Vladimir Gurgov
Co-Founder at NewPubCo
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVladimir Gurgov is a serial founder and product-focused engineer with nine years in AdTech and video, now based in San Francisco. He pioneered RoR outsourcing in Russia, launched one of the first video marketplaces (Videolla) and co-founded Virool, an early outstream video ad company, then built AA Audience into a major US financial DMP. Vladimir combines hands-on engineering—contributing bug fixes and form/encoding improvements to the popular Zombie headless-browser project—with strategic product work and consulting on VAST/VPAID/javascript integrations. He also runs a mobile games publisher and has a track record of turning experimental video ad formats into scalable commercial products.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Saint Petersburg State University
English, Russian
Github Skills (6)
dom-manipulation10
nodejs10
javascript10
testing10
html9
css7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
assaf/zombie
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
Insanely fast, full-stack, headless browser testing using node.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Vladimir primarily focused on improving the functionality of the Zombie testing library. Contributions included fixing issues related to document loading, particularly for 'about:blank' scenarios. They also implemented several improvements related to form interactions, like focus, fill, check, uncheck, choose, select, unselect, and attach. Furthermore, the user addressed bugs related to base-64 encoding/decoding and upgraded dependencies.
headless-browserprotractorbrowserjsdomnode-js
vladgurgov/Prebid.js
Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
Setup and manage header bidding advertising partners without writing code or confusing line items. Prebid.js is open source and free.
Contributions:10 PRs, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
headerprebidjavascriptconfusingbidding
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