About

Igor Ivitskiy, PhD.

"One of the leading Google Ads experts in the world."Perry Marshall
#6 of the Top 50 PPC Experts worldwide, 2026 $770M+ in ad spend overseen · a 19-year career
Igor Ivitskiy, PhD
Doctor Ads · The Google Ads Scientist
The Path

A mathematician who changed laboratories, not professions.

I II III IV
Act I · The instruments

I was good at catching numbers that drift.

I started in a laboratory, modeling physical systems where the instrument never tells the whole truth. Eight years of teaching at a technical university, 200+ published papers, 50+ patents, the President's Prize, Young Scientist of the Year. I was good at one thing: catching numbers that drift.

Act II · The break

I changed laboratories.

People romanticize this part: a calling, a mission. I will be honest. The reason was money. I sat down one evening and priced the life I wanted. No professor, dean or rector in my country would ever earn it honestly. I resigned the same hour. I did not leave science. I changed laboratories. Same numbers, same formulas, same models. Different outcome.

Act III · The second apprenticeship

Four hundred people, zero sales.

Advertising did not care about my titles. My first launch was a masterclass in humility: four hundred people on a webinar, applause, compliments, and zero sales. I could buy attention. I could not yet turn it into money. The distance between a click and a dollar became my profession. And then I noticed something familiar: ad reports drift exactly like miscalibrated instruments. Unlike in the lab, nobody was checking.

Act IV · The same job, twice

Profit Forensics.

I never actually changed profession. I measure systems that flatter their owners. In the lab they were reactors and sensors. Now they are ad accounts and the reports built on them. Naming it was the easy part: Profit Forensics.

The Record

Every line here is checkable.

#6, Top 50 Most Influential PPC Experts, PPCsurvey.com 2026 Best PPC Case in Europe, AdWorld Experience 2024: the PPC Caesars Award, with the first all-fives score in the conference's eight years $770M+ in ad spend overseen; clients generate $50M in monthly profit under his guidance 200+ scientific publications and 50+ patents in mathematical modeling National science awards: the President's Prize; Young Scientist of the Year Business education: University of Cambridge; Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Author of "19 Google Ads Secrets" 4,000+ entrepreneurs trained "The Google Ads Scientist," as Dennis Yu titled him in 2025 Invited talks: AdWorld Experience, HeroConf, SMX Advanced Europe, International Search Summit, Perry Marshall's Definitive Traffic Seminar
Credential Map  /  The ScientistVerified
PhDMathematical modeling 200+ / 50+papers · patents President's PrizeYoung Scientist Cambridge · Berkeleybusiness education "19 Google Ads Secrets"author AdWorld 2024PPC Caesars Award $770M+overseen #6Top 50 PPC 2026 IGOR IVITSKIY · PhD THE GOOGLE ADS SCIENTIST
Disciplines
math · physics · advertising
In advertising
19 years
What Peers Say
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#1 expert I know when it comes to advertising on Google.

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Rich Schefren
online business strategist
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I love the way Igor thinks. Maths, marketing, and AI: an explosive combination.

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Tom Breeze
founder, Viewability
Now

What I do with it now.

Profit Forensics.
One account, one week, one signed verdict.
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Advisory.
A few seats a year for boards and founders: marketing, go-to-market and pricing, checked against the numbers.
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Public findings.
I share what the data shows: conference keynotes and private sessions for teams.
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Igor Ivitskiy speaking on stage
On stage · AdWorld Experience / HeroConf / SMX Advanced Europe
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One of the best speakers I've ever had at ADworld Experience... he won the iconic PPC Caesars Award for the best case story.

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Gianpaolo Lorusso
ADworld Experience organizer
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Igor adapts complex topics to any audience. His presentations are unforgettable.

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Oles Timofeyev
organizer, Ukraine's largest ad conference

Talks: The New Era of Google Advertising · Click Fraud and Fake Leads · Decoding Google Ads with Mathematical Precision

For Account Owners

Came here about your account?

The examination is described in one page: one week, one signed verdict, find the money or prove it clean.