FIVE MINUTES WITH ...
Andrew Filev
Andrew Filev is the CEO and Founder of Wrike , a SaaS platform that was instrumental in creating the collaborative work management category back in 2006 . Today , he oversees a 1,000-strong team of employees , who are working to build one of the world ’ s most powerful cloud-based collaboration platforms
Q . TELL US ABOUT YOUR EDUCATION AND CAREER PATH
» When I reflect on my education and career path , I can ’ t help but compare my upbringing to that of my kids . There was very little “ screen time ”. We didn ’ t have tablets and streaming services , so I spent my childhood reading books and playing chess with my grandfather .
The first time I saw a computer , it looked like magic to me , and I became extremely eager to understand it . The problem is , I didn ’ t have consistent access to one for many years to come . Sometimes , I would go to my mom ’ s workplace and their IT guy would show me something .
Later , I changed schools to enrol in one that had a fully established computer class . Eventually , I saved enough money to build my own from secondhand parts . So , it ’ s not a surprise that I ended up studying computer science at college . My intellectual curiosity brought me into many other subjects as
22 April 2023