Open minded, optimistic, honest, without bad habits.

I am married to my lovely Anna (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/anna-slienzak) and have great but still young daughter Maria.

I am an IT specialist: 15+ years of experience in graphic design (web-design in particular), 15+ years of web-programming (php, MySQL, Javascript, HTML, css) and 3+ years of iOS programming experience (Swift).
I have created my own self-named design studio located in Kyiv, Ukraine. "Babych Studio" had up to 30 employees. I decided to close it in 2014.
Now I am self-employed IT specialist and entrepreneur. I love to create things and improve the environment, so, I sometimes create useful services and apps:
- Rules of the Road for Children (http://pdddd.babychstudio.com/)
- Road trip planner: TripShaker (http://trishaker.com/)

I devote much time to sports. I've been playing basketball in school and university for 6 years. In 2011 I've started to play ultimate frisbee. New sport inspired me much. Most of my leisure is related to frisbee. I have three trainigs a week regularly. I attend up to 8 tournaments each year. In 2014 I've visited my first World Championship. In 2015 I've become a captain of my sports club Nova. In 2016 I've become a president of our national federation. I even have a small business selling frisbees with my team-mate (http://discs.com.ua).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For me couchsurfing is not only the way to travel for less money. It is a great opportunity to meet new people, have fresh look on the life from the others, get new questions and answers, practice in English and communication.

I had experience of couchsurfing staying two times as a guest in Ghent and Dusseldorf with my wife Anna (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/anna-slienzak) and our baby. I liked it much. I want more ;)

Interests

I love to improve and organize processes and environment. I love to create. And I love sports. My interests unite together my skills and my passion to make the world better. I like:
- to design useful apps and services
- to play ultimate frisbee and to spread this sport
- to unite and organize people for achieving great aims
- to make things perfect, no matter what I am doing

• design
• graphic design
• environment
• clubbing
• traveling
• sports
• basketball
• business
• entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

I like to listen to wide range of music styles: from classics to hardcore. Preferred music depends much on my current mood. Among my favorite artists are: J.S. Bach, Rage Against the Machine, The Prodigy, 5nizza. Many others are also on the list but with one or several tracks.

I am not about watching lots of movies. I cannot say, that I have favorite ones. There are some, that I liked, and some, that I didn't. Among those, that I liked: "One day", "The Imitation Game", "The Theory of Everything", "I Origins", etc.

Though, there is not much time for leisure, I prefer reading to watching, so, I am doing my best to read much. Years ago I liked to read "classics": Dostoevsky, Doyle, Gogol, Verne, Dumas. But now I prefer to read more contemporary books. Among my favorite authors is Kurt Vonnegut. Ayn Rand with her "Atlas Shrugged" impressed me much. Also, I read educational, historical books, business literature: to be aware of what happens today and improve my own skills.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Recently I've started a web service for travelers (http://tripshaker.com/). I believe it is really useful for people like me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to throw frisbee and play ultimate, share my experience being a design studio owner and CEO.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine