Nazar Fedorchuk
Nazar Fedorchuk (born 1980) is a Ukrainian-born Ukrainian-American businessman, founder of Senstone, a smart voice recording tracker that converts voice memos to text. Previously a legal specialist, advising to Embassy on legal policy, for which Nazar Fedorchuk has received US Department Of Justice Superior Performance Award 2008 and Eagle Award (2012) for sustained extraordinary performance in advancing the draft Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Education and legal background
Nazar Fedorchuk has studied Commercial, Contract and Investment Law for 5 years at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and received bachelor's degree in Law, putting his main focus on real estate, commercial and civil law. Shortly after graduating from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv he has continued his study in a legal field at Oxford University, working on Ph.D. in Law, being actively enrolled in student alumni. Nazar obtained his degree in 2007, defending his thesis ‘Protection of Victims’ Rights in English-American Legal System and Ukrainian Criminal Justice System’ at Kyiv Academy of Advocates. For 7 years prior to developing Senstone, Nazar was responsible for managing structural and institutional reform of justice institutions in Ukraine, advising to the Embassy at U.S. Department of Justice. Nazar provided consulting and expert evaluation of the Temporary Commission on Judges Evaluation decisions, funded by the USAID Fair project and was also engaged in legal consulting for technology companies.
Senstone
Managing work at US Department of Justice required creative approach and dealing with information research, analysis, and paperwork. This is where Nazar has found there is a need for a voice recording device to records notes, thoughts, todos. The original idea started as simple Reminder Button and evolved to the voice recording device with quite a few functions( speech-to-text transcription, intonation analysis, emotional context). Nazar has developed the product, built the team, bootstrapped the company and raised pre-seed Angel investments in July 2016 and lead the team toward successful Kickstarter campaign raising $360k in crowdfunding money. His work on the project has been recognized by industry opinion leaders and featured on Digital Trends, Business Insider, Slash Gear, The Verge, Mashable, and many others.
Social activities
Nazar participated in Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity in 2014 with his own social project: an online group for legal protection of automobile drivers rights during the Revolution.
Awards and recognition
- US Department of Justice Superior Performance Award and Eagle Award – for sustained extraordinary performance in advancing the draft Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, 2008 and 2012.
- Chevening Open Society Institute and Foreign Commonwealth Office Scholarship AY 2003-04.
- Scholarship – Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Exchange Program 2000.