May 30, 2023

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19:00

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Business scaling

2025

Ukraine

📈 Scaling is always a challenge — for architecture, for teams, and for processes. This meetup brought together experienced speakers to share different approaches to growing a tech business.

We discussed:

  • What the role of a CTO looks like at different stages of company growth
  • Why product architecture isn’t about trends — it’s about flexibility and resilience
  • How to build a team for scaling, not just a team of “strong” individuals
  • What accelerates — and what slows down — growth, from tech stack to internal processes

The speakers shared hands-on examples from startups, product teams, and tech transformations. They spoke about the real constraints technical leaders face — and how those limitations can turn into solutions when you focus not only on code but also on team structure and culture.

Meetup speakers

Speaker
Oleksandr Krakovetskyi

CTO and Со-Founder @ DonorUA

CTO and Co-Founder at DonorUA, an automated blood donor recruitment and management system that allows you to find a donor in a record 20 minutes and unites more than 193,000 registered donors.

Speaker
Alex Kovalchuk

CTO @ Cargofy

Co-founder of an AI-based logistics service that was named one of the 25 most promising startups in Ukraine by Forbes. Author and host of the Alex About IT YouTube channel.

Speaker
Andrii Popovych

ex-CTO at TENTENS Tech @ SKELAR

Andrii Popovych is an experienced tech leader that started his career ten years ago with his web studio. In 2018, he joined the venture builder SKELAR. He became a service station with a team of more than 40 engineers.

Speaker
Oleksii Bilous

Co-founder & CTO @ Woolf

Oleksiy Bilous is the co-founder and CTO of Woolf, with more than ten years of experience in technology. He leads a team of 15 people responsible for the full development cycle of the accreditation management system and its integration with third-party learning management systems.

Upcoming events

Tech Stack

On the first Thursday of October, we will hold a Tech Stack meetup to discuss choosing the right technology stack, optimal use of cloud solutions, and effective practices that directly affect development speed, product quality, and infrastructure stability.

October 2
Artem Melnychenko
CTO @ Wantent
Oleksandr Tarasenko
CTO @ RozetkaPay
Yana Mykhailenko
Director of Engineering @ Turnitin

Conference | How to Become Great CTO

In November, the DEV Challenge team, in cooperation with UNIT.City, will once again bring together Ukrainian tech leaders, entrepreneurs, company and startup founders, CTOs, and managers to discuss the most relevant and important topics in technology, business, and leadership.

13 November
120 seats
Alex Kovalchuk
Co-founder & CTO @ Cargofy
Yana Mykhailenko
Director of Engineering @ Turnitin
Volodymyr Sveredyuk
CTO @ DEV Challenge

Meetup #21

Full information about the meetup will appear here soon.

4 December
Оffline
18:00