Ildar Akhmetov

About

Ildar Akhmetov is a visiting associate teaching professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Vancouver. Throughout his career, Akhmetov has worn three hats. As a university educator, he spent more than a decade in his native Russia before jumping to the University of Alberta. There, he continued to design and teach undergraduate and graduate courses, with an emphasis on forging partnerships to facilitate hands-on, experiential projects for his students. As an entrepreneur, he founded and managed several businesses. And as a software developer, he has overseen the development, integration, maintenance, and security of IT and computer systems. Akhmetov was drawn to Khoury College by the opportunity to contribute to the Align program, the college’s

Education

• Certificate in Marketing, University of California, Berkeley
• PhD in Computer Science, Baikal State University — Russia
• MSc and BSc, Applied Computer Science in Economics, Baikal State University, Russia