# Dima Syrotkin

> Dima Syrotkin is the Ukrainian co-founder and CEO of Pandatron, a San Francisco enterprise AI company that uses conversational coaching and anonymized organizational insights to help large companies turn transformation plans into changed behavior. His path runs through information technology, business research, nonprofit leadership, management consulting and multiple startup pivots, held together by a persistent interest in self-awareness and how institutions learn.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Pandatron
- **Organizations:** Pandatron, Aalto University, AIESEC in Finland, Hacking HR
- **Nationality:** Ukrainian
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Technology (Information Technology), Turku University of Applied Sciences, Master's degree in Business and Economics, Management and International Business, Aalto University School of Business, Doctoral studies in Organization and Management, focused on decentralized authority and self-management, Aalto University School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Pandatron, an enterprise change-activation company serving large organizations across North America, Western Europe and Japan., Survived two major startup pivots, which he has called his biggest accomplishment as a business owner., Raised a $621,000 pre-seed round for Pandatron in 2021 and reported $882,000 in cumulative funding at the time.

## Career timeline

- **2013-2014** — Founded and led AIESEC's local office in Turku, growing it from zero to 18 members.
- **2013-2018** — Worked as an AIESEC trainer and facilitator at leadership-development conferences and seminars.
- **2016** — Co-founded the startup that later became Pandatron; he has described the company as surviving two major pivots.
- **2018** — Completed a bachelor's degree in Engineering and Technology at Turku University of Applied Sciences.
- **2020** — Completed an Aalto University master's degree and thesis on swift trust and client acquisition at technology conferences.
- **2020** — Organized Hacking HR Helsinki events and began publicly documented doctoral work on self-managing organizations.
- **2021** — Pandatron closed a $621,000 pre-seed round; Syrotkin reported $882,000 raised in total at that point.
- **2024** — Presented enterprise AI-coaching case studies at ACMP Global Connect.
- **2025** — Discussed Pandatron's AI change agent and human-centered approach to enterprise AI with the EIT AI Community.
- **2026** — Appeared on Born in Silicon Valley to discuss enterprise AI adoption, organizational design and Pandatron's roadmap.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Pandatron, an enterprise change-activation company serving large organizations across North America, Western Europe and Japan.
- Survived two major startup pivots, which he has called his biggest accomplishment as a business owner.
- Raised a $621,000 pre-seed round for Pandatron in 2021 and reported $882,000 in cumulative funding at the time.
- Built AIESEC's Turku office from zero to 18 members with no member dropout during his term, according to his LinkedIn profile.
- Completed an Aalto master's thesis based on the observation that 90 percent of his startup's clients had been acquired at technology events.
- Presented AI-driven coaching and change-measurement case studies at the 2024 ACMP Global Connect conference.
- Published essays on startup sales, fundraising, leadership, books and organizational ideas on Medium and LinkedIn.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Appeared on the Born in Silicon Valley podcast to discuss why enterprise innovation stalls, how AI adoption becomes an organizational problem and where Pandatron is heading.
- **2025-10** — Featured by the EIT AI Community in a profile of Pandatron's AI change agent, enterprise partnerships and human-development principles.
- **2025-10** — Appeared on the You've Been Heard podcast episode 'Solving Wrong Problems Perfectly' about enterprise AI adoption and change management.
- **2025-04** — Discussed reinventing organizational change with AI on the Take it from the Ironwoman podcast.
- **2024-06** — Presented case studies on AI-driven coaching, change measurement and 360-degree feedback at ACMP Global Connect.

## Links

- Website: https://pandatron.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimasyrotkin/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dimasyrotkin

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