A personal website shaped with Codex, original Higgsfield imagery, and a bilingual interface.
OPERATIONS MINDSET. ENGINEERING DIRECTION.
Business logic.Human context.AI products.
I’m Ivan — an operations leader learning to build practical AI systems. From understanding the process to shaping what comes next.
EXPERIMENT 001
THE CONTINUOUS LOOPHIGGSFIELD
GENERATIVE STUDY
THE CONTINUOUS LOOPHIGGSFIELD
GENERATIVE STUDY
CURRENT EXPLORATIONS
AI-assisted development ✳ Workflow automation ✳ Harness engineering
01 / SELECTED WORK
Ideas into interfaces.
One build at a time.
A personal website, visual experiments,
and the foundations I’m building next.
IVAN AFANASYEVBALI, INDONESIA
02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROCESS
Before the tools,
there’s the problem.
I’ve led operations, launched branches, and connected teams across construction, property development, and FMCG.
That work taught me to ask the useful questions: Who owns the next step? What information is missing? How do we know it worked?
Now I’m bringing that perspective into AI engineering — learning Python, building with n8n and Codex, and exploring how to make agents observable and controlled.
Explore my backgroundBUSINESS EXPERIENCE.
A BUILDER’S CURIOSITY.
03 / THE FOUNDATION
Real operations.
Transferable perspective.
Business experience that informs
the systems I’m learning to build.
2025 — 2026SWOI Chief Operating Officer · Property development
Coordinated commercial, construction, and finance teams in a company of 70+ people, including contractors. Introduced structured payment approvals and developed an English-speaking agent sales channel.
MAY 2025 — JUL 20262024 — 2025ISK PROFI Executive Director · Construction production
Introduced ownership, input requirements, and internal SLAs. Managed sales, production, procurement, and project economics.
3 weeks → 1 week
MAR 2024 — MAR 2025From a client request to a cost estimate.
A process improvement, before my AI engineering work.
2017 — 2024OSHI Group Procurement Manager → Branch Director
Launched branches and connected sales, procurement, warehousing, and logistics. Led operations across two branches serving 500+ clients, with a team of up to 40.
MAY 2017 — MAR 202404 / START A CONVERSATION
GOOD SYSTEMS START WITH GOOD QUESTIONS.Have a process to rethink, a product to explore,
or a question about what I’m building?