# Oleg Nesterov

> Oleg Nesterov is the founder and CEO of MindK, a software product development business he started in 2009 after beginning his web-development career in 2006. His public work spans Joomla tooling and mentoring, client software delivery, developer education, technical writing, and AI-assisted engineering.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at MindK
- **Organizations:** MindK, Bridge, Inc, Radenia AG, Already On AS, Giant Leap Lab, Joomla community, Forbes Technology Council
- **Education:** Master’s with honors; described as Mechanics and Mathematics in his 2011 reviewer biography and Dynamics and Strength on Crunchbase, Sumy State University
- **Known for:** Founded MindK in 2009 and continues to lead it as CEO., Mentored the 2009 JDevTools Google Summer of Code project., Technical reviewer of Joomla! 1.6 First Look, published in March 2011.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Begins professional web development; his LinkedIn profile lists Giant Leap Lab from September 2006 to September 2009.
- **2009** — Mentors JDevTools in Google Summer of Code alongside Ian MacLennan; publishes a Joomla community post on May 18.
- **2009-09** — Founds MindK, initially a one-person development studio.
- **2010-03** — Begins supporting Already On AS as de facto Head of Development through MindK, according to his LinkedIn career account.
- **2011** — Credited as a technical reviewer of Eric Tiggeler’s Joomla! 1.6 First Look.
- **2015** — MindK establishes a web and mobile development lab at Sumy State University.
- **2017** — MindK launches UP2IT and monthly tech talks, according to its company timeline.
- **2018-10** — Shares his participation in the OSX Service Provider Panel at London ExCeL.
- **2019-01** — Lists the start of a Principal Consultant role with Radenia AG.
- **2019-11** — Lists the start of a co-founder role at Bridge, Inc.
- **2023-12** — MindK announces inclusion in the Clutch 1000 list for 2023.
- **2024-03** — Speaks online to Sumy State University students and teachers about modern employee skills and project management.

## Achievements

- Founded MindK in 2009 and continues to lead it as CEO.
- Mentored the 2009 JDevTools Google Summer of Code project.
- Technical reviewer of Joomla! 1.6 First Look, published in March 2011.
- Led MindK during its recognition on the 2023 Clutch 1000 list.
- Led MindK during its achievement of AWS Select Services Partner status.
- Co-founded Bridge, Inc, according to his public LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — On March 6, met online with students, graduate students, and teachers at Sumy State University to discuss employee skills and project management.
- **2026-10** — Research observation on October 20: his current Forbes Technology Council biography describes leading MindK around agentic engineering under human architectural direction; this is an observation date, not an announcement date.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mindk.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onesterov
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/onesterov

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Last updated: 2026-10-20