I was born on November 5, 1980 in a small Estonian town Parnu. In 1998 I graduated from high school in my hometown being the best among more than 100 graduates. During my school years I used to perform in all kind of contests in mathematics, physics and computer science.

Currently I am studying in the University of Tartu for BA in computer science and live in Estonian capital, Tallinn. Since year 1999 up to now, I work in a field of web development; I started as entrepreneur, then got a position of technical director in a dot-com corporation (internet gambling).

In May 2002 I've launched my own project, social network Rate.ee, that has became by far the most popular site in Estonian internet. Currently my company operates projects in Latvia and Lithuania (Face.lv and Point.lt), while 51% of Estonian site Rate.ee is sold to Estonian Telecom for ca 2.5mln euro in 2006.

My mother tongue is Russian, I speak fluently English and Estonian. I have programming experiences in different programming languages. In addition to IT, I study psychology and economics. Among my hobbies there are reading, bowling, karting, fishing, traveling.