Episode 42: Ukrainian Crisis In Focus with Igor Gorin, Founder & Global CSO of Astound Commerce
In this special episode of The State of Commerce Experience, host Brian Walker speaks with Igor Gorin, Founder & Global Chief Strategy Officer of Astound Commerce, who grew up in Ukraine.
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In this special episode of The State of Commerce Experience, host Brian Walker speaks with Igor Gorin, Founder & Global Chief Strategy Officer of Astound Commerce, who grew up in Ukraine.
Astound is a commerce technology services business with a significant business presence in North America, UK, Europe and with software development centers in Bulgaria, Colombia, Slovakia, Turkey, and four locations in Ukraine, including Kiev.
In this episode, Igor speaks to his personal journey growing up in Ukraine, his career journey as he immigrated to the US, his perspective on the ongoing war in Ukraine, what people can do to help, and more.
To support any of the organizations mentioned in this episode, visit the links below:
- International Medical Corps
- Nova Ukraine
- Save the Children
- Kto pomôže Ukrajine (Who’ll help Ukraine)
- Člověk v tísni (People in need Czech Republic)
The [Ukrainian] people feel that one of the ways that they can fight is to do the work and to see what companies like ours do to give back to Ukraine. […] That is the heroism that is not talked about.