V2 AI appoints Arseny Chernov to lead Singapore push

V2 AI has appointed Arseny Chernov as Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - Applied AI, strengthening its leadership team in Singapore.

Chernov joins as the data and AI consultancy expands across Asia-Pacific and builds out its regional hub in Singapore. He will support operations in Singapore and South-East Asia, working with customers and internal technical teams on AI architecture, forward deployed engineering, and secure multi-agent workflows.

His appointment comes as companies across the region look to move AI projects from pilot stages into live business use. Many organisations now face practical challenges around data, governance, and infrastructure as they try to scale systems across larger operations.

Chernov has held roles at HashiCorp, Google, and Databricks. Most recently, he was Regional Director for ASEAN, Korea, and Greater China at HashiCorp, where he led regional technical teams and worked with organisations on AI-native security, governance, and regulatory practices.

Before that, he spent more than five years at Google in senior technical and engineering roles across Asia-Pacific and the US. During that time, he worked on software releases and programmes linked to Google Payments, and supported enterprise customers and strategic partners on cloud transformation projects, including early generative AI work.

He also led Partner Solutions Architecture for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Databricks. Joining as the company's first hire in Singapore, he built a regional network of more than 50 strategic technology partners while working on data and machine learning pipelines for regulated businesses.

Regional push

Founded in 2023, V2 AI operates across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. Its Singapore expansion has become a key part of its regional growth strategy as demand for applied AI work rises in South-East Asia.

Chernov's role will focus on helping enterprise customers turn new AI tools into production systems. That includes addressing the security, governance, and operational constraints that often emerge when organisations move beyond experimentation.

In a statement on the appointment, Chernov outlined the challenges facing companies that want to deploy AI in day-to-day operations.

"Organisations are moving beyond AI experimentation, but getting from a promising prototype to a reliable enterprise solution requires strong data foundations, robust architecture, co-design with security and governance, alongside with uncompromising focus on measurable business outcomes," Chernov said.

"V2 AI has the technical depth and proven enterprise deployments experience to help organisations navigate such journeys. I'm excited to work alongside the team and our customers to build AI solutions that are practical, secure and capable of delivering lasting value."

Williams said the appointment reflects the technical and operational demands now shaping the AI market in the region.

"Successfully deploying AI at enterprise scale requires a combination of deep technical expertise, an understanding of complex operating environments and the ability to turn emerging capabilities into practical business outcomes.

"Arseny brings an exceptional combination of experience across some of the world's leading technology companies, along with a strong track record in enterprise architecture, forward deployed engineering and strategic partnerships. His appointment strengthens our Singapore team and our ability to help organisations move from AI ambition to real-world implementation," Williams said.