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Established a cutting-edge corporate research division specializing in Cyber Security, Networking, Data Storage, Data Science, Mobile, IoT, Market Intelligence, and AI/Generative AI. Effectively incubated new product lines and introduced innovative technologies, positioning the company at the forefront of rapidly evolving tech landscapes for sustained success. Fostered strategic research collaborations with leading universities and industry groups. Directed the company-wide patents strategy, safeguarding IP and facilitating the creation of new patents efficiently and within budget.Set the vision and developed an innovative, highly automated, and AI-driven SaaS platform for Customer/Partner life-cycle management, aimed at driving revenue, signups, growth, and retention. Additionally, the platform enhances insights into customer/partner profiles and journeys, facilitates data analysis, and increases productivity across sales, support, marketing, and finance. Achievements include a substantial rise in customer/partner signup and retention rates, improved operational cost efficiency, and successful integration with over a hundred third-party marketplaces, Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems, ERP Systems and E-Commerce solutions.

Pioneered Acronis' cloud product line, developing and launching the initial versions of the company’s flagship data protection products. This was a pivotal advancement in Acronis' transition to cloud-based solutions, securing the first tens of millions in cloud revenue.Successfully executed two technology mergers and acquisitions, seamlessly integrating products and teams into the Acronis ecosystem. This strategic initiative ensured continual development, customer and revenue retention, and growth post-acquisition.Created and managed a unit responsible for Acronis’s global cloud infrastructure and the delivery of its data protection and cybersecurity suite. Maintained full budget and P&L accountability, covering data center operations, network and hardware, cloud software stack management, and Acronis SaaS product suite operations. Ensured excellence in technology practices encompassing NOC, infrastructure/network SRE, and full hardware/software operations lifecycle. Successfully met targeted SLA availability and best-in-class cost efficiency, while expanding the data center footprint from 3 to 17 sites globally.Established and led the Customer Services department, focusing on the success of key clients and achieving revenue targets. Delivered innovative AI-based custom solutions.

Built new engineering organization accountable for development and delivery of cloud automation platform to 100+ global service providers including AT&T, America Movil, SFR, Telstra, KPN, Telenor, Ingram Micro.This part of the company was spun off as Odin and later acquired by Ingram Micro, becoming a core component of the Ingram CloudBlue monetization platform.Other products we built:1. Parallels Desktop: The world's first and leading virtualization solution for Mac. This part of the company was later acquired by Corel.2. Virtuozzo/OpenVz: The world's first Linux containerization technology, pioneering the market well before the advent of Docker.3. Plesk: The leading shared hosting platform globally, known for its comprehensive web management tools.

Phd, Computer Science

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