Cyberlytica

Executive Team

We bring privacy expertise, legal analysis and AI engineering together to help organisations understand how applications handle their data.

Dr Maksim Kalameyets
Co-founder & CEO

Dr Maksim Kalameyets

Maksim leads Cyberlytica’s strategy and product direction, drawing on his expertise in privacy-risk assessment. His background combines privacy-enhancing technologies, AI and cybersecurity, including research at Newcastle and Durham universities. He previously led an AI team at Huawei R&D and holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toulouse.

Dr Rebecca Owens
Co-founder & COO

Dr Rebecca Owens

Rebecca leads Cyberlytica’s legal and regulatory analysis, focusing on privacy policies and other legal documents that describe how applications handle data. Her research spans technology law, data protection and AI governance, with experience at Durham and Newcastle universities. She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Liverpool and is a former RISCS Associate Fellow.

Dr Nicolay Rusnachenko
Chief AI Officer

Dr Nicolay Rusnachenko

Nicolay leads Cyberlytica’s AI information-extraction and search pipeline, turning complex documents into structured information for privacy analysis. His research experience includes Bournemouth and Newcastle universities, with a focus on natural language processing and information retrieval. His published work covers relation extraction from long documents and the summarisation of terms of service.

Advisory Board

Dr David Dunn
Business Advisor

Dr David Dunn

CEO of Sunderland Software City and an experienced leader in regional technology ecosystems, digital adoption and startup growth. David advises Cyberlytica on commercialisation, partnerships and engagement with the UK tech sector.

Dr Lei Shi
Scientific Advisor

Dr Lei Shi

Researcher in Human-AI Interaction at Newcastle University and Director of Haii Lab. Lei advises Cyberlytica on human-centred AI, the design of privacy-risk tools and research collaboration between Cyberlytica and Newcastle University.

Contributors

Srepathy Chandrasekaran
UI/UX Design Intern

Srepathy Chandrasekaran

Srepathy created Cyberlytica’s logo and helps shape the platform’s visual identity and interface design. His three years of design experience span UI/UX, brand identity and digital products.