# Maria Vinokurskaya

> Founding Engineer, AI @ PlayerZero | CS @ Carnegie Mellon

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mariavinokurskaya

I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science with a double major in Computer Science and Computational Biology. Now, I am a Founding Engineer at PlayerZero -- a support platform that puts data at the center of fixing production web application issues.

## Work Experience
### Founding Engineer and Member of Technical Staff, AI @ PlayerZero
Jan 2019 – Present
Developing AI at the heart of PlayerZero.

Visit our website: https://playerzero.ai/

### BS in Computer Science with an additional major in Computational Biology @ Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
Graduated in 3 years with University Honors

### Intern @ AI Platform, Computer Vision @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### Intern Coordinator @ Cisco
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Atlanta Area
After participating in Cisco High School Externship the summer of 2017, I returned to Cisco in 2018 to be part of the team organizing and executing the same Externship program for 20 rising seniors in Greater Atlanta area. 
My responsibilities included:
•	Interviewing potential candidates 
•	Leading a workshop on data visualization and presentation techniques (Tableau, Powerpoint)
•	Updating Intern Coordinator Handbook for 2019
•	Assigning and coordinating Job Shadow schedules for the externs and current Cisco employees
•	Mentoring the externs during Capstone project, Innovation Challenge, and other presentation activities
•	Organizing Cisco High STEM Day, which involved over 60 student participants
•	Preparing a final presentation on successes and recommendations for the program
•	Being the first point of contact for any day-to-day issues, particularly IT-related support
•	Communicating with current Cisco employees around the nation learning about their roles in the company

### Extern @ Cisco
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Atlanta Area
Cisco High School Externship at LWR is an exciting 4-week program for 20 students from Greater Atlanta area. After having completed a rigorous selection process which involved writing essays, submitting a resume, and passing an interview, I got a chance to: 

• Attend numerous workshops and lectures learning interpersonal, technical, presentation, and networking skills
• Gain experience of working in a multinational like Cisco, preparing me for future jobs and other positions
• Shadow Cisco employees ranging from sales specialists, to software engineers, to patent litigators
• Work on a Capstone Project, in which my team had to identify three problems of a manufacturing company, propose tech- and IoT-based solutions, present a demo, provide stakeholder and financial analysis, as well as create a five-year implementation plan
• And, overall, enjoy my summer in a great company of 19 other externs!


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

### Dual Enrollment (High School) in Mathematics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maria-vinokurskaya-861486145

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Last updated: 2026-03-22