From Ukraine to Houston — with a lot of detours.
I came to the U.S. in 2019 — moved to a small town in East Texas called Kilgore to study business administration. Honestly, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I just knew I wanted to build something. Before that, I spent a year at a naval university in Kyiv, Ukraine, and quickly realized that life at sea wasn't for me.
COVID hit right as I arrived, which meant all my classes went remote — and I got to explore Texas. I lived in Huntsville for a while, met amazing people in Houston and Dallas. My first real job was door-to-door sales in 110°F Dallas heat. Brutal. But it taught me resilience and how to keep going when people slam the door in your face.
After graduating, I found my way into automation — helping businesses set up Zapier workflows, CRMs, and tools like Monday and Asana. That work planted the seed. I enrolled at the University of Houston for a business degree. Then in 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, and going home was no longer an option. So I doubled down on building my career here.
In 2023, I couldn't find a job — or maybe I wasn't trying hard enough. Either way, I realized I could just do it myself. I reconnected with a former boss, started doing automation work again but now with AI, and he told me: "Why don't you start your own business?" He even let me take a client with me. That client became the foundation of Bridgital.
Today, Bridgital serves construction and professional service businesses. My mission is simple: help people be free. Free from tedious tasks, free to focus on relationships, growth, and the things that actually matter. Systems should work for you — not the other way around.