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Reorganize funding programs and create application documents
- Reorganized funding program structure: moved standalone .md files into organized directories with PROGRAM_INFO.md and APPLICATION_SCOPE.md
- Created budget files for selected priority programs:
  * EIC Accelerator: budget_breakdown.csv and budget_justification.md (€1.815M)
  * ZIM: budget_breakdown.csv and budget_justification.md (€465k)
  * DBU: budget_breakdown.csv and budget_justification.md (€152.5k)
  * LIFE Programme: budget_breakdown.csv and budget_justification.md (€1.815M)
- Created team CV files for all selected programs (CV_Damir_Mukimov.md)
- Added application documents structure:
  * funding/applications/budget/ - Master budget files and templates
  * funding/applications/team_cvs/ - Master CV and team expertise summary
- Updated FUNDING_GAP_ANALYSIS.md to reflect completed documents
- Added APPLICATION_REQUIREMENTS_REPORT.md with detailed requirements
- Added PREPARATION_PRIORITY.md for application preparation workflow
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CV - Damir Mukimov

Founder & Chief Technology Officer
City Resource Graph | Glowing Pixels UG

Contact Information:

  • Address: Coppistr. 12, 10365 Berlin, Germany
  • Phone: +49 (1520) 232 85 98
  • Email: damir@mukimov.com
  • Website: www.mukimov.com
  • LinkedIn: [to be added]

Professional Summary

Experienced Engineering Manager and CTO with 15+ years in software development, specializing in distributed systems, API design, and infrastructure automation. Led cross-functional engineering teams at scale-up companies, built core technology platforms, and founded multiple technology startups. Expertise in Go, Ruby/Rails, TypeScript, React, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure. Currently founding City Resource Graph, an industrial symbiosis platform using graph-based resource matching algorithms.

Relevant Expertise for City Resource Graph:

  • Graph-based matching algorithms and distributed systems
  • API design and microservices architecture
  • Infrastructure automation (K8s, Docker, CI/CD)
  • Team leadership and technical strategy
  • Startup experience (EXIST Business Start-up Grant participant, Antler Startup Program)
  • Circular economy and sustainability technology

Professional Experience

Founder & CTO | City Resource Graph / Glowing Pixels UG

September 2022 Present | Berlin, Germany

  • Leading development of industrial symbiosis platform using graph databases (Neo4j) and spatial analytics (PostGIS)
  • Architecting distributed matching engine for multi-resource optimization (heat, water, waste, materials)
  • Building Go 1.25 stack with Neo4j, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and microservices architecture
  • Managing technical team and defining product strategy for circular economy platform
  • Developing resource matching algorithms for industrial symbiosis applications

Key Achievements:

  • Designed graph-based resource matching architecture
  • Implemented hybrid Neo4j + PostGIS spatial-temporal matching engine
  • Built MVP for heat flow matching with manual entry and map visualization
  • Defined technical roadmap for 18-month product development cycle

Founder & CTO | Glowing Pixels UG

September 2022 Present | Berlin, Germany

  • Founded technology consulting company
  • Providing CTO services and technical consulting
  • Specializing in IT infrastructure, ML systems, Ruby, Go, and Kubernetes
  • Delivering consulting work on IT and infrastructure for ML, Ruby, Golang and K8S projects

Participant | Antler Startup Program

October 2022 April 2023 | Berlin, Germany

  • Participated in Antler Startup Program - leading global early-stage VC and startup generator
  • Explored startup opportunities and validated business ideas
  • Built network and connections within the startup ecosystem
  • Gained experience in startup ideation, validation, and early-stage development

Key Learnings:

  • Startup ideation and validation processes
  • Early-stage business model development
  • Startup ecosystem and networking
  • Applied these learnings to City Resource Graph project

Engineering Manager | Homeday GmbH

September 2020 October 2022 | Berlin, Germany

  • Led 2 cross-functional engineering teams of 5-8 engineers each
  • Extensive hiring and team building
  • Planning and shaping technical backlog together with engineering teams
  • Partnered with cross-functional designers, engineers, product owners, BI and operational teams for process definitions and project implementation
  • QA Department setup and hiring
  • Stakeholder communication and cross-team coordination

Key Achievements:

  • Built and led high-performing engineering teams
  • Established QA processes and department
  • Implemented agile development practices
  • Improved development velocity and code quality

Lead Web Developer | HERE Deutschland GmbH

February 2019 August 2020 | Berlin, Germany

  • Led development of documentation platform (verification, building and publishing automation) for more than 300 projects within the company
  • Automated documentation pipeline and publishing workflows
  • Improved developer experience and documentation quality

Key Achievements:

  • Reduced documentation publishing time by 80%
  • Automated verification and building processes
  • Managed documentation for 300+ projects

Lead Fullstack Developer | Getsafe GmbH

May 2018 January 2019 | Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Defined requirements and built tools for internal client operations
  • Automated internal processes
  • Helped improve development processes
  • Integrated Jira in development workflows
  • Improved backend performance

Key Achievements:

  • Increased operational efficiency through automation
  • Improved backend response times
  • Enhanced development workflow integration

Chief Technology Officer | Mind Intelligence UG

April 2017 March 2018 | Berlin, Germany

  • Participant of EXIST Business Start-up Grant program (German federal startup funding)
  • Developed architecture and core technology for empathy recognition based on voice analysis using Deep Learning methods
  • Founded and managed development team and freelancers
  • Developed various MVPs for market testing
  • Managed technology strategy and product development

Key Achievements:

  • Successfully received EXIST Business Start-up Grant
  • Built ML-based voice analysis platform
  • Validated market through multiple MVPs

Ruby on Rails Developer | Distribusion Technologies GmbH

October 2012 September 2014, April 2015 March 2017 | Berlin, Germany

  • Designed and developed core API
  • Separated monolith application into smaller applications
  • Built responsive front-end using BEM technology
  • Integrated SOAP and JSON APIs with partners
  • Built and managed localization processes for more than 10 languages
  • Interviewed new developers
  • Managed CI and test infrastructure
  • Implemented microservice architecture
  • Created internal gems for simplifying partner integrations
  • Built Go application for big CSV files pre-processing

Key Achievements:

  • Successfully decomposed monolith into microservices
  • Improved partner integration efficiency
  • Established localization processes for 10+ languages

Ruby on Rails Developer | OOO "Sirena-Bus"

October 2014 April 2015 | Moscow, Russia

  • Developed back-end and front-end applications
  • Wrote AngularJS front-end (views and controllers) for Rails back-end
  • Built infrastructure for app deployment and server configuration with Ansible

Research Associate and Project Manager | National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)

2009 2014 | Moscow, Russia

  • Conducted research and development on new sensors and their applications
  • Wrote software for microcontrollers (AVR, PIC, ARM)
  • Wrote PC and mobile software for testing MEMS sensors
  • Developed biomedical device for vital signs monitoring
  • Presented products at exhibitions
  • Made oral and poster presentations at international science conferences
  • Managed science projects from writing applications to team forming, reports writing and final commissioning

Key Achievements:

  • Managed multiple research projects
  • Developed biomedical monitoring devices
  • Presented at international conferences
  • 2nd Place Winner - "Эврика" (Eureka) Competition for Breakthrough Ideas at Moscow State University (MSU), December 2014
    • Project: "Safeband" - Safety bracelet measuring vital body indicators and determining when medical help is needed
    • Organized by MSU Center for National Intellectual Reserve and MSU Business Incubator with support from Gazprombank
    • Selected from 600 competing teams in the "Best Idea" nomination
    • Recognized for innovation and commercial potential in biomedical technology

Side Projects & Entrepreneurship

Simplify Traffic (Legacy/Inactive)

www.simplify-traffic.com

Service for intercity bus fleet monitoring and data analytics. (Project no longer actively maintained)

  • Project planning and architecture design
  • Architecture and documentation development
  • Core API development on Ruby
  • Built Docker infrastructure
  • Managed front-end (Angular 2 and React) and Android developers

Technologies Used: Ruby, Angular 2, React, Docker, REST APIs

Tercul

Project to create a website with a database of artists (poets, writers, etc.) with their works translated into many languages.


Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science

2011 2013 | Glyndŵr University, Wrexham, United Kingdom

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

2009 2011 | National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET), Moscow, Russia

Interpreter in Professional Communication (English)

National Research University of Electronic Technology, Moscow, Russia


Languages

  • English: Fluent
  • Russian: Native
  • German: Basic (improving)

Technical Skills

Leadership & Management

  • Servant Leadership, Mentoring, Inspiring and Motivating
  • Processes Definition and Optimisation
  • Cross-Functional Communication
  • Team Building and Hiring

Programming Languages & Frameworks

  • Go: Advanced (microservices, concurrent systems, graph algorithms)
  • Ruby/Rails: Advanced (API design, monolith decomposition)
  • TypeScript/JavaScript: Advanced (ReactJS, AngularJS, front-end development)
  • Python: Intermediate (ML/AI applications)

Infrastructure & DevOps

  • Kubernetes: Advanced (container orchestration, cloud infrastructure)
  • Docker: Advanced (containerization, CI/CD)
  • CI/CD: Advanced (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, automation)
  • Infrastructure as Code: Ansible, Terraform
  • Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP

Databases & Data

  • Neo4j: Advanced (graph databases, Cypher queries)
  • PostgreSQL/PostGIS: Advanced (spatial databases, geospatial queries)
  • Redis: Advanced (caching, message queues)
  • Database Design: Advanced (relational and graph schemas)

Other Technologies

  • API Design (REST, GraphQL, SOAP)
  • Microservices Architecture
  • System Architecture & Design
  • Test Infrastructure & QA

Certifications & Programs

  • EXIST Business Start-up Grant participant (German federal startup funding program)
  • Antler Startup Program participant (October 2022 April 2023) - Leading global early-stage VC and startup generator

Publications & Presentations

  • Multiple presentations at international science conferences (research period)
  • Technical blog posts and documentation (professional experience)

Additional Information

Current Focus: Building City Resource Graph - an industrial symbiosis platform that enables resource matching and optimization for circular economy applications. The platform uses graph-based matching algorithms to connect businesses for resource sharing (heat, water, waste, materials).

Relevant Experience for Funding Applications:

  • Successfully received EXIST Business Start-up Grant (proven track record with German funding)
  • Participated in Antler Startup Program (exposure to early-stage VC ecosystem and startup validation)
  • 2nd Place Winner in "Эврика" (Eureka) Innovation Competition at Moscow State University (selected from 600 teams) - demonstrates innovation competition success
  • Experience leading engineering teams and technical strategy
  • Expertise in the exact technologies required for City Resource Graph (Go, Neo4j, PostGIS, microservices)
  • Strong background in API design and distributed systems
  • Experience building and scaling technology platforms

Last Updated: November 2025