SOFTSWISS has created a new C-suite post and appointed Denis Romanovskiy as its first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, formalizing AI as a core part of the company’s enterprise technology stack.
The move centralizes ownership of AI strategy and execution under one executive as the supplier shifts from scattered use cases to governed, company-wide deployment.
New role centralizes AI accountability
Romanovskiy will be responsible for setting and driving SOFTSWISS’s enterprise AI strategy across the business. The company is treating the role as an operating function, not a research title, with a mandate that spans tooling, standards, adoption, and oversight.
By placing AI under a single executive owner, SOFTSWISS is aiming to standardize how teams build, approve, and measure AI-enabled workflows. It also gives leadership a clearer line of sight into where AI is being used, what it is changing, and what it costs.
AI platform rollout becomes the operating plan
A core part of Romanovskiy’s brief is overseeing the rollout of the SOFTSWISS AI platform, a centralized infrastructure layer designed to connect AI capabilities with corporate systems and internal data.
SOFTSWISS is positioning the platform as the mechanism for scaling automation across the organization while keeping controls tight. The design priorities are governance features such as access management, audit trails, and cost transparency, paired with the capacity to automate large volumes of internal workflows.
Romanovskiy steps up from deputy CTO
Romanovskiy takes the CAIO job after more than five years as SOFTSWISS deputy chief technology officer. In that role, he was involved in scaling the company’s technology platforms and expanding engineering capability as the business grew.
Before joining SOFTSWISS, he held senior development and leadership roles at EPAM Systems and Wargaming.net. That background signals that SOFTSWISS wants its AI function run with the same discipline applied to enterprise software delivery and high-throughput product environments.
“Build once, use everywhere” will test adoption speed
SOFTSWISS is framing the new structure as a way to replace fragmented tooling and limit unmanaged “shadow” AI activity that can spread when teams deploy solutions outside formal controls. At the same time, the company wants teams outside engineering to ship practical automation without waiting for bespoke builds.
Departments such as HR, sales, and customer support are expected to be able to design and deploy AI workflows using shared components and integrations.
Why it matters
The next marker is execution. How quickly SOFTSWISS can roll out the platform, prove governed automation at scale, and replicate wins across business units will determine whether the new CAIO role delivers measurable enterprise impact in 2026.
