Summary
Oleksii Burunov is a founder and automation-focused technologist with nine years of experience helping small teams escape manual work through pragmatic systems. He builds Fortestra to combine Airtable, Make.com, and ChatGPT into repeatable workflows that let founders move from firefighting to strategic thinking. His approach blends rapid tooling with TRIZ-inspired strategic problem solving, emphasizing fast, testable solutions over heavyweight engineering. Based in Chicago, he also runs Port Bistro and has consulted on AI projects, bringing product and operational empathy to technical automation. Known for sharing learnings publicly, Oleksii pairs hands-on implementation with a mindset for teachable, scalable processes that small businesses can adopt immediately.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Business Administration - MBA, management, Master of Business Administration - MBA, management at Zaporizhzhya National Technical University
Master of Technology - MTech, Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Technology - MTech, Business Administration and Management, General at Zaporizhzhia Institute of Economics and Information Technologies