zapleoest. 2010

Dnipro (UA) → Weligama (LK) → Nha Trang (VN) → Jakarta (ID) · Operator. Educator. AI-augmented.

Operator first.
Educator now.

Twelve years shipping software from a Dnipro agency. Forty-plus client engagements. Now running an IT academy branch in Jakarta — and teaching the path into tech with AI in the workflow, humans in the chair.

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Now · Jakarta · 2026

Building an IT academy branch in Indonesia. Teaching the path into tech.

Branch Director at IT STEP Academy Jakarta. Curriculum, hiring, ops. In parallel — building a public English-language voice for the Asian career-switcher pipeline. The voice is AI-augmented; the calls are mine.

  • WhereMenteng, Jakarta
  • RoleBranch Director, IT STEP Academy Jakarta
  • StackOperator brain · AI pipeline · Ukrainian engineering spine
  • Open forBrief calls, partner intros, smart questions

Then · The archive · Dnipro (UA) → Weligama (LK) → Nha Trang (VN)

Dnipro · UA

Two laptops, one office

Started Zapleo. Web, mobile, brand microsites. Office on Shevchenko 59, Prospekt Pushkina 33 after.

Dnipro · UA

Subcontract engine

Sprints for studios working on classifieds, retail, hardware launches. Team grows to eight.

Dnipro · UA

Forty engagements deep

Cosmetics ecommerce, association portals, news platforms, Android apps. PHP + Rails + JS.

Weligama · LK

Sri Lanka. Pasijou opens.

February 24. Move family south. Open Pasijou — coworking + restaurant + cinema on the south coast.

Nha Trang · VN

Veranda

Veranda.my — second hospitality venture, this time in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Same playbook: work and food in one room.

Jakarta · ID

Pivot to education

Met the Indonesian market as consultant. Saw the English-content gap. Started building toward it.

The track record, in honest numbers

12
yearsagency operations
40+
client engagements
6
tech stacks shipped
4
languages on this site
EdTechClassifiedsTech mediaE-commerceIndustry associationsBooking platformsCosmetics & beautyNews & opinion

* Specific clients available on request, where NDA permits. Public agency footprint: github.com/zapleo · linkedin/company/zapleo

Chapter 02 · Selected work

Three from the archive. The rest by request.

2018 — present

apcu.ua

Custom WordPress build · industry portal

Official portal for the Ukrainian Cosmetics & Perfumery Association. Multi-section editorial CMS, member directory, news feed. Still live; iterates with industry changes.

EdTech-adjacentGovernmentWordPress
2014 — 2017

Mobilshina earlier version

Frontend rebuild · automotive ecommerce

Frontend rebuild of a tire & wheel ecommerce platform with 30K+ SKUs. Catalog UX, fitment selector, mobile-first checkout. Site has since been refactored by another studio.

E-commerceHigh-SKU catalogPHP + JS
2016 — 2020

opentv.media

Editorial CMS · independent news

Custom CMS for an independent Ukrainian news outlet — long-form articles, photo essays, live coverage workflow. Domain since archived; codebase in agency cold storage.

NewsEditorial workflowPHP
Full archive · 40+ engagements →
"The teacher I needed didn't exist in my language. So I built one."
— On launching the Vibe Coding course · Jakarta · 2026

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