Ivan Smolnikov has a solid track record in the translation industry with a strong focus on linguistic technology development. He started his first translation business in 2004 and built it into one of the Top 50 global language service providers (LSPs), known today as ABBYY LS, where he worked as the CEO until 2016. In 2013 Ivan cofounded Smartcat, a cloud full-featured computer-assisted translation platform that makes collaboration easier for everyone in the industry – translation service buyers, freelance translators and LSPs, and enables faster growth and business scaling. The project turned out to be so successful that in 2015 Ivan decided to fully focus on Smartcat and run the company as a CEO. Later in 2016, Smartcat attracted experienced venture capital to fuel the growth globally.