Open minded, optimistic, honest, without bad habits.

I am married to my lovely Anna (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/anna-slienzak) and have great but still young daughter Maria.

I am an IT specialist: 15+ years of experience in graphic design (web-design in particular), 15+ years of web-programming (php, MySQL, Javascript, HTML, css) and 3+ years of iOS programming experience (Swift).
I have created my own self-named design studio located in Kyiv, Ukraine. "Babych Studio" had up to 30 employees. I decided to close it in 2014.
Now I am self-employed IT specialist and entrepreneur. I love to create things and improve the environment, so, I sometimes create useful services and apps:
- Rules of the Road for Children (http://pdddd.babychstudio.com/)
- Road trip planner: TripShaker (http://trishaker.com/)

I devote much time to sports. I've been playing basketball in school and university for 6 years. In 2011 I've started to play ultimate frisbee. New sport inspired me much. Most of my leisure is related to frisbee. I have three trainigs a week regularly. I attend up to 8 tournaments each year. In 2014 I've visited my first World Championship. In 2015 I've become a captain of my sports club Nova. In 2016 I've become a president of our national federation. I even have a small business selling frisbees with my team-mate (http://discs.com.ua).

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

For me couchsurfing is not only the way to travel for less money. It is a great opportunity to meet new people, have fresh look on the life from the others, get new questions and answers, practice in English and communication.

I had experience of couchsurfing staying two times as a guest in Ghent and Dusseldorf with my wife Anna (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/anna-slienzak) and our baby. I liked it much. I want more ;)

Интересы

I love to improve and organize processes and environment. I love to create. And I love sports. My interests unite together my skills and my passion to make the world better. I like:
- to design useful apps and services
- to play ultimate frisbee and to spread this sport
- to unite and organize people for achieving great aims
- to make things perfect, no matter what I am doing

• design
• graphic design
• environment
• clubbing
• traveling
• sports
• basketball
• business
• entrepreneurship

Музыка, кино и книги

I like to listen to wide range of music styles: from classics to hardcore. Preferred music depends much on my current mood. Among my favorite artists are: J.S. Bach, Rage Against the Machine, The Prodigy, 5nizza. Many others are also on the list but with one or several tracks.

I am not about watching lots of movies. I cannot say, that I have favorite ones. There are some, that I liked, and some, that I didn't. Among those, that I liked: "One day", "The Imitation Game", "The Theory of Everything", "I Origins", etc.

Though, there is not much time for leisure, I prefer reading to watching, so, I am doing my best to read much. Years ago I liked to read "classics": Dostoevsky, Doyle, Gogol, Verne, Dumas. But now I prefer to read more contemporary books. Among my favorite authors is Kurt Vonnegut. Ayn Rand with her "Atlas Shrugged" impressed me much. Also, I read educational, historical books, business literature: to be aware of what happens today and improve my own skills.

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Recently I've started a web service for travelers (http://tripshaker.com/). I believe it is really useful for people like me.

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

I can teach how to throw frisbee and play ultimate, share my experience being a design studio owner and CEO.

Где я побывал(-а)

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain

Где я жил(-а)

Ukraine