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This list showcases the top Ukraine based COO’ operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Kira Rudik
COO of Ring Ukraine
Kira Rudik is Ring Ukraine’s, Chief Executive Officer. She has overseen Ring Ukraine’s entire development, in 2016 Kira made her first hire and since then scaled the office to over 1,000 team members while making Ring Ukraine one of the best companies to work for in Ukraine. Ring Ukraine is a product company, creating state-of-the-art smart home security systems and has proudly joined the Amazon family in 2018. Kira is engaged in numerous civic and business organizations. She serves on the board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and IT Ukraine Association. Kira also belongs to the 2018 Stanford Executive Program for Women Leaders, is a frequent speaker at large conferences throughout her county and serves on the panel at Ukraine House of Davos alongside many other world leaders. Through her leadership, Kira has become an inspiration to her team members and business community. She is proud to lead the rise of a new generation of powerful female leaders in Ukraine. Prior to Ring Ukraine, she co-founded a number of successful businesses all of which fulfilling her mission to change Ukraine’s global perception and positioning Ukraine as one of the driving forces in the world for innovation in frontier technologies. Kira earned a Master’s Degree in computer science at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, one of the top universities in Ukraine.
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About Ring Ukraine: Ring Ukraine is an innovative research and product development team committed to creating state-of-the-art smart home security systems.
Michael Puzrakov
COO, Co-founder of Intellias
A degree holder in Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Michael brought to Intellias his administrative and operational experience of a Technical Director from a German-Ukrainian software development enterprise as well as his previous background in software engineering. Once at Intellias, Michael started with revving up the company organizational and business development, then eventually focused on operational management and corporate governance, holding the positions of COO and Board Chairman. As COO, Michael transforms business processes and optimizes management practices, which play a significant role for Intellias’ growth strategy. As Board Chairman, he ensures the fulfillment of business integration strategies, guiding the company forward with the core beliefs in balanced decision making, innovation, and fair partnership.
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About Intellias, Lviv Tech Angels: Intellias is a software engineering company helps tech companies scale engineering capacity and deliver software.
Pavlo Deshchynskyy
Chief Operating Officer of N-iX
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About N-iX: N-iX is an Eastern European provider of software development services with 1700+ expert engineers powering technology businesses globally
Alexandr Sazonov
co-founder ,COO & CFO of Competera
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About Competera: Competera Pricing platform helps retailers to set and maintain optimal prices.
Michael Smolensky
COO of MAKROTEK, INC
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About MAKROTEK, INC: US Based IT innovation company
Oleksandr Hudz
COO of BIOsens Inc.
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About BIOsens Inc.: BIOsens Inc. is a company with a scientific basis, which develops Internet of Things (IoT) using biosensors for diagnostics of food safety.
Valentyn Kubrak
COO of MageDirect
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About MageDirect: Full-Stack Team for eCommerce Projects | eCommerce Web Developers
Dmytro Medzatyi
Co-Founder / COO of Helmetrex
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About Helmetrex: Swiss Army knife in web-UI-development (Structor)
Anna Kumbatova
COO of VILMATE LLC
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About VILMATE LLC: VILMATE offers software development and IT related services focused on recruitment and outsourcing.
Anna Kumbatova
COO of VILMATE LLC
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About VILMATE LLC: VILMATE offers software development and IT related services focused on recruitment and outsourcing.
Ihor Odynets
COO and Co-Founder of StarWalker
10+ years experienced recruitment professional with diverse credentials which combine solid, tactical leadership and human resources expertise with excellent education and business background, ability to work collaboratively, and aptitude to achieve all sides’ goals. People-oriented manager with proven ability to execute all kinds of recruitment and analytical projects, dedicated to the HR area. Skilled at a variety of sourcing techniques (social and professional networks, boolean searching, direct sourcing, job advertising, etc.) and sourcing-geek ready to use new tools in work.
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About StarWalker: Consulting, recruiting, training in IT feeld