AI engineer & consultant
Askar Zhakenov.
I build AI agents and integrations that small operating teams actually use day-to-day — embedded in the tools they already live in.
What I do
Most teams don’t need a custom model. They need agents that reach into the systems where work actually happens — chat, email, CRM, docs — and do real tasks reliably. I design, build, and operate that layer end-to-end.
I work with founders, ops leads, and small sales teams who want LLMs in production this quarter, not next year.
Recent work
- MCP servers for WhatsApp, Telegram, Outlook (EWS), Gmail/Workspace, NotebookLM, Gemini — giving Claude and other agents authenticated, scoped access to messaging, calendar, and knowledge systems.
- WhatsApp automation backends in Go (whatsmeow) — REST + SSE + MCP transports, single-process, dockerised, production-ready.
- Sales-ops AI tooling informed by MEDDIC, Sandler, Challenger and Gap Selling — designing agents and workflows that fit how revenue teams actually work, not how slideware imagines they do.
- IoT & telemetry with ThingsBoard / MQTT for clients running physical operations.
How I work
Tight scope. Working software in weeks, not quarters. Off-the-shelf models, thin custom layer, clear instrumentation. I stay on after the launch when the goal is to make something a team actually relies on.
Askar Workspace
Askar Workspace is the Google Workspace integration behind much of this work. It lets an AI assistant, with your permission, read and act on your Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Docs, so it can triage mail, schedule meetings and work with documents for you. Access is granted through Google sign-in and can be revoked at any time. How it handles your data is set out in the privacy policy.
Get in touch
- Emailaskar@zhakenov.pro
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/askarzh
- Telegramt.me/askarzh