About me

AI Researcher, Data Analyst and Architect. 16+ years creating and building world-class analytics — not just for reporting, but for decision-making that grows the business.

Maks Kulish

I started in digital in 2010 as co-owner of Airo, an online shop built while the eCommerce market was still taking shape. I owned the digital product, the marketing and the analytics. In 2013 I earned the Google Analytics IQ certification, and analytics became the whole job.

Since then I've implemented complex digital analytics projects for tier-1 companies at OWOX, led analytics teams, designed custom advanced attribution for multiple industries, architected and delivered marketing analytics projects at Optimics (clients JetBrains, Dr.Max, Invia, Novibet, Fortuna Entertainment Group) in collaboration with Google, and led data and analytics for the global SEO/AEO (search engine and answer engine optimisation) & Content team at Gen Digital (brands Norton, LifeLock, Avast).

In the sixteen years since I've worked the problem from every side — in-house and agency-side, as analyst, team lead and solution architect — across eCommerce, Fintech, iGaming, Travel and Cybersecurity, for companies from early-stage to billions in revenue.

More recently I've been working hands-on with AI — using it daily for analysis and building agents that take over the repetitive parts of analytics work, including conversational agents that let business teams ask questions of their data in plain language instead of SQL (Structured Query Language).

I work across the EU, UK and USA. Get in touch if you have an interesting project, or an idea for how we could collaborate.

What people say about working with me

Recommendations from managers, colleagues and clients on LinkedIn.

I managed Maks on the Optimization team at GenDigital, where he worked as our data and analytics lead across BigQuery, GCP, and our SEO/AEO reporting. He is proactive, consistently bringing his own ideas rather than waiting to be told what to do, and he takes feedback well and adjusts quickly. He leaves things well documented. I'd recommend Maks to any team looking for someone technical and proactive.
Martin Vasko

Martin Vasko

Head of SEO & Content, Gen Digital

Maks is a talented, dependable, and collaborative professional. He combines strong expertise with a practical, solution-oriented mindset and consistently approaches challenges with thoughtfulness and attention to detail. What particularly stands out is his ability to work effectively with others, and remain focused on delivering high-quality results.
Milos Kostadinovic

Milos Kostadinovic

Senior SEO Specialist, Gen Digital

I had the pleasure of working with Maks over the past few months and was impressed by his reliability and strong sense of ownership. He is a true teammate and always tries to go above and beyond when handling data requests. Thanks, Maks, for helping me get closer to the data! You would be a valuable addition to any data team!
Milica Ristic

Milica Ristic

Principal SEO Specialist, Gen Digital

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Maks on implementing value-based bidding for Google Ads using Enhanced Conversions for Leads, as well as on several other analytics and measurement projects. Throughout our work together, Maks demonstrated an impressive depth of knowledge in marketing analytics and Google product architecture — including GCP, Google Ads and GTM. He was consistently helpful, responsive, and genuinely committed to the work.
Dominik Stehno

Dominik Stehno

Senior Data Analyst / Analytics Engineer, Fortuna Entertainment Group

I cooperated with Maks while he was our main point of contact during joint projects with Optimics, such as SGTM, margin-based bidding implementation, and our GA360 license reseller. I can recommend Maks as he has always been very proactive, very fast to respond to any communication, which I appreciated especially when related to deadlines. Maks is also knowledgeable in the Google web analytics ecosystem, striving to keep up with the ever-changing world of web analytics.
Jiří Šnajdr

Jiří Šnajdr

Group Business & Marketing Data Lead, Dr.Max Pharmacy Chain

Maks is easy to work with, proactive, and deeply attentive to both technical detail and business needs. Across multiple years and projects, he consistently brought structure and reliability to our analytics setup, especially during periods of change.
Roman Prokashev

Roman Prokashev

Digital Marketing Team Lead, JetBrains

I appreciated working with Maks and his support on complex Google Analytics setups, including server-side tracking. He brought a lot of ideas to the table and was proactive in suggesting solutions. Communication was always clear and fast, which made collaboration on technically challenging topics smooth and efficient. Maks consistently demonstrated a strong understanding of analytics best practices and was a reliable partner throughout our work together.
Alina Anikina

Alina Anikina

Web Analytics Team Lead, JetBrains

I had the pleasure of working with Maks in his role as a Marketing Analytics Solution Architect at Optimics, and our collaboration was excellent. He combines strong technical expertise with a clear understanding of marketing and business goals, turning complex data into actionable insights. Maks is structured, reliable, and consistently adds value through well-designed analytics solutions. I would highly recommend him to any team looking for a high level marketing analytics professional.
Nicholas Exarchakos

Nicholas Exarchakos

Head of SEO & Analytics, Novibet

I had the pleasure of working with Maks during Invia's collaboration with Optimics, a digital marketing agency, over more than two years. Maks was our main point of contact and led projects on the Optimics side with great professionalism, expertise, and enthusiasm. Together, we successfully delivered several projects in the areas of digital analytics, martech, and web KPI reporting. We also co-presented at industry conferences.
Radoslaw Berger

Radoslaw Berger

Managing Digital Analytics & Customer Insights, Invia

I had the pleasure of working with Maks for over a year, and it was truly a great experience. Together, we managed and developed a portfolio of clients, and it was the perfect tandem. I deeply appreciate Maks's strengths in analytics, planning, and communication. He is also an excellent project manager — highly detail-oriented, transparent, and always reliable.
Alona Vigovska

Alona Vigovska

Strategic Partnership Development Manager, Salestube

My story

From running an online shop to building the measurement layer behind marketing decisions.

2026

Principal SEO/AEO Analyst · Gen Digital

Automated data pipelines and AI workflows for SEO/AEO, and designed a Conversational AI agent that let the SEO/AEO & Content team ask questions of their data in plain language instead of SQL.

2023

Analytics Solution Architect · Optimics

Architected central marketing data warehouses drawing on 70+ sources — delivering 2× ROAS (return on ad spend) and −77% cost per activated user through multi-touch attribution.

2022

Analytics Product Owner · Semrush

Designed the marketing attribution concept for the SaaS (software as a service) platform and led a team of 6 — launching experiments and testing hypotheses for media marketing campaigns in the US market.

2019

Analytics Integration Manager · OWOX BI

Led a 10-person analytics team building custom attribution and end-to-end ROPO (research online, purchase offline) analysis — cutting one retailer's cost per order by 29%.

2014

Senior Marketing Analytics Consultant · OWOX

Unified data from 100+ marketing sources for enterprise clients, including the work that grew a leading bank's online sales conversions 2.2×.

2013

Google Analytics IQ certified

Formal certification at a point when very few eCommerce teams in the region had a measurement discipline at all — the point analytics stopped being part of my job and became the whole of it.

2010

Co-owner · Airo, an online shop

Built and ran an online shop in the early years of regional eCommerce, owning the digital product, the marketing and the measurement behind both.

Full history on LinkedIn.

My certifications

Generative AI LeaderGoogle · 2026 Intermediate SQLDataCamp · 2025 Cloud Digital LeaderGoogle · 2025 Google Cloud Sales CredentialGoogle · 2025 Incrementality ExperimentsGoogle · 2025 Google AnalyticsGoogle · 2024 Campaign Manager 360Google · 2024 Google Ads Video ProfessionalGoogle · 2024 Advanced OmnichannelGoogle · 2023 Google Tag ManagerGoogle · 2022 Google Data StudioGoogle · 2022 Reproducible ResearchCoursera · 2017 Exploratory Data AnalysisCoursera · 2017 Getting and Cleaning DataCoursera · 2017 R ProgrammingCoursera · 2017 The Data Scientist's ToolboxCoursera · 2017

Verifiable on LinkedIn.

Education

M.Eng., Automation
Kryvyi Rih National University · 2000–2005