- ~2007Dnipropetrovsk, UAPre-Zapleo
Oles Honchar National University
Studied at DNU. First freelance gigs while in school.
- mid-2000sDnipro, UAPre-Zapleo
Privat24 → InMotion Soft → Pinta
Bank operations to web/mobile project management. Operator habits formed here — process, capacity, ship dates.
- 2010Dnipro, UAAgency era
Zapleo founded
Two laptops, one office. Web, mobile, brand microsites. PHP, WordPress, MODx, then Rails, then React.
- 2012-2014Dnipro, UAAgency era
The grind years
Subcontract sprints for studios. Classifieds, retail, hardware launches. Team grows from two to eight.
- 2016Dnipro, UAAgency era
CMS era
Custom CMS work for independent news (opentv.media), industry portals, niche e-commerce.
- 2018Dnipro, UAAgency era
apcu.ua ships
Industry-association portal for cosmetics & perfumery of Ukraine. Still iterates today, eight years on.
- 2020Remote, UAAgency era
Pandemic. Remote-first.
Agency goes distributed. Half the team leaves. The other half rebuilds.
- 2022 · FebEn routePivot
February 24
Move family south. Close ops in Dnipro. Stop being just an agency-CEO; become something else.
- 2022Weligama, LKPivot
Pasijou opens
First hospitality venture. Coworking + restaurant + cinema + yoga, in one room. 4.9 on Tripadvisor.
- 2023VietnamPivot
Veranda
Second F&B project. Same playbook: a place where work and food belong together.
- 2023 · NovOnlinePivot
PM(O) pivot
Public LinkedIn post: open to Senior PM / CCO roles. Operator label gets sharper.
- 2024Jakarta, IDNow
First year in SEA
Met the Indonesian market as consultant. Saw the English-content gap. Started building toward it.
- 2026 · AprJakarta, IDNow
IT STEP Branch Director
Took over operations of IT STEP Academy Jakarta branch. Curriculum, hiring, ops, growth.
- 2026 · nowJakarta, IDNow
Vibe Coding launches
AI-augmented English-language teaching for SEA learners. Personal voice on social. Honest about the AI in the workflow.