Jevgeni Kabanov
President And Head Of Autonomous Driving at Bolt
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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Top SchoolJevgeni Kabanov is a seasoned technology and product leader, currently President and Head of Autonomous Driving at Bolt, driving a vision for 100k autonomous vehicles in Europe by 2035. He co-founded ZeroTurnaround and created JRebel, scaling the company to 200+ people and a multi‑million dollar exit, then pivoted to lead product, micromobility, delivery and B2B growth at Bolt. With a PhD in computer science and a background in research, he blends deep technical expertise with strategic product execution and operational leadership. An active angel investor and board member, he has made 20+ investments across consumer, fintech, SaaS, hardware and deeptech, backing companies like Katana, Montonio and Supliful. Unusually for an executive at this scale, he still writes and publishes technical and strategic essays (via his Substack) and spent time as a wandering musician to recharge, reflecting a genuine emphasis on work–life balance. Based in Tallinn, he combines startup founder grit, academic rigor and broad ecosystem influence to build ambitious urban mobility and tech ventures.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of Tartu
English, Russian, Estonian, German
Stackoverflow
2,632reputation
1.1mreached
26answers
3questions
java
top-5%
Github Skills (11)
java9
classpath6
classloader6
eclipse6
macos6
jrebel6
bytecode6
internals6
jvm6
netbeans6
spring6
Github contributions (2)
zeroturnaround/giantrobots
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
Contributions:18 commits in 5 days
ekabanov/aoc2020
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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