Michael Burtov

Michael Burtov is a serial entrepreneur from Boston. He is the founder and Chief executive officer at ONY Group. In 2011 Burtov founded Candidate Grading LLC, known as Cangrade.com, through which he became a regular presenter at WebInno Forums and a startup mentor through the Startup Access Project.

Education
Burtov holds a Master of Science Degree in International Economics from Southern New Hampshire University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Brandeis University. After graduating from Brandeis, Burtov volunteered for the Peace Corps in Kazakhstan from 2002 to 2004, where he taught English at a university and public school as well as participated in projects. While volunteering, he told the Boston Business Journal that he got the idea for Cangrade.com by working with local organizations to try and find people job positions. Since then, he has been an active Peace Corps Veteran sharing his experience to encourage others to take up their own service.

Career
Burtov contributed to the execution of more than 50 successful projects with organizations such as UBS Investment Bank, RBS Investment bank, the William J. Clinton Foundation, United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations Development Programme. He also served over 2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer and is a published organizational development author with international distribution.

Candidate Grading
Burtov is the founder of Candidate Grading LLC doing business as Cangrade.com. Launched in 2011, Cangrade is a provider of cloud based candidate screening software, designed to evaluate candidates aptitudes surrounding leadership, multi-tasking, communications, and other key performance metrics.

The company was launched with $40,000 of Burtov's own money. He has said the idea for Cangrade.com came to him when he worked with the Peace Corps in Kazakhstan in the early 2000s and implemented in 2011 after connecting with Steven Lehr and Gershon Goren, who went on to form Cangrade.