Anton Karpenko (KARPOLAN)

10/2012 - current time:

Business Incubator Happy Farm

First Ukrainian complete-round business accelerator and campus-style incubator.

• Position: CTO
• Work: Everything about start-ups. Technology and architecture consulting. Trainings, master-classes, and education program. In-house hardware and software solutions. Video conferences and recording.
• Technologies: Cloud services, Google Apps, Virtual machines, Different web and social APIs.

04/1977 - current time:

I am KARPOLAN

Business, technology and marketing consulting. Internet services and software. Professional people connector.

• Work: Active member of different professional organizations. Entrepreneur and guest in many boards of directors. Independent analyst and consultant.
• Strong knowledge: Internet and software technologies. Ecommerce and online marketing. Business and investments. Electronics and measurement. Everything about nothing :)

11/2011 - 01/2013:

Wish&Present

Social service for wishes, gifts, and presents.

• Position: Wizard
• Work: Research and marketing. Business development. PR and social media.
• Technologies: Facebook API, Java (Groovy & Grails), MySQL.

04/2006 - 01/2012:

Software Company "AQUATRA"

End-user software development and worldwide distribution.

• Position: CEO. Company owner.
• Work: Business development and marketing strategy. Software and websites. Promotion in social media. Search engine optimization.
• Technologies: Delphi, C#, WinAPI, .NET, HTML + CSS, Python, PHP, ASP.
• Products:
  • Remote Desktop Control - remote computer access software.
  • Backup Expert - universal backing up software.
  • MP3 Tag Editor - audio and music tags editor.
  • Data Cure - file data recovery software.
  • Data Remedy - disk and partition data recovery software.
  • FTP Auto Sync - ftp/sftp upload and synchronization software.
  • DVD Blaster - CD/DVD/BluRay disc burner and virtual disk emulator.
  • Automatic Password - password and identity manager.

03/2000 - 04/2006:

Software company "ABF software, Inc."

End-user and special software development. Components for Borland Delphi and C++ Builder. WEB design. IT Outsourcing.

• Position: CEO. Product manager. Technology architect. Company co-founder.
• Work: Company management and marketing strategy. Software and hardware solutions. Development of applications and components. Support service. Tech writing. Web programming and design.
• Technologies: Delphi, C++ Builder, SQL, HTML, Perl, Java, PHP, ASP.
• Products:
  • Outlook Backup - backing up software for Microsoft Outlook.
  • Outlook Express Backup - backing up software for Microsoft Outlook Express.
  • ABF Magnifying Tools - a set of graphics tools for designers.
  • krpRegions library - library of components to make unique user interfaces.
  • ABF VCL - a huge library of components for Delphi and C++ Builder.

07/1999 - 01/2001:

Company "UtilMind Solutions"

Development of components for Delphi and C++Builder. CGI scripts.

• Position: Software developer. Company co-founder.
• Work: Software development. Customer support. Tech writing.
• Technologies: Delphi, C++ Builder, C/C++, Perl, HTML/DHTML.

09/1999 - 02/2000:

Company "puterSoft.Com, Inc."

Development of business applications and business components for Borland Delphi and C++ Builder.

• Position: Software developer. Hardware specialist.
• Work: Development of applications, components and special utilities. Web and company style design. Hardware and network support.
• Technologies: Delphi, C++Builder, Photoshop, HTML/DHTML.

10/1998 - 05/1999:

Company "Craft", Kiev, Ukraine.

Localization of computer games

• Position: Software developer.
• Work: Hacking and programming. Localization of computer games. Development of tools and utilities for software localization.
• Technologies: Delphi, Visual C++, Watcom C/C++, Open GL, DirectX.

06/1996 - 09/1998:

Russian-Ukrainian Company "BIP Ltd."

Computers and hardware manufacture

• Position: Technical director.
• Work: Management of computer manufacturing department. Technical support. Development of special accounting programs, reports and other printable stuff.
• Technologies: SQL, Delphi, Visual C++, Visual Basic, 1C.

05/1995 - 04/1997:

Commercial Bank "Demetra PLUS"

Currency exchange department

• Position: Software developer and technical supervisor.
• Work: Development of "AObmen" - a currency exchange automation system (Certified in National Bank of Ukraine). Creation of special software utilities for different business purposes. Hardware technical support.
• Technologies: Borland Pascal 7.0 with TurboVision, FoxPro 2.0-2.5, Delphi.
• Systems: MS-DOS 5.0-6.22, Windows 3.11

09/1994 - 05/1995:

Kiev Polytechnic Institute (KPI).

Faculty of Aero-Space Systems

• Position: Laboratory assistant.

As information technology specialist

• Technologies: Cloud computing, Virtualization, Client Server, Visual component programming, Object oriented programming, Scrum, WinAPI, .NET, SQL, HTML with CSS, CGI, Ajax, COM/DCOM, CORBA, ActiveX, OpenGL, DirectX, CUDA, and many other terrible words and abbreviations :)
• Operating systems: Windows 9x-7, Android, UNIX/Linux, MS-DOS.
• Programming languages: Delphi, Object Pascal, C#, C/C++, Python, PHP, ASP, Perl, Java, Basic, Assembler.
• SQL servers: MS SQL Server, MySQL, InterBase, SQLite, NoSQL :)
• Software tools: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Paint Shop Pro, Autocad, 3ds Max, Expression Web, HomeSite, Dreamweaver, Sound Forge.
• Network protocols: TCP/IP, IPX.
• Hardware architectures: PC XT - Pentium X, ARM, ZX80

As businessman and entrepreneur

• Business tools: Google Analytics, Google Docs, Dynamics CRM, Salesforce, 1C.
• Marketing tools: Google Adwords + Adsense, Facebook Insights, Alexa, SEMonitor, Robosoft, different affiliate programs.
• Ecommerce platforms: Digital River (Shareit, RegNow), Plimus, PayPro Global, Avangate, Paypal, Google Checkout, Amazon, Own merchant account.
• Web tools: Domains and hosting, Google apps, Gmail, Webmaster tools.

1994 - 2000:

National Technical University of Ukraine - "Kiev Polytechnic Institute"

• Faculty: Aero-Space Systems.
• Bachelor of Metrology and Gauging Equipment.
• Master of Electronics (unfinished).

1984 - 1994:

School #170, Kiev, Ukraine.