Ivan Danishevsky
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| Born | January 3, 1985 Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
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Ivan Danishevsky (born January 3, 1985) is a Ukrainian serial entrepreneur currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine.[1][2] He is best known for his work in the esports industry with his platform ESM.one and its subsidiaries. Under his leadership, ESM.one has organized over a hundred esports tournaments worldwide. Danishevsky also holds the position of the head of the board of the National Esports Federation of Ukraine (UESF).[3]
Danishevsky has extensive experience in gaming, big data, IT, and machine learning, with over two decades of business development experience. He has built several startups from the ground up and worked for various organizations during his career, broadening his industry knowledge.
Early life
Danishevsky was born on January 3, 1985, in Zaporizhzhya.
Career
Danishevsky started his career in 1998 when he founded Gamer.zp.ua, the first gaming website in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. This website also offers news, reviews, and guides related to different online games. A year later, he joined Future Electronic as a webmaster, where he worked for over a year. Simultaneously he also worked as a project leader at Pictograph.[4]
In 2002, Danishevsky joined Forbis Design, where he worked as a lead programmer for over two years. In 2005, Danishevsky became the CTO of one of the most visited political and entertainment projects in Ukraine - Fraza.ua, where he worked for over 13 years. Alongside that, he also did programming for Alexa-Internet. In the same year, Danishevsky also founded Xemi.Info, which started operations in 2009. He also launched another one of his entrepreneurial ventures during this perios - Otique.com.[5]
In 2007, Danishevsky became the CEO of Algata, and in 2009 he founded Inverse, a web projects development and management studio. In 2010 he worked as a restaurant’s creative director for PEOPLE and also founded qCar, an in-vehicle management company known for its hardware and software solutions.[6]
After his exit from qCar in 2012, Danishevsky took up several jobs at "Dream Town" Mall, Vybory.ua, and Garena Online, working in various positions. In 2014, he became the CEO of Brite.asia, a marketing agency based in Thailand.[7]
In 2015, Danishevsky ventured into esports when he became the CCO of Game Show Entertainment. He handled different esports projects and offline events for a year, such as GameShow World Esports Cup,[8] Game Show Open (CIS amateur esports cup), Game Show LIVE, and Dreamhacks Moscow/EU.
Danishevsky launched ESM.one, a media and IT holding company specializing in the creation of technological and administrative solutions for the esports industry, in 2016. Danishevsky created the company to make the esports and streaming market more transparent and results measurable, to give all market players honest data for effective development. ESM.one’s projects include Esports Charts, Streams Charts, Zeer.tv, and Esports Ukraine.[9]
In 2020, Danishevsky took the lead of the Ukrainian Esports Federation. Since then, under the leadership of Danishevsky, the Ukrainian Esports Federation has held hundreds of tournaments and even received national status. Since 2019, the Ukrainian Esports Federation and Ukraine's National University of Physical Education and Sports have been jointly working on the educational program for the country's first esports master's program. The Ukrainian Esports Federation (UESF) established the country's first national esports team in 2021.[10]
Danishevsky established ReUA, a social volunteer group that buys, inspects, manufactures, and distributes humanitarian items at the end of February 2022.
In the media
References
- ↑ "Ivan Danishevskyi - Founder @ Esports Charts by ESM.one - Crunchbase Person Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "Ivan Danishevsky". Medium. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "iForum.ua". 2019.iforum.ua. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "WePlay AniMajor Ukrainian-speaking talent crew is announced". weplayholding.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "After the football European Championships, the Hungarian national team can now prove itself at the virtual football European Championships". BestyGame. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "Ivan Danishevsky, CEO @ ESM.one | Djinni". djinni.co. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "Electronic sports: the Ukrainian Esports Federation was officially recognised". odessa-journal.com. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "UESF launches first ever Ukrainian Esports Cup". TalkEsport. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "Ukraine has potential to become 'mecca for esports' if infrastructure improves - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice". KyivPost. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ Michael, Cale (26 August 2021). "Esports BAR returns with physical edition in Cannes this October". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 June 2022.