Alexander Zimin is a founder and technology leader with over a decade of hands-on experience building consumer apps and products from zero to scale. As CTO/CPO and co-founder he has bootstrapped OpenChat to $1M ARR and 1M+ installs with 20+ localizations and led prior products that reached top-paid charts and hundreds of thousands of installs. He combines deep iOS engineering roots with product management discipline—running A/B testing programs, subscription systems, and KPI-driven roadmaps—to turn user insights into repeatable growth. Comfortable both shipping production code and running cross-functional teams, he has a track record of launching creative tech/art collaborations and developer communities alongside commercial ventures. Based in London, he brings a blend of startup grit, product intuition and a penchant for pragmatic experimentation that fuels rapid iteration.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, Bachelor, Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering at Higher School of Economics
Physics, Mathematics, Physics, Mathematics at 1580
Contributions:309 commits, 9 PRs, 9 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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