Summary
Ivan Begtin is a founder and CTO with 13 years’ experience building data platforms, open data initiatives, and government information systems, currently leading Dateno, a next‑gen dataset search engine. He combines hands‑on engineering, system architecture and project management with deep domain expertise in financial and procurement data and open government transparency. Creator of APICrafter, Open Data Armenia and several civic tech projects, he has a track record of turning public datasets into reusable, auditable services. Based in Yerevan, he champions Plain Language, Digital Preservation and Open Data across Russia, the ex‑USSR and beyond. Comfortable at the intersection of policy and code, he blends product-focused pragmatism with advocacy for more accountable, machine‑readable government information.
13 years of coding experience
English, Russian, Spanish, Armenian, Polish, Latin