Artem Demchenkov is a Berlin-based serial founder and technical leader with 18 years of engineering experience and 13 years in senior product and CTO roles, currently serving as CTO & Co-Founder at TODAY. He has a proven track record scaling startups from zero to multi-million revenue and building engineering organizations—most notably growing Billie to 120+ employees and nearly 50 engineers while owning architecture, security, and regulatory readiness. Artem combines hands-on system design for FinTech, E‑commerce and data streaming (Kafka, SQS, Pub/Sub) with strategic CTO services like due diligence, compliance (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, BaIT), and cost-optimization. He frequently operates as a fractional CTO/CPO, helping startups prepare for fundraising and audits while implementing BI and analytics stacks. Known for pragmatic execution, he blends product instincts with deep infrastructure and security experience, and has repeatedly launched, iterated, and folded ventures—bringing lessons from failures into stronger next-stage products.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Electronics Engineering, Master, Electronics Engineering at Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)
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