# Andrew Filev

> Andrew Filev is the founder and former CEO of Wrike and the founder and CEO of Zencoder. Born in St. Petersburg and based in San Jose, he built Wrike out of the coordination problems in his first software consulting business, led it through a $2.25 billion Citrix acquisition, and later returned to developer productivity with AI coding agents. He is also a seed investor in Miro and a writer on software and work management.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Zencoder
- **Organizations:** Wrike, Zencoder, Miro, Ditto, Appulate
- **From:** St. Petersburg, Russia
- **Education:** M.S. in Computer Science, Saint Petersburg State University, Stockholm School of Economics
- **Known for:** Founded and led Wrike through its approximately $2.25 billion acquisition by Citrix in 2021., Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree, 2019., EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Northern California finalist, 2019.

## Career timeline

- **Age 17-18** — Started his first software consulting business; interview accounts describe its growth to more than 100 engineers across multiple countries.
- **2006** — Founded Wrike; says he moved to Silicon Valley around this year.
- **2007** — Wrike launched publicly after an early beta.
- **2013** — Wrike raised a Series A from Bain Capital Ventures after years of customer-funded growth; a smaller TMT investment preceded it in 2012.
- **2018** — Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Wrike.
- **2019** — Named a Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree and an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Northern California finalist.
- **2021** — Citrix announced completion of its approximately $2.25 billion cash acquisition of Wrike on March 1.
- **2023** — Transitioned from Wrike CEO to Board Advisor in July; Zencoder was founded in 2023.
- **2024** — Zencoder launched its AI coding products publicly in October and was selected for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200.
- **2026** — Published the announcement introducing Zenflow Work, extending agent orchestration to non-coding work.

## Achievements

- Founded and led Wrike through its approximately $2.25 billion acquisition by Citrix in 2021.
- Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree, 2019.
- EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Northern California finalist, 2019.
- Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award recipient, according to Cutter Consortium.
- Seed investor in Miro, according to Zencoder’s founder biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Published the Zenflow Work launch announcement on April 9, extending Zencoder’s orchestration platform to planning, reporting and other business tasks.
- **2025-11** — Published a New Stack article on AI-first engineering and development velocity.
- **2025-08** — Discussed Wrike’s growth and Zencoder’s product development on The Product Market Fit Show.

## Links

- Website: https://zencoder.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/filev
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/andrewsthoughts

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Last updated: 2026-10-11