Andrey Abramov Email & Phone Number

St-Blaise, Neuchâtel, Ch

Building an ultra-luxury smartwatch: a hybrid timepiece for an uncompromising connoisseur.

Sunnyvale, California, Us

Global education network for the study and practice of any language

Englewood, Co, Us

Responsible for the development and ongoing success of new consumer products (large-scale systems, full ecosystem of mobile and desktop clients, and embedded devices), cross-division integration and collaboration, process and cultural transformation.- Brought together culturally diverse teams in Ukraine, India, Utah, Colorado, and California to deliver products with a fully integrated consumer experience across all platforms and components.- Delivered numerous releases of backend services, SDKs, clients, and embedded firmware on time, with predictable results. Set up the process for discovery and rapid resolution of customer-impacting incidents. - Established relevant long-term success metrics (and all the pertinent instrumentation), ensured their adoption as a key input into the daily engineering process.- Guided the ongoing re-evaluation and adjustment of development and rollout priorities, as driven by the measurable end-user experience indicators, the business goals, and the resource constraints. - Inspired and educated the teams through the transition first to SAFE process and then to agile OKR-focused developer-driven organization. - Personally generated significant Intellectual Property in multiple fields (see the patents below, more are still in the pipeline), mentored colleagues, and promoted the culture of ongoing enthusiastic innovation.

Responsible for the global video streaming infrastructure and configuration services, support tools and APIs, security, cross-platform client analytics, Home Automation, and IoT.- Defined and delivered comprehensive Analytics, established data-driven business insight practices- Established success metrics and promoted quality accountability for mobile and desktop video clients- Guided Engineering, IT, and PM teams through 12x customer growth, 3000x system load growth- Built stellar teams and delivered multiple new services- Defined long-term technology strategy- Successfully promoted change with the executive constituents- Drove security and DRM requirements and implementation for video streaming appliances- Lead the international teams charged with re-designing the legacy systems, managed the migration - Transitioned live server infrastructure from co-location facilities to in-house datacenters and an auto-scaling Amazon cloud with zero service interruption- Supported countless releases of consumer and OEM video steaming appliances- Coordinated multiple emergency response and mitigation efforts

Responsible for marketing software protection product suite for mass-market PC games, as well as integration of Uvarta's proprietary security technologies into partners' hardware devices and infrastructure.- Managed security (PKI) and DRM products, their feature sets, positioning, and long-term product evolution - Acted as primary point of contact and expertise for partners’ Engineering - Guided customers and their vendors through the alterations of the business process- Consulted multiple startups on marketing and operational issues

First start-up in the US to offer Internet access at broadband speed on the commuter trains.- Built a stellar entrepreneurial team- Lead the research into mobile wireless data, resulting in the development of a suite of proprietary technologies- Directed the field trials of an innovative wireless routing platform- Established supplier relationships and negotiated service terms with public transit authorities

Responsible for integrating global infrastructure of portfolio companies - Coordinated IT operations of multiple call centers with direct bottom line impact - Defined technology roadmap and coordinated its implementation - Implemented failover procedures and initiated cross-functional training - Established and propagated communication processes across the portfolio companies - Established consistent analysis of the service metrics, their impact on customer satisfaction and revenue

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Responsible for global IT organization supporting Sales, Software Development, CAM, and distributed Call Centers- Managed IT organization across three continents- Rebuilt internal and external network infrastructure; brought corporate Web site and extranet in-house; initiated HP OpenView deployment; deployed production VoIP between U.S. and Pakistan- Established back-end support for regional marketing efforts, as well as for the new sales offices in France, Germany and Mexico- Transformed the IT organization to fit post-IPO requirements, assured business continuity- Set up IT infrastructure and organizations in new Dubai and Costa Rica manufacturing offices from scratch in 9 weeks, in response to Sept 11 events

We were the first company to deliver a working integration between a mobile phone and customers' email/groupware accounts. With angel funding alone we released production service but had to close before break-even (hi-tech investing was rather unpopular after the burst of the Internet bubble). - Raised $365,000 in seed financing; built Engineering, Sales and Marketing teams- Signed up channel partners on three continents and delivered commercial service Three years later similar services became very cool and are still media darlings... Too late for us, but at least we proved that it could be done.

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Responsible for coordinating all activities associated with overall platform direction, Rapid Application Development tools, system administration, networking, and Unified Messaging products- Simultaneously managed up to eight different products at all stages of the life cycle- Participated in establishing industry standards (at EMA VPIM Work Group and WAP Forum)

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Customer support for IBM workstations and supercomputers in the largest emerging market (1/8 of Earth landmass) with an exceptional variety of customers- three promotions in two years- supervised team of five engineers, servicing IBM RS/6000 product family - responsible for the territories of Russia, Byelorussia and Kazakhstan

Mba, Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship

Ms, Economics, Computer Science