Sanzhar Aubakirov

@saubakirov

Chief Innovation Officer at Innoforce

I still code, teach, and mentor, so I enjoy conversations that move between software and the classroom. I’ve taught machine learning and software engineering, and I’m especially interested in how ideas find their way into real business.

Featured

Publication

RSSI Based Bluetooth Low Energy Indoor Positioning

Oct 1, 2018 · IEEE International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT) · Citations: 36

Publication

From Raw GPS to GTFS: A Real-World Open Dataset for Bus Travel Time Prediction

Jul 23, 2025 · Data · Citations: 12

Publication

Improving Indoor Positioning via Machine Learning

Jan 1, 2019 · International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications (DATA) · Citations: 6

Publication

Design and Development of Media-Corpus of the Kazakh Language

Jan 1, 2017 · Lecture notes in computer science · Citations: 5

Career

Experience: 16 years

Experience

Chief Innovation Officer; previously Chief Technical Officer

INNOFORCE PLC

Feb 2020 — Present

Leads innovation and deep tech work across AI, IoT, and digital transformation, after more than five years as CTO building cloud native applications.

• Chief Innovation Officer, November 2024 to Present: Leading innovation strategy and deep tech development at Innoforce. Driving AI, IoT, and digital transformation projects from concept to market impact. • Chief Technical Officer, February 2020 to May 2025: Creating a dream team and building cloud native applications at https://innoforce.kz

Associate Professor; previously Assistant Professor

Astana IT University

Sep 2020 — Present

Teaches at Astana IT University and helps design its educational program, following an earlier role teaching software factory, cloud computing, and programming.

• Associate Professor, September 2021 to Present: Helping to design educational program, lecturing to bachelor and master students. • Assistant Professor, September 2020 to May 2021: Teaching Software Factory, Cloud Computing, Programming.

Associate Professor

University of International Business

Sep 2019 — May 2021

Taught machine learning and project management at the University of International Business.

• Machine Learning, Project Management

Chief Technology Officer; previously Head of IT Department

allpay

Feb 2020

Led Java development and later served as CTO, with responsibilities spanning backend, mobile and web development, testing, and DevOps.

• Chief Technology Officer, November 2018 to February 2020: Worked with Agile methodologies using Jira and Gitlab. Backend stack: JavaEE, EJB, Spring. Frontend stack: iOS Swift, Android RxJava, Angular. Testing stack: Java, test containers, TestNG, ReportPortal, Selenium. Devops stack: Gitlab CI, Ansible, Docker. • Head of IT Department, 2016 to 2018: Team leader of Java development team. • Development stack: Wildfly 10 + Docker, MS SQL, Nginx. • Frameworks and tools: Java, EJB, SOAP, Swagger, Resteasy, Boostrap, Docker, TestNG, Gitlab CI, Jira.

Senior Lecturer

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Sep 2014 — Jan 2020

Worked as a senior lecturer for more than five years; the resume gives no details about courses or other responsibilities.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

2014 — 2017

Master’s Degree, Computer Science

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

2011 — 2013

Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

2007 — 2011

Skills

Digital StrategyInnovation ManagementInnovation ConsultingJavaJavaEEJ2EEEJBSpringCloud ComputingCloud Native ApplicationsAIIoTMachine LearningDockerGitlab CIAnsibleOracleMS SQLiOS SwiftAndroid RxJava