Dr. Jacek Leskow іs AUK Rector. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Leskow served as the Dean of AUK EPAM School of Digital Technologies, where he spearheaded programs and initiatives focused on academic excellence, career-centricity and forging strong IT industry partnerships. 

He received Ph.D. in Statistics and Mathematics from the Polish Academy of Sciences and had extensive experience in the field, working as the Director of the National Cybersecurity Research Institute in Warsaw. Dr. Leskow has a professional experience in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (was the principal investigator of research projects from NATO, University of California, National Center for Science (NCN) in Poland, Mexico and Brazil, has headed the Ministry of Digitalization group developing the strategy of AI for Poland and has created the European Digital Innovation Hub in Cracow focused on applications of cybersecurity and AI in energy and transportation sector) and data science (created and chaired the program in Data Science at Cracow University of Technology, has managed the project of creating the National Institute of Data Science sponsored by National Center of Research and Development (NCBR) in Poland, and created learning environments for University Data Science programs using R, SPSS, SAS in Poland, US, Mexico, Ukraine and Brazil). Moreover, Jacek Leskow has management and international experience, working in the US, Poland, Mexico, Brazil, France, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

In his role as Rector, Dr. Leskow will be working to enhance AUK's academic offerings, and programs, strengthen various scientific research, outreach campaigns, strengthening cooperation with Arizona State University and other issues.

Dr. Roman Sheremeta is a Founding Rector and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of American University Kyiv. He received Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University. Dr. Sheremeta received many research and teaching awards, including the 2018 Smith Ascending Scholar Prize, given to a “budding genius” in social science, Emerging Impact Awards in 2015 and 2019 from the Weatherhead School of Management, as well as multiple grants, including the National Science Foundation and the Max Planck Institute grants. He was listed as a Top Economic Thinker of Ukrainian descent by Forbes in 2015, a top-rated young economist in the world according to the IDEAS ranking in 2018, and recognized as the Best 40 Under 40 Professors by Poets and Quants in 2019.

Dr. Sheremeta is an author of more than 70 articles, published in leading scholarly journals in economics, business, psychology, and political science. Top-tier media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, NBC News, NPR, and Science Daily, have featured his research, which focuses on experimental economics and game theory with applications to behavioral economics, conflict resolution, industrial organization, labor, and public economics. He served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Games, and Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.

Dr. Shangraw is the Founding President and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of American University Kyiv. He received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He has taught at Syracuse University, George Washington University, and Arizona State University. Shangraw is a member of Sigma Xi, the international honor society of science and engineering. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for the McCain Institute for International Leadership. He currently serves as President of Cintana Education.

Dr. Shangraw is an author of more than 20 refereed publications and over 50 conference papers, invited presentations, and published manuscripts. His research is in policy decision making and decision risk analysis. He has applied much of this research to the design and deployment of large-scale decision support systems and scenario planning systems for the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. At Arizona State University, Shangraw collaborated with researchers examining the value of visualization, simulation, and collaborative decision-making techniques in complex policy decision environments. He has been the principal investigator on over US$200 million in research grants and contract research projects.

Dr. Vernon Smith is a Professor of Economics and Law at the Economic Scientific Institute at Chapman University (USA). He received Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Dr. Smith was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002 for his groundbreaking work in experimental economics. He is one of the top-rated economists in the world according to the IDEAS ranking. Dr. Smith is a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association, Econometric Society, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Smith is an author of more than 350 articles and books on capital theory, finance, natural resource economics and experimental economics. He served on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Science, Economic Theory, Economic Design, Games and Economic Behavior. He is past president of the Public Choice Society, the Economic Science Association, the Western Economic Association, and the Association for Private Enterprise Education.

Dr. Rens Wilderom is an Assistant Professor at the School of Management in American University Kyiv. He is currently finalizing his Ph.D. dissertation “Genres, webs of fields, and institutional change: The development of dance in the US, UK, and the Netherlands, 1985-2005” at the Sociology Department of the University of Amsterdam. Previously, he completed his master in Cultural Sociology (Cum Laude, University of Amsterdam) with a thesis titled “The culinary order: sustainable consumer identities and new organizational forms on the alternative market for foods.” In 2017, he stayed for a five month period as a visiting Ph.D. researcher at the Sociology Department of the University of Toronto.

Dr. Wilderom’s research projects are characterized by rather different substantive domains (dance vs sustainable food), yet they also share a connection due to their focus on how the interplay between change-seeking movements and established actors shapes processes of innovation. His research uses both qualitative and quantitative methods and draws, predominantly, on the literature from cultural sociology and organization studies. He also blogs about Python programming on his personal website.

Dr. Yuriy Bots is a Dean of the School of Management and Visiting Professor at American University Kyiv. He is also an Associate Professor of Economics in the Business and Leadership Department at William Jewell College. Yuriy Bots received Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University and has had prior industry experience working as an economist. Dr. Bots received multiple awards for his contributions to teaching and learning. In recognition of his contributions to William Jewell College he has been twice appointed as the endowed chair designated as the John W. Boatwright Professor of Economics. Dr. Bots has also performed consulting work and received multiple certifications in leadership studies.

Dr. Bots’ research focuses on international trade, productivity in the service sector, and stock market reaction to mergers and acquisitions. His most recent work includes cross-disciplinary projects that explore leadership issues in non-profit organizations and the impact of developing metacognitive skills on reducing cognitive errors and emotional biases.

Mr. Mark Voyger is the Director of the Master’s Program in Global Management and Associate Professor at American University Kyiv. Mr. Voyger holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University with a focus on Russia-NATO relations, and a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and he has read for a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge University, UK. Mr. Voyger is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Arabic, Turkish, French, Spanish and Italian.

Mr. Mark Voyger is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Washington, D.C.. In the Spring of 2021 he taught International Security and Politics at the US Army College, Carlisle, PA. Previously he was the Vice President for Strategic Studies and Multi-National Programs with TheTacNet.com online training company, Virginia, US. In 2019 – 2020, he was a Senior Scholar at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C. In 2018 – 2019 he taught Russian and Eastern European politics and security as the Senior Lecturer at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia. Prior to his academic career, in the period 2013 – 2018, he served as the Special Advisor for Russian and Eurasian Affairs to the Commanding General of US Army Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany, and as the Cultural Advisor and Senior Russia Expert at NATO’s Allied Land Command in Izmir, Turkey. In the period 2009 – 2013 he was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as an advisor and social scientist with the US Army. He also worked for Senator Mitt Romney's Presidential campaigns as a member of the Executive Department (2007 – 2008) and the Russia Advisory Group (2011 – 2012).

Mr. Voyger’s areas of academic and professional expertise include Eastern European, Balkan and Middle Eastern politics and security issues, Russian foreign and security policy, Russian military strategies and doctrine, hybrid warfare, as well as trans-national Islamist ideologies and movements. He has published articles on the above topics at journals in Ukraine, the Baltics States, Poland and elsewhere, and he gives regular TV interviews and talks across thinktanks, universities, and military commands in the United States and Europe. Mr. Voyger is the editor of a book on NATO, Russia and the Baltic States published by the Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia, in 2019.

Jacob McGrew is a Lecturer and Program Manager at the School of Management, and Head of the Student Life Department at American University Kyiv.

Mr. Jacob has a Master’s degree in Public Administration, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary; BS Degree in Economics (w/honors) & Music; Minor in Mathematics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.

Jacob McGrew has work experience in teaching (American College of Sofia, Bulgaria; Wonderful College Prep Academy, Lost Hills, CA, USA; The US Peace Corps, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukraine), in competency-based adult education; in the development of curriculums and learning materials; led efforts to improve online/classroom teaching methods, conducted research and deep-dive analysis of human rights social justice issues that affect US and foreign economies, including published work in scholarly journals and The Library of Congress.

Steven Mark Kahan has successfully helped grow seven startup companies from early stage to going public or being sold, resulting in more than $4.5 billion in shareholder value.

Steven inspires teams and their organizations to take on the impossible and succeed. He is best known for his ability to plan marketing strategies and execute them so that companies accelerate revenue, grow market share, and consistently deliver superior returns for shareholders. He is the author of Amazon bestselling book, Be a Startup Superstar. His next book to be released in December 2022 is called High Velocity Digital Marketing: Silicon Valley Secrets to Create Breakthrough Revenue in Record Time.

Dr. Liudmyla Dolhonovska is a Chief of Staff and Visiting Lecturer at American University Kyiv. She is also a guest lecturer to the Hellenic Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Centre (Greece), National Defense University of Ukraine, National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, Military Diplomatic Academy, Ukrainian Catholic University. Dr. Liudmyla Dolhonovska received her postgraduate degree in Philosophy from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She also received her Master’s in History from Mykola Hohol State University of Nizhyn. Liudmyla successfully completed professional courses in Strategic Communications in Estonia, Greece and North Macedonia.

Dr. Dolhonovska is a professional in Strategic Communications with 8+ years of experience. From July, 2021 to March, 2023, she was an Adviser on Strategic Communications to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Valerii Zaluzhnyi. For her contribution to Ukrainian Nation valiant defense against Russian aggression Dr. Dolhonovska was awarded with the Order of Princess Olha III degree, the Merit Medal of Defense Ministry of Ukraine and Badge of Honor “For the assistance to the Armed Forces” of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Liudmyla’s efforts in leading Ukraine’s strategic communications initiatives during the russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine were recognized by letters of commendation from the Commander and Deputy Commander of U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps out of Wiesbaden, Germany, responsible for the NATO support of Ukraine LTG Chris Donahue and MG Brian Mennes.

Dr. Dolhonovska’s areas of professional expertise include the development of communication strategies, planning information campaigns, communications in the field of public administration, and communications in the security and defense sector.

Dr. Joop Remmé is a Lector at the School of Management at American University Kyiv. He is also associated with Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences and with Nyenrode Business University. He teaches Business and Professional Ethics. Previously, he taught at the Maastricht School of Management and at Webster University. For MSM he has taught in various countries, ranging from China to Peru, from Saudie Arabia to Ghana.

Dr. Remmé studied History and Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and obtained his PhD at Maastricht University in Philosophy, with a thesis of the reception of Aristotelian philosophy. He teaches courses on Business Ethics, Strategy, Consultancy and The philosophy of Business. His research efforts go to two topics: stakeholder management and corruption/integrity. On both topics he has publications in his name. He has been on the Boards of the Society for Organizational Learning/NL and Transparency International/NL. He resides in Leiden, The Netherlands.

Dr. Gilbert Brady is an entrepreneurship professional with a Doctor of Education (EdD) in Executive Leadership from George Washington University. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from United States Military Academy and holds an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from Santa Clara University. Dr. Brady has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland University College and an Adjunct Professor in the PhD in Leadership Program at Alliant International University in San Diego. He serves on the Board of Curriki, an educational technology non-profit company based in San Jose, CA, and as a Board Member for Cristo Rey High School and Nativity Prep Academy in San Diego. 

Dr. Brady is an executive team development expert. He joined Core Strengths, a professional training and coaching, software development & design, and leadership development company, in 2012 and focuses on working with Executives from various industries to facilitate their exploration into how best to build the leadership capacity and relational effectiveness of their organizations. Core Strengths was acquired by Crucial Learning in 2024. In addition to his leadership role at Core Strengths, he consults and coaches' executives to become ethically sound, relationally intelligent leaders. His clients have included Anheuser-Busch, Harley Davidson, New York Life, Abbvie, S&P Global, and Xylem.  

Dr. Baykal Sarioglu currently serves as a Visiting Professor at American University Kyiv, where he contributes his extensive expertise to the academic community. He embarked on his academic journey by earning his B.S. degree with Honors from Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2004. Subsequently, he pursued his passion for electrical engineering by completing both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees at Bogazici University, Istanbul, in 2007 and 2013, respectively.

Dr. Sarioglu's distinguished career in academia has led him to his current role as an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Bilgi University,  Turkey. His research endeavors primarily focus on Advanced Embedded System Design, Analog/Digital ASIC design for Biomedical applications, where he explores cutting-edge solutions and innovations. His expertise encompasses Mixed Circuit Design, Embedded Systems, and Biomedical Circuits and Systems Engineering. Dr. Sarioglu is affiliated with the İstanbul Bilgi University Integrated Systems and Microsystems Research Groups.

Dr. Savas Yildirim currently works as a Visiting Professor at American University Kyiv, an Associate Professor at Istanbul Bilgi University, and a research fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has over 20 years of teaching experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Natural Language Processing, and has contributed to the NLP community through the development of many open-source software and resources.

Dr. Yildirim received his Ph.D. in NLP from Trakya University and completed his studies in Computer Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. His research interests include Large Language Models, Explainable AI (XAI), Few- and Zero-Shot Learning, Natural Language Understanding, and Semantic Search.  In addition to teaching courses, Dr. Yildirim also consults with a tech company on NLP-related projects. Over the past 15 years, he has provided comprehensive consultancy to AI companies on their R&D projects and consulted on numerous industrial R&D funded projects.

Dr. Okan Zafer Batur is a Visiting Professor at American University Kyiv. He received Ph.D in Electronics at Boğaziçi University in 2015. Since 2015, he has been an Assistant Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Istanbul Bilgi University. 

His research interests include spiking neural networks, analog integrated-circuit design, radio frequency electronics, mixed signal integrated-circuit design for communications systems, ultra-wide band communications, and their applications on biomedical systems. In addition to teaching and research activities, he serves national and international R&D companies as an academic consultant. Previous projects on this front include the EMI compliant LIN communication system circuit design and implementation for EV.

Okan Zafer Batur is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Vice Chair of IEEE CAS Turkey Chapter and serves to several IEEE journals and conferences as a reviewer. He is affiliated with the İstanbul Bilgi University Wireless Micro Devices Research Group and  Microsystems Research Group.

Dr. Nicholas Kelling is a Visiting Professor at the American University Kyiv and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Formally, as the director of the Human Factors Psychology program, Dr. Kelling focuses his teaching on industry readiness within the Human Factors and Ergonomics disciplines.  As a result, the UHCL Human Factors Psychology Program became one of the few terminal master’s programs accredited by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  Dr. Kelling’s over 17 years of teaching in higher education have included positions at Marshall University, University of South Florida, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dr. Kelling’s research interests include the use of technology in environments where education and entertainment goals coexist, and the use of VR/XR/AR technologies for training psychomotor skills. In his research, he has collaborated with college athletics, computing and aerospace companies, amusement parks, zoos and NASA.  Dr. Kelling is an author of more than 30 published works within education, human factors, and engineering and has received multiple grants from the National Institute of Health and NASA.

Dr. Viktor Levandovskyy is a Visiting Professor of American University Kyiv. After graduating from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Ukraine and from the University of Kaiserslautern, he received Ph.D. in Mathematics (with magna cum laude) from Technical University of Kaiserslautern and obtained Habilitation from RWTH Aachen, both in Germany. Dr. Levandovskyy received research awards, including the 2004 Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize for Excellence in Software Engineering for Computer Algebra, awarded to the development team of Computer Algebra System “Singular”, as well as multiple grants, including those funded by the German DFG, DAAD and an American CRDF.

Dr. Levandovskyy is an author of more than 55 articles, published in leading scholarly journals in computer science, computer algebra and pure and applied mathematics. With collaborators, he has developed two open-source specialized high-performant software projects, having unique properties. He has been keynote or invited speaker to a number of universities and conferences, among them ACA (Applications of Computer Algebra) and ISSAC (International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation), as well as lecturing at international summer schools (Austria, the Netherlands, Spain etc.). He serves on the editorial boards of the Maple Transactions Journal as well as of prestigious conferences, such as CASC (Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing) and ISSAC. He has been twice a special issue editor of the Journal of Symbolic Computation. Dr. Levandovskyy has been working in Kaiserslautern, Aachen and Kassel (Germany), and in Austrian Linz.

Dr. Hanna Shvindina is an Associate Professor at American University Kyiv. She received Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Protection at Sumy State University (2006), and Doctor of Science in Economics and Management at the Enterprises at Sumy State University (2019). Dr. Shvindina was awarded several individual scholarships, including Erasmus Mundus scholarships (BACKIS, EMINENCE), Fulbright Scholarship, and many other grants. She was a Post-Doc researcher at the University of Montpellier (France) and Purdue University (USA). In 2021 she won the funding for the project Jean Monnet (Team Leader). She is a pioneer of COIL Projects in Ukraine, started in 2019 in cooperation with University Nebraska-Lincoln, continued with Washington State University (USA).

Dr. Shvindina is an author of more than 100 articles. Her scientific interests include coopetition, strategies and innovations, change management, organizational development, civic education, and leadership. She is a scientific committee member at the European Marketing and Management Association, a member of CENA community, Researchers' Excellence Network (RENET), Ukrainian Association for Management Development and Business Education. Dr. Shvindina is a member of editorial boards of scientific journals in Ukraine, Poland, and Switzerland, invited reviewer for the international conferences in Poland, Germany, Ukraine, and the USA. She is a CEO at NGO “Lifelong Learning Centre”, where she provides courses on leadership and communications, organizes the program on empowerment for the local community, and offers community services.

Dr. Artem Kliuchnikov is an Adjunct Professor at American University Kyiv. He received Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. Dr. Kliuchnikov has received number of grants and led research projects focusing on cross-cultural aspects of leadership. He is a strategy consultant and worked with number of businesses and foundations. Dr. Kliuchnikov has served as a visiting professor to Indiana Institute of Technology at their Global Leadership Ph.D. program. He partnered with Tiffin University to develop two courses for their freshly minted Ph.D. program in Leadership. Currently he serves as a Visiting Professor to International Leadership University in Nairobi, Kenya where he develops and teaches different courses at their MA in Leadership program.

Dr. Kliuchnikov’s research interests include cross-cultural leadership, artificial intelligence in leadership, organizational culture, followership and ethics in leadership. His publications to date explore cross-cultural applicability of leadership theories. Dr. Kliuchnikov is a current member of International Leadership Association (ILA). He also is a co-founder and a director of Analytical Center for Leadership Research and Development (ACLRD), a think tank located in Kyiv. Through ACLRD Dr. Kliuchnikov continues to research leadership practices in Eastern Europe, to develop and to teach leadership training seminars.

Dr. Oleksandr Romanko is an Adjunct Professor and a Founding Director of Master of Technology Leadership and AI program at American University Kyiv. Dr. Romanko works as Lead Research Scientist in Financial Risk Quantitative Research at SS&C Technologies Canada, he is also an Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto, Ukrainian Catholic University and Kyiv School of Economics. Dr. Romanko received Ph.D. in Computer Science from McMaster University. Previously, he worked as a Senior Research Analyst and Manager of Quantitative Research at Watson Financial Services division of IBM. Dr. Romanko received several industrial awards including IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award in 2014 and Eminence and Excellence IBM Award to Quantitative Research Group of IBM Risk Analytics in 2012. He also received a number of academic awards from INFORMS, Canadian Operational Research Society and Mitacs.

Dr. Romanko is an author of more than 20 articles and book chapters in financial risk management, machine learning, analytics and operations research. His research focuses on optimization algorithms, financial portfolio optimization, machine learning and artificial intelligence applied to finance and risk management. To popularize data science and analytics as a new career option in Ukraine, starting from 2013 Dr. Romanko co-organized and taught more than ten one- and two-day courses in Data Science, Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence with more than 5000 attendees. Dr. Romanko is a co-founder of Canada’s Mitacs Research Internship Program for Ukraine, that allowed more than 200 Ukrainian students to participate in research internship projects at Canadian universities. Dr. Romanko served as a Senior Policy Advisor to Anna Novosad, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine in 2019-2020. He is also a member of the board of directors of Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada.

Dr. Volodymyr Vakhitov is a Director of Behavioral Science Institute and Associate Professor at American University Kyiv. Dr. Vakhitov has significant work experience at Kyiv School of Economics and has over 15 years of experience in applied economic and microeconometric research in productivity, foreign trade, large firm-level data sets. His research interests also cover Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis, Urban Economics, Regional Development, Behavioral Economics and Agglomeration Economies. He took part in various projects for the World Bank, USAІD, and Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs (NUPI). In particular, Volodymyr was engaged in studies of the effects of non-tariff measures regulation on productivity, trade, and quality outcomes of food producers, effects of services deregulation on Ukrainian manufacturing firms, and effects of deregulation on local competitiveness in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and Crimea in 2006-2009.

Dr. Vakhitov obtained his Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of Kentucky (USA) and Master of Economic Theory from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine).

Dr. Roman Mykhailyshyn is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Department of Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA). Also, he is an Associate Professor of Automation Technological Processes and Manufacturing at Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University (Ukraine). He received Ph.D. in Engineering from Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University. Dr. Mykhailyshyn was awarded the Scholarship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists in 2020-2022. He was awarded the Ternopil City Council in the nomination "Young scientists and researchers" in 2020 and the Ternopil Regional State Administration and Ternopil Regional Council in 2018. Dr. Mykhailyshyn is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.

Dr. Mykhailyshyn is an author of more than 30 articles, published in leading scholarly journals in robotics, computing, engineering, and manufacturing. His research focuses on robotics, motion planning and optimization, modeling of physical systems, additive manufacturing, minimization of energy costs for transport operations by industrial robots, and design of gripping devices for industrial robots. He served on the reviewer board of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, IEEE Access, Machines, Robotics, Applied Sciences, International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering.

Oleh Derevianko is a Co-founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Vision Officer of ISSP – Information Systems Security Partners, an international cybersecurity company founded in Ukraine in 2008 and currently operating globally. Before founding ISSP, Oleh worked as CEO and Board Member in Ukrainian and international companies. He is specialized in new venture building and change management, and is passionate about lifelong learning, leadership, emotional intelligence, and creativity.

In 2015-2016, Oleh Derevianko served as a Deputy Minister and Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Oleh is an internationally recognized expert and opinion leader in cybersecurity strategy. He has presented in the U.S. at MIT, Stanford, Texas A&M, The Aspen Institute, and The Atlantic Council and has appeared in the WIRED magazine, BBC, Politico, other global media, the Amazon best-selling book ‘Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers’ (2019) by Andy Greenberg, and in Nicole Perlroth’s book ‘This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends: The Cyber-Weapons Arms Race’ (2021), a NYT best seller and winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2021.

Dr. Serhii Lupenko is a Visiting Professor at American University Kyiv, Professor at the Opole University of Technology (Poland) and Lead Researcher in Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Dr. Serhii Lupenko is Full Professor (2011), Doctor of Technical Sciences (2011), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine (2021). Dr. Serhii Lupenko is the founder and long-term (2004-2015) Head of the Department of Radio Computer Systems and the Department of Computer Systems and Networks at Ternopil Ivan Pul'uj National Technical University. He was awarded various diplomas, in particular in 2020 he was awarded a Diploma of the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Dr. Serhii Lupenko is a well-known specialist in the field of mathematical modelling and computational methods. Under the leadership of dr. Serhii Lupenko operates a scientific school "Modelling and Mathematical Support of Intellectualized Information Systems in Medicine, Technology and Economics." Dr. Serhii Lupenko was the Research Supervisor of 7 PhD level theses and 1 Doctor of Technical Sciences level theses.  Dr. Serhii Lupenko was the Head of 7 funded international and national scientific and educational projects. During his scientific and scientific-pedagogical activity, dr. Serhii Lupenko has published about 400 scientific and scientific-methodical papers, including 9 scientific monographs and 9 textbooks.

Dr. Habil. Olexandra Antoniouk is a Dean of EPAM School of Digital Technologies and a Visiting Professor of American University Kyiv. She received Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Institute of Mathematics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1993 and Habilitated there in 2016. Dr. Antoniouk is a Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, received different research and social activity awards, including the 2015 AvH award «Innovation Networking Initiative», National Academy of Science of Ukraine Honors "For Professional Achievements" (2020), Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "For services to the Ukrainian people" (2021).

Dr. Antoniouk is an author of more than 40 articles, published in leading scholarly journals in mathematics and its applications. She is a specialist in the field of differential equations in partial derivatives of the finite and infinite number of variables. Its main activities concern the evolutionary behavior of systems describing models of statistical mechanics with an infinite number of interacting particles, various types of nonlinear differential equations of a finite number of variables, including diffusion equations on noncompact Riemannian manifolds and porous medium equations, and dynamical systems stochastic flows on manifolds and analysis of discrete time series. She was a leader of the Ukrainian part of several EU projects in particular FP-7 Marie Curie Actions IRES “EU-Ukrainian Mathematicians for Life Sciences” (2012-2016), Horizon-2020 “Approximation Methods for Molecular Modelling and Diagnosis Tools” (2016-2019) and was a head organizer of different international multi-disciplinary conferences among them: "Mathematics for Life Sciences" (2012-2017), KAU Data Science School (2018-2021).

Dr. Sergiy Tytenko is a Deputy Dean of EPAM School of Digital Technologies and an Associate Professor at American University Kyiv. He received Ph.D. in Computer Science at Pukhov Institute for Modeling in Energy Engineering National Academy of Science of Ukraine in 2011. Dr. Tytenko has deep industrial experience in software engineering. His professional activity dedicated to mobile applications development, full cycle of web development, including server-side architecture and frontend engineering as well as UI/UX expertise. He is CTO at EMPAT software development company.

Dr. Tytenko is an author of more than 50 articles. His research interests are ontology-oriented information and learning web portals, innovative interfaces and interactive concept maps for information systems and mobile applications, human–computer information retrieval, web development and software architecture. He is an author of Semantic Portal innovative e-learning project.

Dr. Viktor Putrenko is a Full Professor of American University Kyiv. He received Ph.D. from the National Academy of Science in 2008. He received Doctor of Engineering Sciences in System Analysis from National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. Dr. Putrenko led many research projects in the field of modeling sustainable development and development of information systems to support management decisions based on spatial data. Нe is a developer and architect of information systems at the level of municipalities, communities, and regions. Dr. Putrenko is an expert consultant for many international projects and a member of international organizations such as IEEE, ICA, and GSDI.

Dr. Viktor Putrenko is an author of more than 150 articles and books on information systems, data mining, databases, modeling in environmental management and economics. His research interests are in the field of interdisciplinary research for the analysis of sustainable development using modern data analysis and information technology. Нe has been working on the implementation of online education systems since 2013.

Dr. Tetyana Sviridova is an Adjunct Professor at American University Kyiv. She received Ph.D. in Mathematical modelling and Computational Systems at Lviv Polytechnic National University. Currently Tetyana is acting as Director, Quality Engineering at Epam Global.

She has more than 20 successful projects in different roles of Tester/Test Lead/Delivery Manager. As WEST UA testing head has great not only technical experience but expertise in competency growth as well.

Tetyana Sviridova is a speaker at different scientific and practical events in IT industry. The main passion of her life she sees quality.

Oleksandr Yosypenko is a Visiting Lecturer at American University Kyiv. Oleksandr graduated from Kyiv National Economics University, equipping him with a strong foundation in business and economics. With approximately 10 years of top management experience across various industries, including over 5 years in IT management, Oleksandr brings valuable insights from the realms of IT, Investments, and Finance. 

To further enhance his professional credentials, Oleksandr holds multiple certifications. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), showcasing his mastery in project management practices. Additionally, he possesses the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification, demonstrating his proficiency in Scrum methodologies. Oleksandr is also Certified LeSS Practicioner, certified in SAFe (SAFe 6 Scrum Master, SAFe 6 Agilist) and holds the Scrum Inc. Scrum@Scale certifications, highlighting his expertise in agile practices at scale. 

An entrepreneurial spirit drives Oleksandr Yosypenko, as he brings not only experience but also a mindset of entrepreneurship to his endeavours. With a T-Shaped management approach, Oleksandr has fulfilled various roles throughout his career, including Commercial Director, Finance and Operations Director, Delivery Manager, Project Manager, Program Manager, Scrum Master, and Product Owner, to name a few. This versatility and adaptability make him a well-rounded professional capable of handling diverse responsibilities. 

Dr. Ivan Ivashchenko is a Visiting Professor at American University Kyiv. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy (Taras-Shevchenko University, Kyiv). He studied and researched in Germany (Martin Luther University, Halle, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena) and the USA (Pittsburgh University). Dr. Ivan Ivashchenko translates philosophy classics from English, German, and Italian into Ukrainian. Among the translated authors are Gumbrecht, Agamben, Vico, Fichte, Hegel, Kant, etc. He is working on the first translation into Ukrainian of Arthur Schopenhauer’s The World as Will and Representation.

His research interests include epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of the Enlightenment (Vico, Kant), German idealism (Fichte, Schelling, Hegel), Wittgenstein, and the Pittsburgh School of Philosophy. He is also editor-in-chief at the publishing house Synteza.

Dr. Nataliia Viatkina is a Visiting Professor at American University Kyiv. She received Ph.D. in Logic from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. She is a senior scientific researcher with the Hryhory Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Dr. Viatkina served as a Coordinator of Research Programs at the NGO Center of Social Prognosing and as a Program Coordinator at the American Councils for Collaboration in Education and Language Studies (ACCELS). She also served as the Executive Director of the Transformation of Humanities in Ukraine Program at the International Renaissance Foundation. In 2015-2016, Dr. Viatkina was the director of the Institute of Education Content Modernization, a state scientific institution with the Ministry of Education of Ukraine where she contributed to the reform of the Ukrainian education system.

Dr. Viatkina is a philosopher and scholar, studying philosophical problems in the field of formal logic, analytical philosophy, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind and language. She developed and implemented an array of education programs and projects. Dr. Viatkina has authored more than 50 academic and popular publications, among them chapters in 16 collective monographs and one individual monograph 'Sense and Ontology in Logic'. Dr. Viatkina provides individual and group consultancy in Project Writing, Scientific Research Writing, Project Based Learning, Decision Making, and Critical Thinking in Education and Business. She is the Board Member of the OlafPine Foundation and Ukraine – France Association, and a moderator of the Aspen-Institute, Kyiv.

Dr. Hanna Tekliuk is an English Teacher of American University Kyiv. She received Ph.D. degree in Education and Upbringing of teenagers in the UK from Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University in 2014. She has such internationally recognised certificates as CELTA, TKT, TESOL and some British Council certificates.

Dr. Tekliuk is an author of more than 32 articles published in leading scholarly journals in Education. She is doing research on English learning psychological background, different approaches to English teaching, innovative language teaching methods, developing motivation in students, techniques and strategies of critical thinking development, distance learning of foreign languages, infographics for teaching speaking, etc.