About
Seasoned software engineer, engineering leader, and entrepreneur with almost a decade of experience building technology products from the ground up, spearheading high-velocity software teams, and shaping engineering culture.
Currently leading technology vision, delivery, and operations as founding CTO/COO of Code & Cakes (codeandcakes.com). Previously founding engineer at AXDRAFT - an all-in-one contract management platform.
Looking to bring my technical expertise, leadership capabilities, and passion for innovation to drive step-change value creation as a strategic technical consulter. Let's connect!
Work Experience
As a Co-Owner and executive leader at Code & Cakes, my role transcends the traditional boundaries of CTO and COO, blending strategic business management with advanced technological expertise. My journey with Code & Cakes has been marked by significant contributions to its operational excellence and technological innovation, leading to substantial growth and industry recognition.
Key Responsibilities and Impact:
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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Company Growth:
As a Co-Owner, played a crucial role in defining the company's strategic direction, resulting in 114% year-to-year revenue growth.
Instrumental in securing key partnerships and funding, facilitating the company's expansion and sustainability.
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Process Development and Optimization:
Led developing and implementing critical operational processes, improving efficiency and productivity across departments.
Achievements in process optimization reduced project turnaround time by 18%, enhancing client satisfaction (resulting in 5-star reviews) and competitiveness.
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Team Building and Leadership:
Orchestrated the expansion of the team to 30 members, fostering a culture of diversity and innovation.
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Project Leadership and Client Engagement:
Directed a multitude of client projects, consistently delivering exceptional results and contributing to a 50% increase in repeat business.
Acknowledged for leading projects featured in YC (ycombinator.com/companies/aisdr), Forbes, and other news portals.
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Innovation and Community Engagement:
Initiated and managed internal hackathons, spurring the development of innovative solutions that have been integral to the company's product offerings.
Regularly engaged with the tech community through workshops and talks, enhancing the company's industry standing and network.
• Top 1% of the world's best freelancers
• Led an enterprise CPQ platform development for a customer from Fortune 100
• Built dozens of web applications (dashboards, eCommerce, training platforms, landing pages)
• Led or developed all main components in the system: Collaboration (like Google Docs); Storage + Document Metadata + Advanced Search (with ML); E-Sign (like DocuSign); Approval Flows for documents; SSO integrations; Integration with external services + a lot of other things (> 2000 Merge Requests)
• Improved development processes: labels for MRs, faster code review, DangerJS for MRs, GitLab integration with Jira, Wiki documentation, more integration/unit testing, pre-commit hooks, and a lot of other things
• Created a few microservices on AWS and GCP: C# - diff MS Word documents, C# - convert .docx to .pdf, Java – convert .pdf to .png and extract text positioning (for E-Sign)
• Introduced Typescript for the existing backend written with JavaScript + TypeORM + GraphQL
• Introduced DevTalks and organized many workshops
• Built a Partner Portal (e-commerce website, knowledge base, configuration tool) for Afimilk (bit.ly/3lKfMR2)
• Took a part in developing a network managing tool
• Took a part in developing enterprise chat (like Slack)