Lyuba Shipovych is a Ukrainian C-level IT expert, technopreneur and public activist combining IT with volunteering since 2014. She is the founder of the Dignitas charity fund.
She studied at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where she obtained a master's degree in computer science. In 2008, after graduating, she won a green card and moved to the USA. She worked in educational IT technologies and actively engaged in software development. According to Zippia, she was included in the list of the top 50 female developers in New York.
Lyuba's commitment to her home country was evident when, despite her success abroad, she chose to return to Ukraine in 2015. Her dedication to the country's development was further demonstrated when she assumed the leadership of the Investment Agency under the State Regional Administration, showcasing her strong leadership skills and commitment to national progress.
In 2017, she returned to the US, where she held the position of vice president of engineering in a startup incubator and continued her public activities. However, in October 2019, Lyuba returned to Ukraine, where she started working as an adviser to the Prime Minister on technology and innovation, focusing on the development of the country's IT ecosystem.
In 2020, Lyuba founded the fintech company DataOcean, and in 2022, she returned to Ukraine, continuing to support technology development and volunteering.
In early 2023, the entire team that worked on military and veteran projects at Razom for Ukraine went into a separate fund - Dignitas.
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DownloadUkraine's military technology sector is developing rapidly, but its future depends on more than the ability to create effective solutions at home. Ukrainian manufacturers must gain access to international markets and join shared production and technology chains, while Ukraine must not remain merely a testing ground for new defense technologies.
How can Ukraine turn this experience into a competitive advantage, open foreign markets to its defense industry, become an integral part of its allies' security strategy, and help shape a new security balance as a full-fledged partner? We will discuss this at KIEF 2026 during the panel discussion Ukrainian Weapons = European Security?