PlaySEND empowers educators and families to create engaging learning experiences for children with SEND (ADHD, ASD) on Roblox & Minecraft.As Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Business Development Officer I lead PlaySEND's:✅ Strategic Leadership & Financial Oversight: Define PlaySEND's vision and craft a comprehensive financial strategy to ensure long-term sustainability.✅ Innovation: Spearhead the development of immersive learning content (Spanish & English) for SEND children.✅ Operational Excellence: Oversee and optimize PlaySEND's business processes for efficient platform operation and scalability.✅ Building a Supportive Community: Foster a supportive network for SEND families through resources, events, and guidance.

Native Speakers Courses is an online language learning platform that connected students with native speakers for personalized language instruction. 20K+ students worldwide.Transitioned to an Advisor while remaining a Co-founder, focusing on new ventures.

As the Business Development Director, I played a pivotal role in transforming the company from a student project into a thriving international business.Key Achievements:✅ Expanded from a single local offline market in Russia to a global online presence across 15 countries.✅ Grew the student base to over 20,000 individuals, including top managers and teams from renowned international companies like LEGO, Bacardi, Heineken, The World Bank, and McDonald's.✅ Led a team of over 350+ teachers from 20 countries, ensuring high-quality language instruction and cultural immersion for students worldwide.✅ Secured funding and established strategic partnerships to fuel the company's growth and expansion.✅ Developed and launched innovative products and features, enhancing the user experience and learning outcomes.

Transitioned to an Advisor while remaining a Co-founder, focusing on BRAINIKA, a VC-backed startup spun off from the main business.

Became a Co-founder, taking on a strategic development role and overseeing new directions and products.

Initially served as the Director of Education for Bilingval, a platform designed to teach English to children aged 4-12 using ESL class programs with teachers from American elementary schools. Improved educational programs, developed new curricula, sought partnerships, and enhanced classroom efficiency.

BRAINIKA - Educational Games (Math) in Roblox for Children Ages 4-10While working on our main project, Bilingval, our team successfully designed a product that spun off into a separate project, BRAINIKA.We raised over $350k in investments, assembled a team, and developed several educational games in Minecraft and Roblox focused on K-G2 calculus practice and financial literacy. We designed not only engaging game environments within popular metaverses loved by children, but also embedded educational content that kids enjoyed solving while leveling up their characters and pets.✅ We discovered effective tools to motivate children to solve math problems, with thousands of problems tackled weekly. ✅ We created the most detailed pet on the platform at the time, featuring the famous green monster Om Nom (3B+ views on YouTube) in collaboration with Zaptolab. ✅ We set up precise tracking metrics for game progress and developed a dashboard for parents and teachers, allowing them to monitor children's learning and understand the types of problems they are solving and how.✅ We won a grant from the LEGO Foundation and were shortlisted among 25 companies worldwide. We were invited to the headquarters in Billund, Denmark, where we learned to design inclusive technologies in education through their Play For All accelerator.

Native Speakers Cafe - an international venue in downtown Moscow for cultural exchange, friendship and learning.✅ Conceived the idea of Native Speakers Cafe✅ Secured funding from a business angel investor and bootstrapped $100k. ✅ Led the construction and design of the cafe, developing and testing multiple business and financial models. ✅ Created the marketing concept and strategic path for the project.✅ Produced and hosted over 100 events with native speaker teachers from 20 countries. ✅ Managed PR activities and organized numerous partner events. ✅ Achieved a 5-star rating on TripAdvisor.