Vlad Savchenko

Vlad Savchenko (born November 17, 1991) was a film producer, public activist, volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, TV commenter, and the head of the European Film Association, uniting directors of new feature films in the EU.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

He is the producer and creator of the First Code movie, the first feature-documentary film about IT in Ukraine, which became a box-office success in Ukraine.^[6][7][8] Savchenko supports the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine's initiatives, focusing on educating the population in digital literacy and computer skills.

Public and art activities

In 2023 the feature documentary film First Code was released, depicting the emergence of Ukrainian IT and its operation during the full-scale invasion. Savchenko served as both the producer and investor of the film.^{[9][10][11][12]}

He is an expert and author in the media on issues of digitization and IT development in Ukraine and supports entrepreneurship development in the country.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Savchenko supports the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine's initiatives, focusing on educating the population in digital literacy and computer skills.^[17][18]

In 2020 his company opened an offline hub for free population training.^[19] PowerCode Academy signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation; company's locations in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia became offline hubs of the "Diia. Digital Education" project.^[20]

In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Savchenko initiated the "Stop Panic, Stop Coronavirus!" campaign, developing software for healthcare professionals.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Other activities

Vlad Savchenko was born on November 17, 1991, in Zaporizhzhia. He completed his education at Zaporizhzhia National University, earning a master's degree in Law and later pursuing doctoral studies at the Law Faculty.^[25][26]

He also created an educational centre, "Powercode Academy" to learn kids and teenagesr IT literacy in Ukraine.^[27][28]

In 2020 he founded the European Association of Software Engineering, uniting Ukraine's and EU's talents and public IT figures.^[29][30][31]

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