Serial Entrepreneur · Builder
Ashot Pahlevanyan
Founder·Staff 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.
Staff engineer by day, founder by night. Full CV →
Ventures
Companies I founded and buildMekena
“Manage your taxi fleet with confidence.”
Fleet-management SaaS for taxi dispatch businesses — replacing notebooks, WhatsApp and guesswork with one dashboard for driver payments, debts, vehicle documents, maintenance and per-vehicle profit. Drivers report from their phones; live at app.mekena.org.
mekena.org → Co-founderVParking
“Park up, not out.”
Automated vertical-lift parking systems that multiply capacity up to 3× on a single footprint — seismic-ready, EV-charging optional, engineered for Yerevan and beyond.
vparking.space → Co-founderAnjoy
“Where you come back to yourself.”
Immersive yoga and meditation retreats in intimate groups at curated locations worldwide — combining practice, sound healing, philosophy and silence into a complete arc.
anjoy.space →Also exploring: Shuka, an export hub for Armenian food producers · Roadside, roadside land leasing with monthly income for owners · Payflow, driver rent collection for fleet owners over Armenian payment rails (Idram, ArCa, Ameriabank).
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.
Alongside full-time engineering, I turn 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.
Selected experience
Full CV →Founder / Co-founder · Mekena, VParking & Anjoy
Building three ventures from the ground up — product, engineering, and go-to-market — alongside full-time engineering work. Invested in 4 products to date.
Staff Software Engineer · WillowTree (acquired Maark), a TELUS Digital Company
Enterprise web platforms on React, TypeScript, Redux and Adobe Experience Manager — leading a team of up to 9 engineers: architecture, code review and client-facing technical leadership.
Senior Front-End Engineer → Software Development Manager · Cattlesoft Inc
Led a team of up to 5 across web, mobile and desktop development for the CattleMax product family; built TagMax Desktop with Bluetooth RFID integration.
Senior React Engineer · Independent contractor — Doxel, Flexxible IT, Topoleg, Vivant, WorldLobby
Five fixed-scope React, TypeScript and GraphQL engagements, including Doxel's DxUploader Electron app.
Senior Front-End Engineer · Freelance — Top Rated
Responsive web products for 11 clients worldwide; moved the practice from jQuery sites to React and Redux applications by 2017.
How I work
Product & Leadership
Engineering
Foundations
Let's build something
Open to partnerships, advising, senior engineering and leadership roles, and interesting problems. The fastest way to reach me is email.