Who is building Kyrgyzstan's technology stack: leaders in FinTech, AI, and digital companies

Kyrgyzstan is increasingly asserting itself as a regional IT hub. Behind this growth are specific individuals—technical founders, CTOs, and engineers—who build infrastructure, hire teams, and turn local ideas into international products.

Eldos Atalov
CTO of MMarket, an engineer and technical leader with experience working in international and Kyrgyz product companies. Throughout his career, he has worked on high-load services at Reddit, led the development of digital products at MDigital, and today oversees the technological development of MMarket—one of Kyrgyzstan's largest marketplaces.

Esen Sagynov
A Kyrgyz technical entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience in software development and system design. He has progressed from an engineer to a project founder, working at Amazon and NAVER, where he led teams and created scalable technical solutions. Currently, he is developing Mancho—an IT school and service for entrepreneurs—and serves as CTO at Quickpay, a Kyrgyz FinTech company specializing in payment processing.

Aliaskar Kubanychbek uulu
Aliaskar is the CTO at "Bank Companion," specializing in building technological infrastructure, cybersecurity, and managing IT operations. With over seven years in Kyrgyzstan's financial sector, he has advanced from an information security engineer to a head of technology roles at "Bank Companion" and O!Bank. He is responsible for developing the bank's digital architecture, implementing modern technologies, and building reliable and secure financial services.

Nurlan Kurmanbaev
A tech executive and Deputy CTO with over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. At MegaCom, he progressed from a network planning engineer to Deputy CTO, where he was responsible for developing network infrastructure, deploying base stations, and managing engineering teams. He currently works as an Account Manager at Huawei, supporting key clients and major telecom projects.

Erkek Galiev
CTO and co-founder of Growave, a Kyrgyz startup that helps businesses retain customers on the Shopify platform. He oversees the company's technical direction; Growave processes billions of requests per month and has become one of Kyrgyzstan's most recognizable IT products in the global market. Before joining Growave, he worked at Skalfa and contributed to the development of the Hire-Experts platform.

Vadim Berkovich
CTO at EvoGroup.ai, where he is responsible for developing AI initiatives and creating engineering methodologies for software development. He developed Pipeline v3—an approach to AI-assisted development based on Builder-Validator cycles, BDD/Gherkin scenarios, and decision-making process analysis. Previously, he served as a Microsoft Transformation Lead for Central and Eastern Europe.

Ernest Kuttubaev
CTO and independent software engineer with over 10 years of experience in software development. He specializes in Golang, PHP, MySQL, microservices architecture, and web application development. Throughout his career, he has worked at major Kyrgyz companies, including O!Bank, "Bank Companion," and the telecommunications holding VEON, where he focused on developing corporate and FinTech solutions.

Andrey Sapozhnikov
CIO & CTO and co-founder of Mad Devs and ENJI, one of the leading technical leaders in Kyrgyzstan's IT industry with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in building scalable systems, security, automation, and developing engineering teams. He has progressed from an internet provider support engineer to a head of technical roles, working with telecom infrastructure, VoIP, billing, and large-scale server systems.