Entrepreneur & Engineer from Estonia. MSc in IT Management. 20+ years experience in IT for small and large businesses, was wearing all possible hats: developer, design manager, IT project manager, CTO, CIO, CEO. Creative, strategic, hands-on with all modern tech, agile, passionated, no b/s attitude.
Consultancy around AI, Enterprise IT, on cost savings, on integration between various systems, on lean/agile development.
Introduction
Hi all, I am Zahhar. I am from Estonia, I am not young, not old – 41y, living in Switzerland since 2016 with my wife.
I spent all my professional life in the ICT industr. Bakc in home country I was mostly founding & trying to grow my own business:
1) web agency (closed as unable to scale),
2) eCommerce development factory (closed due to low demand after large marketplaces emerged)
3) online shop with creative/fun gifts (sold due to high maintenance / low profitability)
4) online shop with construction materials (minor stake, sold to major stakeholders)
5) construction information portal (minor stake, sold to major stakeholders)
6) startup - platform for tenants/home owners (too early on the market).
In Switzerland I worked as IT Project/Delivery manager for Swiss Life Group, Swiss Re, UBS, Glarner Kantonabank and others.
I have not much hobbies outside IT: I like to snowboard in winter, and in summer I am engaged into never-ending renovation project of my house.