor to C-levels of major companies in APJ on Industry trends, Human-Centered AI and approaches to AI Transformation.  Before Google, have been leading large global AI engineering and transformation teams (200+ people with $100+mn budgets) to build and deploy innovative AI solutions, deliver AI adoption strategies and unlock business value with new technologies across industries, both as an employee and as a consultant. Started career in coding neural networks and worked at leadership roles for major companies in Asia, Europe and North America.

 

Adjunct Associate Professor in AI at National University of Singapore. Stanford University PhD in Operations, Information and Technology. Academic research focused on AI Economics, Human-Centered AI and AI Transformations.  Thought leader on development and adoption of AI solutions powered by Agentic AI and emerging technologies tailored to achieve business goals for FSI and other industries. Speaker at industry and academia conferences.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS

  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    BUSINESS, ANALYTICSOPS, SINGAPORE22 Jun 2026

AVAILABILITY

  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee