Hello, I’m Eugene Petrenko, or Evgeny Petrenko, or Евгений Петренко. Find more at my LinkedIn Profile.

Bio

Eugene leads the IDE Services department at JetBrains, steering a suite of products that helps optimize development teams’ productivity at a company scale. With a Ph.D. in computer science, he merges his deep technical expertise with leadership, overseeing strategic collaboration and technical architecture. A speaker and blogger, Eugene continues to influence the tech sphere with innovative ideas and practical solutions.

Eugene was an IntelliJ IDEA software developer at JetBrains, speaker, trainer, blogger. His interests include software development, distributed systems, infrastructure, cloud, programming languages, team work. Eugene holds a Ph.D. in computer science. He writes code in Java, Kotlin, Go, Terraform, C/C++, JavaScript, or any other language that is needed to achieve his goals.

A Kotlin fan for years, he started using Kotlin years before the 1.0 release and completed his first production Kotlin app back in 2013. Eugene has made many talks and projects on Kotlin.

Eugene works in the IT field for more than 24 years. At JetBrains since 2004. Taking part in many awesome things including ReSharper, TeamCity, Upsource, Toolbox App, Space, IntelliJ IDEA, the IntelliJ IDEA Platform, and few more yet internal projects.

Certificate, Diplomas and Courses

Education

• 2001 - 2006 Saint Petersburg State University, the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics
• 2006 - 2009 Candidate of Sciences (similar to a Ph.D) in computer science (subject code 05.13.11 VAK) from Saint Petersburg State University, the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics
• 2025 Stanford Graduate School of Business. Influence and Negotiation Strategies Program on-site, statement

Coursera

• Leading People and Teams Specialization by University of Michigan ✅ verified
  (5 courses)
  • Managing Talent by University of Michigan ✅ verified
  • Inspiring and Motivating Individuals by University of Michigan ✅ verified
  • Leading Teams by University of Michigan ✅ verified
  • Influencing People by University of Michigan ✅ verified
  • Leading People and Teams Capstone by University of Michigan ✅ verified
• Machine Learning ✅
• An Introduction to Marketing ✅ statement
• Technology Commercialization, Part 1 ✅ statement
• Process Mining: Data science in Action ✅ statement

edX

• Introduction to Banking & Financial Markets - I ✅ verified
• Equity Stock Markets: Concepts, Instruments, Risks and Derivatives ✅

Stanford

• Technology Entrepreneurship ✅ statement
• Influence and Negotiation Strategies Program on-site ✅ statement

Other

• German Language B2 from Goethe Institute, Munich, Germany. ✅ certificate
• Media Training ✅ certificate
• Oracle Certified Professional

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More Info

My kids’ names: Alexej, Alexander, and Alisa.

Saint Petersburg, Russia is the city I grew up. I studied at Saint Petersburg State University, at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics. I got Candidate of Sciences or Ph.D in computer science in 2009. I moved to Munich, Germany in 2011.