Siarhei Hryshchanka
Senior Software Engineer · Solution Architect · Founder
20+ years designing and implementing production-grade client-server solutions. I founded Exply Labs to channel that experience into bespoke software and polished products — built personally, end-to-end.
Professional Experience
Founder
Exply Labs
2026 – Present
Building bespoke commercial software products and independently published tools for developers, designers, and end users. Combining 20+ years of engineering experience with a founder mindset to deliver polished, production-ready solutions.
- End-to-end product ownership from architecture to deployment
- Currently developing Document Explainer, Kitly, and CopyGuard
- Full-stack delivery across frontend, backend, cloud, and integrations
Senior Backend Developer
Office Data Apps sp. z o.o.
January 2022 – Present
Responsible for backend Node.js architecture, PostgreSQL optimisation, Angular admin panels, and Azure/AWS integrations.
- Optimised PostgreSQL queries, bunch documents processing
- Backend for Shared Email Templates: feature-rich and secure
- Automated deployment pipelines via PowerShell
- Mentored junior developers, improving team efficiency
Senior Software Engineer
Add-in Express Ltd.
January 2004 – April 2022
Designed and built widely used Microsoft Office developer tools. Managed the end-to-end development of 7 major products with worldwide distribution.
- COM add-ins for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Visual Studio
- Built version-neutral Office add-in frameworks
- Delivered WiX tooling extensions to replace manual XML with visual designers
- Developed all products end-to-end: architecture, implementation, production
Key Projects
Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and .NET
Lead Developer
All-in-one framework for developing commercial-grade Microsoft Office extensions — COM add-ins, Outlook plugins, Excel XLLs and more. Supports all Office versions from 2000 to 2024/365 with version-neutral architecture.
View product →Security Manager for Microsoft Outlook
Lead Developer
One-line programming tool to bypass Outlook security warnings and alerts in add-ins and applications interacting with Microsoft Outlook. Supports .NET, VCL and ActiveX platforms.
View product →Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and VSTO
Lead Developer
Extension of Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office that enables creating powerful add-ins for Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and more — with visual designers instead of routine coding.
View product →Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .NET
Lead Developer
All-in-one framework for building IE browser extensions using .NET. Provided version-neutral support for IE6 through IE11 with visual designers and one-click MSI deployment.
View product →Designer for WiX Toolset
Lead Developer
Visual Studio extension that replaces plain Windows Installer XML with intuitive visual editors. Covers file system, registry, custom actions and multilingual UI — accelerating WiX setup project delivery many-fold.
View product →VDProj to WiX Converter
Lead Developer
Visual Studio extension that auto-generates WiX-based setup projects from legacy .vdproj files in one click — supporting all project types, custom actions, built-in dialogs and merge modules.
View product →Ribbon Designer for SharePoint & Office 365
Lead Developer
Framework providing True RAD for customising the Server Ribbon UI in SharePoint 2010/2013 and Office 365 solutions — visual designers replace complex Server Ribbon XML entirely.
View product →Shared Email Templates for Outlook
Backend Developer
Outlook add-in for creating reusable, shareable email templates with dynamic macros, mail merge and team-wide sharing.
View product →Technical Skills
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
Cloud
Tools
APIs & Integrations
Education
Francisk Skorina Gomel State University
Bachelor's in Software Engineering
Graduated 1998
Publications
"Insight of Add-in Express Loader"
"MS Office Toolbar and Ribbon UI Images Style Guide"
"Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based Web Deployment – ClickTwice"
Ready to build something together?
20+ years of engineering experience, applied to your project — personally, from start to finish.
Exply Labs