About

Welcome!

Igor looking at a sea with hands wide open

I’m Igor Tkanov, a software engineer and architect in Amsterdam. I write and build around production AI: LLM integration, RAG, agents – and cloud security.

I’ve built backend and platform systems across B2B SaaS – e-commerce, workforce management, aviation – and earlier, software for internet-exchange-scale networks.

What I do

I work with startups and scale-ups on three things:

Architecture for AI products – LLM integration, RAG, agents, and the plumbing that makes them observable.
Cloud and platform security – automated checks and policies in CI/CD, containers, and infrastructure as code. CISSP/GCSA, GDPR/ISO 27001 alignment.
Technical direction in regulated or critical-infrastructure contexts – turning business constraints into roadmaps and clear expectations.

Certifications

I care about keeping systems fast and safe. Recent certifications that shape how I think about security and modern engineering:

CISSP
(ISC²)

As a CISSP, I help companies design secure, resilient systems that fit how engineers really build software. That means security by design in architecture and code, GDPR/ISO 27001 alignment, and better collaboration between security and engineering instead of having security as a blocker.

GIAC Cloud Security Automation certificate

GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GIAC)

With GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA), I focus on making cloud security automatic: built into CI/CD, containers/Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code through automated checks and policies instead of after-the-fact, costly fixes. The result is cloud operations that are easier to run, easier to audit, and much harder to break.

Generative AI Leader
(Google Cloud)

The Google Cloud Generative AI Leader certificate helps make practical gen AI useful, safe, and production-ready: choosing sensible use cases and services, with guardrails for data, privacy, and model behavior so AI features stay useful, compliant, and helpful rather than risky experiments.