Serial Entrepreneur · Builder

Ashot Pahlevanyan

Serial Entrepreneur·Software Engineer·Product Lead

I co-found and build companies — pairing hands-on software engineering with product leadership. Three ventures live today, a PhD in Mathematics behind me, and 15+ years shipping web, desktop and mobile products for teams around the world.

Ashot Pahlevanyan in Matera, Italy

About

I started in pure mathematics — a PhD in group theory and years of research and teaching — where I learned to hold a large, abstract picture in my head and reason it to a proof. That same instinct now drives how I build products and companies.

Over 15+ years I've grown from front-end and full-stack engineering into product and development leadership: shipping React / Node.js / Electron applications, managing software teams, and owning products end to end. Along the way I earned a Top-Rated freelance track record and delivered for companies from early startups to established platforms.

Today my focus is entrepreneurship — turning ideas into operating companies. With VParking I'm tackling urban space and infrastructure; with Anjoy, human wellbeing and experience; and with Mekena, software that runs real-world taxi fleets. Different worlds, same craft: build something real, sweat the details, ship it well.

Ashot Pahlevanyan hiking in the Armenian highlands
3
Companies founded
15+
Years building software
PhD
Mathematics
4
Products invested in

Selected experience

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2026 — present

Founder / Co-founder · VParking, Anjoy & Mekena

Building three ventures from the ground up — product, engineering, and go-to-market. Invested in 4 products to date.

2021 — present

Staff Software Engineer · WillowTree (acquired Maark), a TELUS Digital Company

Building experiences on React, Redux and Adobe Experience Manager for enterprise clients.

2018 — 2021

Software Development Manager · Cattlesoft Inc

Led web and mobile application development — product direction, delivery and team management.

2020

Senior Electron & React Engineer · Doxel

Built Doxel's DxUploader desktop application with Electron, React and Redux.

2013 — 2018

Senior Front-End / Full-Stack Engineer · Freelance / Contract — Top Rated

Delivered React, Node.js and responsive web products for clients worldwide.

2011 — 2015

Researcher & Bioinformatician · Yerevan State University · Uppsala University

Group-theory research (PhD) and computational biology — R/Bioconductor, statistics, systems.

How I work

Product & Leadership

Product ownership Team management Roadmapping Go-to-market Agile / Scrum Stakeholder comms

Engineering

JavaScript / TypeScript React / Redux Node.js Electron GraphQL / REST SQL / NoSQL HTML5 / CSS3

Foundations

Mathematics (PhD) Algorithms Data analysis C++ / Python Problem solving Quality assurance

Let's build something

Open to partnerships, advising, and interesting problems. The fastest way to reach me is email.