Summary
Alexis Kochetov is a seasoned CTO with 17 years of experience building cloud-native, containerized systems and leading end-to-end software delivery for financial products and real-time communication platforms. He has a proven track record at Broadridge driving architecture, CI/CD, and team scaling that produced performance improvements and predictable delivery, and now leads Actual Chat, blending real-time audio, live transcription, and AI to rethink conversational workflows. Comfortable from hiring to production monitoring, he combines Agile leadership with hands-on re-architecture experience that has rescued products and boosted throughput by an order of magnitude. Known for taking calculated risks and coaching teams through difficult technical and organizational transitions, he excels at turning complex domain requirements into pragmatic, maintainable systems. Based in St. Petersburg, he pairs a master’s in applied computer science in economics with deep experience in financial industry software and a penchant for solving high-stakes reliability issues.
18 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Applied computer science in economics, Diploma with high distinction, Master, Applied computer science in economics, Diploma with high distinction at Urals State University of Economics