Vlad is a global high-tech executive who has served on CxO/Director positions for a wide range of companies from seed-stage startups to Intel and Microsoft, in the USA, Ukraine, Russia and Poland. His experience includes launching and/or managing market-leading products ranging from browser plug-ins to compilers and FDA-approved clinical information systems. A frequent speaker at scientific and industrial conferences, he has authored major publications on computer science and software engineering (in 2006 was included into ACM Top-10 list). Vlad is a Senior IEEE member, founder and ex-Chairman of the Ukrainian ACM Chapter, Chair-Emeritus at CEE-SECR.