With years of software development and project management under his belt, Kostya yearned for a working environment where software developers were highly motivated and were equally rewarded. In late 2006 he co-founded Shakuro a company that was built upon the working principles of professionalism, ownership, and fun.
His tasks don't always go hand in hand with his role, however he is responsible for client relations, project management, and if you ask nicely, he'll get you a cup of coffee :)
With over 7 years of experience in cutting-edge software development, Vlad is our other co-founder and an expert in all technical things. No project can be completed without his knowledge and review to ensure quality solutions for our clients.
When he's not drafting solutions or rolling up his sleeves for another development challenge, you may find him walking around with a huge backpack and an old sleeping bag somewhere in the hills around Sevastopol.
Sergey was born to be a programmer. He has an authentic passion for programming and everything around it. He is the brightest CakePHP star in the company and always aware of every new fact about Cake and web development in general.
Guess, what does he do in his free time? That's right ... he programs!
With a seemingly unlimited supply of energy, Roman's passions are too numerous to mention. As a designer he draws upon his endless supply of experiences to create visually stunning, and highly useful designs which are our trademark.
For a designer who creates remarkably clean designs, he constantly surprises us with stories on how deep in mud he was in his latest downhill bike race.
Everyone is born with a gift, Alex's is finding bugs where others see fully functioning software. He compliments this skill with the ability to rapidly provide solutions and implement fixes. He also serves to support Vlad in his quest for new and innovative ways to solve old, and new problems.
When he doesn't use his 'super power' to find bugs , Alex can be found behind the lens of a camera.
Sometimes we think Yuri would rather sleep in our office than go home, his devotion to his work and to our clients is only matched by the number of bonuses our clients give him.
Together with Vlad they will never miss a chance to conquer another mountain, and admire pure nature.
Oleg is our e-commerce guru, he's the best guy to contact about payment systems, worldwide shipping options etc. His knowledge provides invaluable support to our customers seeking low-cost, high-value shopping sites.
As every Russian, Oleg enjoys playing balalaika while straddling his nuclear rocket, sharing vodka with his bear and feeling nostalgic about perestroika.
Is it possible to keep a lot of projects in a single head and still have fun? Definitely, yes! Dmitry is the best proof. He is Shakuro's "main brain" and doesn't get tired deploying new technologies in the development process mixing them together with perfect jokes.
Thanks to his great sense of humor, Dmitry always has something to say and nobody has ever seen him in a bad mood. He is also the captain of the Shakuro football team and puts a lot of efforts into making some lazy bodies play that amazing game every weekend.
Lera likes Flash. She prefers fresh Flash for breakfast and roast Flash for dinner. Her dog name's Flash and he likes Flash as well. Lera voted for Flash in the last president election (and it won). Her boyfriend has to like Flash as well. She believes that Flash will save the world.
Got hot news about Flash? I bet Lera has already discussed it even with her grandma.
Alexey has a split personality. He can be calm, serious and totally focused on his work. Sometimes only his typing fingers can help realize that he is still alive. This is Alexey at work.
Another Alexey is absolutely different, who can't just idle his time away, he tries to enjoy every second of his life. He likes sun, sea and he can't live without extreme sports and music
It does not matter how difficult the task is, how much information is needed to be learnt in order to get it done. It's always surprisingly easy for Alexey to get familiar with the required information or new technology.
Being a member of International Karate Association, every evening he takes his glasses off, puts on his colorful costume and flies out of the window to defend the citizens of our town.
It is thought that every year a small bit of Apple's budget is going to Alexey's pocket. He tends to be a dedicated evangelist of Apple computers within our company and does this job very well. Many people like simplicity and beauty of Apple's devices, but no one likes it more than Alexey. That's why we call him iAlex inside our company.
Being a professional iPhone developer he pays a lot of attention to details. Every piece of interface is another challenge for him of how to make beautiful things easier to use and simple things look nicer.
Michael spends his free time watching numerous seminars and reading tons of articles about project management and therefore continuously trying to bring a science approach to his work.
But his true passion is socializing with people. So do not be surprised when having discussed your project you will find yourself chatting about clash of cultures, globalisation or a possibility to live on Mars.
War. War never changes. Every single day a lot of beautiful minds all over the world fight against browsers' tricks and glitches in the name of cross-browser support. Sasha goes on the very front-line of this epic battle, bringing his vast knowledge and huge desire to outperform his yesterday's achievements. Every challenging task just makes him stronger.
But actually he is an extremely pacific person who likes peace, labor and may … and his 5 years old all season sneakers.
Leonid looks like a normal guy when he is at work, but when he arrives home and turns his computer on he immediately turns into the Legendary Almighty Invincible Lord of computer games world. Put the best of the best in front of him and he will keep juggling them like skittles until they obey.
Such extraordinary skills in conjunction with two higher educations and an extensive expertise in programming make him a second to none person when it comes to iphone/ipad games development.
Olya loves her husband and hates bugs, that's why her husband is happy and bugs are not.
It was obviously a lucky day for Shakuro when Olya joined us, because her well developed analytical skills, acute attention to details and native intelligence makes her a perfect bug hunter and render valuable assistance to our developers.
And of course it's just a pure pleasure to work next to such a nice and cheerful person like Olya!
From the moment Alexey bursted in Shakuro we feel safe thinking about our future as this man prefers to spend his time improving everything and everyone around him and we are sure he will never let us down.
Having a deep connection with nature he spends every second of his free time outside of concrete jungles and would be the first to vote for moving our office somewhere deep in forest or high in mountains where he can work and contemplate the beauty of unspoiled nature at the same time.
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After graduating from Sevastopol University with a honor Gleb had a hard choice between becoming an iOS developer at Shakuro and position of a big red button operator at the nearest nuclear power plant. Surprisingly, he chose Shakuro and left big red button waiting for another victim.
Long evenings after work he enjoys endless conversations with an old lady who lease him a room about the maximum allowed time he should arrive home and whether it's humanly possible to jump inside his room without awaking sleeping flies which do not let the old lady sleep well.
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Bogdan runs Shakuro's EU office in France and does amazing job bridging Shakuro's experience with ideas of EU customers.
