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Andrey Malashenko

Director, AI-Enabled API and App Development

Technology executive at BMO with 15+ years building and leading engineering organizations. Currently driving AI adoption and cloud-native API modernization to expose core banking products at scale. Previously grew a 120+ engineer Digitization organization from the ground up.

120+
Engineers Led
$40M+
Portfolio Managed
98%
Delivery Success

Leadership Journey

January 2026 — Present
Director, AI-Enabled API and App Development
Bank of Montreal — Personal and Business Banking Products & Services Technology
  • Building a new API organization to expose core mainframe banking products through modern cloud services
  • Own and evolve the enterprise AI-native SDLC framework — AI-assisted requirements, architecture, development, testing, and operations, grounded in real engineering implementations
  • Hands-on design and delivery of core platform capabilities: CLI developer platforms and Copilot harnesses, end-to-end RAG systems (ingestion → retrieval → grounding → evaluation), and piloting MCP server integration with enterprise-grade security
  • Establish enforceable guardrails for AI-enabled development — secure LLM and agent use, data privacy, access control, and traceability of AI-generated outputs — in partnership with Risk, Security, Compliance, and Architecture
  • Deliver a modern AI-enabled developer experience: agent skill libraries, SDKs, CLI tooling, and CI/CD templates
  • Mentor engineers and technical leads through hands-on contribution (TypeScript, Python), code reviews, and architectural guidance
AI-Native SDLC API Modernization RAG & MCP (pilot) AI Governance Developer Experience
March 2022 — January 2026
Innovation Director, Branch Technology
Bank of Montreal — Personal and Business Banking
  • Led Branch Technology Modernization, AWS Center of Excellence, and Enterprise Managed File Transfer programs
  • Drove digital innovation across retail banking, maintaining 98% financial forecast accuracy
  • Managed cross-functional engineering teams and strategic vendor relationships
AWS CoE Branch Modernization 98% Forecast Accuracy
December 2016 — March 2022
Senior Technology Officer
Bank of Montreal — Personal and Commercial Technology
  • Scaled engineering teams from 1 to 50+ engineers with zero attrition
  • First at BMO to adopt OpenShift and AWS in retail banking
  • Delivered digitization programs via Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies
  • Managed $42MM annual technology budget
$42MM Budget Cloud Pioneer Zero Attrition
April 2013 — December 2016
Senior Technical Specialist — Solution Architect
Bank of Montreal — Wealth Management Technology
  • Owned architecture, forecasting, and estimates for the wealth management technology portfolio
  • Led technical governance across vendors and internal teams
  • Ensured BMO standards compliance and quality deliverables across all programs
September 2010 — April 2013
Senior Software Developer
Bank of Montreal
  • Joined BMO as a senior developer, contributing to enterprise banking application development
  • Established foundation for a 15+ year career in BMO technology leadership
September 2007 — October 2010
Senior Software Developer
Wirecard AG
  • Developed financial technology systems at a global payment processing company
November 2005 — September 2007
CTO & Co-founder
Road Runner Media
  • Co-founded and led technical strategy and development for a digital media startup
February 2004 — October 2005
Principal Developer, CTO & Co-founder
Infonet Ltd
  • Co-founded company and served as principal developer and CTO, building early-career technical and leadership foundations

Technical Excellence

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS OpenShift Kubernetes Docker Microservices

AI & Innovation

AI Integration Agentic Workflows Machine Learning Vector Databases Automation

Leadership

Team Building Budget Management Strategic Planning Stakeholder Management Agile / Waterfall

Architecture

Enterprise Architecture System Integration API Design Security Governance

Recognition & Impact

3× BMO Best of the Best
Recognized in 2011, 2017, and 2019 for exceptional leadership and delivery excellence
Patent Holder
US-20200272483-A1 — Systems and Methods for Validating Loading of Content on User Interface (filed Feb 2019)
30+ Quarterly Top Performer
Consistently recognized for outstanding performance and strategic contributions
Cloud Pioneer
First adopter of AWS and OpenShift at BMO, driving cloud transformation across retail banking
98% Forecast Accuracy
Maintaining exceptional financial precision across a $40MM+ portfolio year over year
Zero Attrition Leadership
Built and retained high-performing teams with an exceptional engineering culture
Destination Digital — Finalist
BMO recognition for outstanding contributions to digital transformation initiatives (2022)
Lil Babineau Club Builder Award
Gymnastics Ontario — 2024. Recognized for extraordinary volunteerism at the club level at Trillium Rhythmic Gymnastics

Projects & Products

Recalium
Portable AI memory layer for developers. Local-first, MCP-native, source-backed facts. Planned brain areas: activity memory, people profiles, project/communication context.
Visit Recalium ↗
HouseCost
Canadian home ownership cost calculator. Tracks mortgage, property tax, insurance, utilities, maintenance, condo fees, and rent comparison for real cost clarity.
Open HouseCost ↗
RSVPex
Private RSVP management for events. Guest tracking, dietary needs, gift registry integration, self-hosted data — designed for families and special occasions.
Open RSVPex ↗
Starky Star
Family reward app built with Expo and React Native. Parents create tasks, approve completions, manage rewards. Kids track stars and progress. Multilingual, COPPA-compliant, privacy-focused.
Visit StarkyStar ↗
Breqy
Linux-first, always-on multi-agent AI runtime. Local engine daemon with persistent sessions, separable agents, pluggable channels, controlled tool use, and durable memory. Personal-first platform for technical work.
Visit Breqy ↗
TeleCLI
Web-based terminal interface accessible via browser and Telegram bot. Isolated sessions, command whitelisting, optional AI proxy for automation. Built with FastAPI for high performance and security.
Visit TeleCLI ↗
agentharness
Portable engineering policies for coding agents. Git, testing, logging, and language conventions written once and referenced everywhere — with opt-in publish authority, an enforced completion gate, and review mandates. On npm as agentharness-toolkit.
Explore agentharness ↗

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