In summer 2021, he founded Sloika, an NFT photo marketplace platform.
In early 2004, before Facebook and photo-sharing sites, Evgeny (Ev) Tchebotarev created a community for photographers to meet, share photos and information. He named it 500px.
As a Founder, Evgeny wore many hats — COO, Chief Product Officer, and later Chief Photography Officer, and was responsible for bringing the 500px vision to life through operational excellence, product innovation, community engagement and maintaining a strong link between photographers and 500px team.
Originally from Moscow, Ev has earned a BA in Commerce and Finance from Ryerson University in Toronto, graduating with honours in 2007. He began photography in 2002 and since then he has spent the entirety of his professional career dedicated to the betterment of visual creativity, focusing on photography and design.
Ev is an active photographer, and has been honoured to judge many world class photo contests, including Red Bull Illume, Photo Life, and Sony World Photography Awards.
Since 2016 Ev travelled to Asia to explore and consult companies, where for 2 years he was focused on helping companies to build world class product management expertise.
In July 2018, Ev joined Skylum Software as VP of Growth Asia, applying years of hands-on expertise of working with Asian companies to expand Skylum’s award-winning products to the Asian markets.
2021年夏天，Evgeny 創立了 NFT 照片市場平台 Sloika。
2004年初，在 Facebook 和照片共享網站出現之前，Evgeny 創建了一個供攝影師見面、共享照片和信息的社區 — 500px。
作為創始人，Evgeny 身兼多職 — 運營長、產品長、和後來的攝影長，負責通過運營、產品創新、社區參與以及保持攝影師與 500px 之間的緊密聯繫來實現 500px 的願景。
Evgeny 來自莫斯科，畢業於多倫多瑞爾森大學並擁有商業與金融雙學位。他於2002年開始攝影，從那時起，他的整個職業生涯都致力於改善視覺創造力、攝影與設計；此外，Evgeny 同時也是位活躍的攝影師，曾擔任許多世界級攝影比賽的評審，包括 Red Bull Illume，Photo Life 和 Sony World Photography Awards 等。
Evgeny 自2016年起將事業重心延伸至亞洲與顧問諮詢產業，專注於幫助公司鏈結世界一流的產品管理專業知識。2018年7月，Evgeny 加入 Skylum Software 擔任亞洲副總裁，運用多年的管理實踐經驗與亞洲區的公司合作，將 Skylum 屢獲殊榮的產品擴展至亞洲市場。
