About
Akim is a very engaging teacher who finds the best approach for each student, explains complicated topics unusually clearly, and inspires students with an enthusiasm for programming!
He has extensively coached 30+ students 1-1 for national and international-level computer science competitions, including 12 winners at national-level competitions.
He also competed himself, with medals in multiple olympiads including a silver at the International Olympiad in Informatics (details in Competition Awards on the right).
reviews
He was a very knowledgeable and charismatic teacher, helping us to reach new heights in the national competitive programming tournaments. Even after almost fifteen years, I still remember Akim as one of those who forged my future path in IT.
~ Yermichev
I can say with confidence that Akim played an important role in my personal and professional development and how I got a job as a Google employee.
~ Anikushin
His patience, experience with the highest level of competitive programming, and personally-tailored explanations ensured that everybody in the class understood the topic no matter how difficult it would seem at first sight.
Thanks to Akim’s mentorship during my high school years, nowadays I can effortlessly deconstruct any algorithmic challenges I encounter at work.
~ Zhuravlev
Akim prepared me for the olympiad in informatics when I was a schoolboy. First of all, he was a role model — yesterday’s high school student with vast experience and success in algorithmic olympiads. At the same time, his knowledge is combined with the ability to present them and share experiences or even just support the student at the right moment.
~ Popovkin
Even difficult material was presented in an interesting way with a wealth of detail. If a student didn’t understand something, Akim helped them individually! To some degree, he influenced how I teach myself: in a way that everyone can understand with a personalized approach
~ Lyapin
Competition awards
Silver at International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)
Silver at Association of Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM ICPC) Finals
Four Gold Medals at National-Level Competitions
Facebook Hacker Cup finalist
CodeChef finalist
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Software Engineer at Google (2014-2023)
Teacher of Advanced Competitive Programming at www.informatics.ru
Teacher at Summer Informatics School (LKSH) for 4 seasons.
EDUCATION
MSc at Moscow State University (Department of Mathematics and Mechanics)