About

Leaping Bytes is a technology solutions company specializing in mobile, web, and custom software development founded by Elena and Andrei Tchijov.

From creating enterprise-level software to developing custom websites in the public and nonprofit sectors, we have worked on a wide variety of projects. With over 40 years of combined technical experience, we pride ourselves on building creative, long-lasting solutions.

We approach all projects with a fresh eye, focused on developing products that are custom-tailored for each client. From our initial research about the needs of each client through the launch of the finished project and follow-up support, we work in a transparent and efficient manner to understand your needs and design the best possible solutions.

As a company that is committed to progressive ideals within the open source community and beyond, Leaping Bytes supports clients with aligning goals and missions. As a result, we eagerly engage with the progressive nonprofit, advocacy and political community in order to jointly develop projects that ultimately create a greater good.

Andrei Tchijov, Co-Founder, President & CTO

Andrei has over 20 years of software product development experience in a variety of languages and environments. Since 1995 he has led development teams at Digital Analysis Corporation (DAC),  Legent Corporation,  Computer Associates International, and Sequation, Inc. Equally proficient working on his own or managing a team of high-level developers, Andrei consistently delivers cutting-edge products. At DAC, he led the design and development of major new product releases to improve performance, scalability and functionality. At Legent, he was the principal engineer for AgentWorks and the technical lead for the AgentWorks product line for network and systems management based upon SNMP and CMIP. When Computer Associates acquired Legent, he worked as a principal engineer for distributed infrastructure and real-time instrumentation, surveillance, correlation and modeling infrastructure for Unicenter TNG. Andrei co-founded Sequation, Inc. in 2000. He was the principal designer of the new patent-pending software to provide massively scalable grid-based solutions that maintain administrative ease with the exponential growth of hosts, services, users, and processing workload.

In 2005 Andrei decided to concentrate on developing web-related applications. Since that time, he has worked on a number of exciting projects. Some of them are highlighted here.

Read Andrei's blog here.

Elena Tchijov, Co-Founder & CEO

Armed with a degree in Applied Mathematics, Elena began her career as a software developer, but branched out into web development in the mid 90s. Over the course of her career, she has been involved in every step of the web development cycle: from gathering requirements and building out the interface architecture to implementation and launch of sites in both the private and non-profit sector. In addition to a deep familiarity with all steps of the development process, Elena's experience ranges from building and maintaining small business websites to enterprise level high volume web applications. As a result, she possesses a keen understanding of the challenges posed in every step of the web development process for potential clients. Furthermore, her ability to translate complex technical jargon into simple, non-technical language allows her to work with a broad spectrum of individuals to deliver a functional, elegant web project that exceeds client expectations.

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