My Way in IT World

Founder & CTO at SOFYCOD · AI & Software Architect · Tech Leader

I started programming during my final year of high school. In my first year of university, I began working as a software engineer and system administrator—building software for small companies in Kharkiv while managing IT systems on the side, always driven by the idea of building something of my own. For over 25 years since, I have been building and leading engineering teams that deliver reliable software for healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, and logistics across the US and EU. In my current research, I focus on developing a new Software Delivery Methodology for the AI Era, powered by novel algorithms for code review and validation. I am also working on control algorithms for a universal management system for mobile robots and drones using computer vision. Along the way, I built a software outsourcing business, but my goal remains constant: building a truly innovative technology company with its own IP.

Alexander Lipanov
KHARKIV, 1974 →
Born in 1974 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, into a family with a strong technical and scientific background: the starting node of everything below.

Education & Academic Career

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1991

Kharkiv Institute of Radioelectronics

Graduated high school and enrolled at the Institute, majoring in Applied Mathematics. During my studies, the institute was reorganized into the Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics.

1996

Engineer-Mathematician, Master’s Degree

Graduated as an Engineer-Mathematician and entered the postgraduate program in the Department of Informatics that July.

NOVEMBER 30, 1999

PhD in Applied Mathematics

Earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics — the core technical foundation for my subsequent work in computer vision and software architecture.

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2000 — PRESENT

Building & Leading Engineering Teams

25 years (and counting) building and leading high-performing engineering teams—starting alongside my academic career. In July 2000 I founded Infostroy Ltd. (Kharkiv, Ukraine) a software development company.

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2000 – 2015

Associate Professor

Served in the Department of Informatics at Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics.

2001

Patent Registered

Co-authored and registered a patent for a medical device invention with my father.

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2005

Published Handbook

Authored a handbook on Windows system programming for university students.

1996 – 2015

Active Scientific Researcher

Computer vision, software engineering, neural networks, and data science. Published 30+ scientific articles, including 2 in IEEE reviews, spanning systems management, computer vision, software engineering, and medical diagnostics.

2026

SOFYCOD. AI-Native software development company

Company Infostroy Ltd. (Kharkiv, Ukraine) was reorganized into AI-Native company SOFYCOD.

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