Who is building Kazakhstan's IT community: 15 founders of local communities

Asem Bolatjan
Director of Women in Tech Kazakhstan and founder of Qazaq IT Community. Women in Tech Kazakhstan develops a female community in the technology sector, while Qazaq IT Community brings together IT specialists from Kazakhstan and organizes professional and educational events.

Olzhas Satiev
Founder of TSARKA — a professional community in the field of cybersecurity, established in 2014. The community brings together information security specialists, managers, and representatives of the IT industry, helping participants share experience, discuss professional issues, and develop their careers.

Aziza Shuzheeva
Co-founder of TechnoWomen Kazakhstan — a community that unites women working in the technology industry. The initiative develops a professional community through educational programs, events, mentoring, and networking, helping participants grow in IT and find new career opportunities.

Marat Shaken and Aynur Rakhimova
Founders of Tech People — a media and community that brings together people interested in startups and IT in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The community develops professional connections, experience sharing, and communication among participants of the technology industry, focusing on informal offline events.

Ayanna Almagambetova
One of the creators of IT Qaimaq — a community of Kazakh IT specialists that helps develop the technological environment not only in Almaty and Astana but also in the regions of the country. The community unites specialists, entrepreneurs, and experts, organizes educational events, and helps participants share experience.

Asel Seitova
Founder of Sisters — Female Founders Initiative, a community for female founders and co-founders of IT startups from Central Asia who are developing their projects in the US. The community unites female entrepreneurs through networking, experience sharing, mentoring, and educational events, helping them find partners, investors, and enter the international market.

Vladimir Pak
Founder of a community developing Kazakhstan's game development industry. He began bringing students and beginner developers together around game development, creating a space for sharing experience, collaborating on indie projects, and connecting with industry representatives. His initiatives are also related to the development of game development events and a professional community.

Laura Salam and Rustem Uvaliev
Creators of the Kazakhstan IT Architects community — a professional platform for specialists involved in information systems architecture. The community emerged in response to the industry's need for a space to discuss practical cases, share experience, and professionally develop IT architects.

Askar Aytov
Developer Relations Manager at Google and representative of Google for Developers in Central Asia. The community unites developers from the region, organizes educational events, and helps participants gain access to Google technologies, experts, mentors, and professional networking.

Talgat Dosanov
Head of Solana Superteam KZ, as well as co-founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange Intebix. The community unites developers, founders, and creators of blockchain projects, as well as specialists who want to grow in the field of cryptocurrencies and Web3. Among the initiative's tasks are developing the local blockchain ecosystem and creating connections between developers, investors, businesses, and government institutions.

Saltanat Mashirova
Founder of Women in Cybersecurity Kazakhstan — a community for women developing in the field of cybersecurity. The community grew out of a small Telegram chat and today unites participants from Kazakhstan and other countries, helping them with careers, certifications, networking, and sharing professional experience.

Maria Zhirkova
Head of the venture investment direction at "Terricon Valley" and develops Terricon Venture — a community for beginner business angels and people who consider venture investment as a direction for development. The idea for the community emerged in Karaganda after "Terricon Valley" began investing in startups going through acceleration programs.

Rada Islamova
Founder of Wonder Women — a community for the professional and personal development of women in Central Asia. Since 2019, the community has been organizing educational programs, mentoring initiatives, and offline meetings, helping women develop their careers, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills.