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Evgeny Shadchnev

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Founder and Board Member at Makers

United Kingdom

Writes $250K – $1M checks · typically $500K

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About

Evgeny Shadchnev serves as Fractional Chief AI Officer at Mumsnet, working 1-3 days per week with company leadership on AI strategy and implementation. He previously founded Makers, Europe's first coding bootcamp, which trained over 5,000 people and served clients including Google, Microsoft, and Deloitte, and has advised approximately 100 venture-backed founder CEOs. Shadchnev develops software using AI agents and large language models in his current work.

Founder and Board Member at Makers

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Experience

  1. evgeny.coachFractional Chief AI Officer (Mumsnet)current2026 — present
  2. evgeny.coachFounder Coachcurrent2020 — presentGlobal
  3. MakersCo-founder and Board membercurrent2013 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  4. MakersCEO2014 — 2020London, UK
  5. If CapitalAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  6. Unconditionally HumanAuthorcurrent2023 — present
  7. Startup CEO SuccessionPodcast Hostcurrent2024 — present
  8. All TogetherVolunteer Advisor2021 — 2026
  9. Ada VenturesVenture Scout2020 — 2026Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  10. Femme PaletteMentor2020 — 2025
  11. Forward LabsFounding Partner2012 — 2013Camden, England, United Kingdom
  12. Forward Internet GroupTech co-founder at InvisibleHand2008 — 2011
  13. Kappa PrimeCo-founder2008
  14. Etera UK Ltd.Managing Director2007 — 2008
  15. KodofonWireless engineer2004 — 2005
  16. Voronezh State UniversityWeb developer2003 — 2004

Skills & more

Management5Ruby on Rails60JavaScript54Ruby49CSS23Git18MySQL18HTML16PHP11Amazon Web Services (AWS)9jQuery5Python2
+12 moreLinuxCascading Style Sheets (CSS)SubversionJavaMongoDBC#HadoopSoftware Engineering PracticesBusiness TransformationArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningVideo Podcasts

Languages English · French · Russian

  • Co-Active Coaching Fundamentals, Fulfillment, Balance, Process, & SynergyCo-Active Training Institute
  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC)International Coaching Federation
  • Practitioner Diploma in Executive CoachingAoEC - The Academy of Executive Coaching
  • Speaker at Kensington Aldridge Academy, LondonF4S

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Who is Evgeny Shadchnev?
Evgeny Shadchnev serves as Fractional Chief AI Officer at Mumsnet, working 1-3 days per week with company leadership on AI strategy and implementation. He previously founded Makers, Europe's first coding bootcamp, which trained over 5,000 people and served clients including Google, Microsoft, and Deloitte, and has advised approximately 100 venture-backed founder CEOs. Shadchnev develops software using AI agents and large language models in his current work.
Where does Evgeny Shadchnev work?
Evgeny Shadchnev is Founder and Board Member of Makers.
What check size does Evgeny Shadchnev write?
Evgeny Shadchnev typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
What companies did Evgeny Shadchnev found?
Evgeny Shadchnev founded Makers.
Where did Evgeny Shadchnev go to school?
Evgeny Shadchnev studied at Imperial College London (MSc, Advanced Computing); Voronezh State University (1st year of a PhD Course, Computer Science); Voronezh State University (Specialist (5 years), Computer Science).

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