Artem Khvastunov
Head Of Professional Services at JetBrains
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolArtem Khvastunov is a seasoned engineering leader and Head of Professional Services at JetBrains with over a decade of experience building developer tools, leading teams, and establishing services from the ground up. He blends deep technical roots—contributing backend debugger refactors to the well-known MonoDevelop IDE—with people leadership, having scaled and mentored teams across GoLand, PhpStorm, and IntelliJ organizations. Reporting directly to the CEO, he now focuses on removing friction for customers through migrations, integrations, custom development, and training while turning professional services into a trusted revenue and support channel. His background in mathematical modeling (PhD) and low-level Java work informs a pragmatic approach to performance, tooling, and developer experience. Colleagues describe him as a builder who pairs engineering craftsmanship with operational rigor and a knack for opening new strategic doors for a product company.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematical modeling numerical methods and software, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematical modeling numerical methods and software at Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland ShippingSpecialist (mathematician system programmer) Applied mathematics and computer science, Specialist (mathematician system programmer) Applied mathematics and computer science at Saint-Petersburg State University for Waterway Communications
Russian, English, German
Github Skills (9)
net10
asp-net10
debugging10
debug10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
ide9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mono/monodevelop
Sep 2015 - Mar 2017
MonoDevelop is a cross platform .NET IDE
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:82 commits, 41 PRs, 31 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Artem focused on extracting and refactoring the Win32 debugger functionality within the MonoDevelop IDE, moving it into a separate, reusable component. This involved creating new APIs and adjusting existing code to reduce dependencies. The changes included modifying project files, adjusting namespaces, and implementing core debugging session components like `CorDebuggerSession` and associated adaptors. The user also addressed issues related to attaching to processes and breakpoint handling within the debugger.
dotnetrevit-apimonomonodevelopcsharp
JetBrains/monodevelop
Sep 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:131 commits, 117 pushes, 78 branches in 1 year 5 months
dotnetwindowscross-platform-idemonomonodevelop
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