Alex Vasilevsky

Current

• Chief Technology Officer, Founder at Virtual Computer, Inc

Past

• Chief Technology Officer, Founder at Virtual Iron Software, Inc
• CTO at Ucentric
• Chief Architect at Omtool

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company

Alex Vasilevsky’s Summary

Recently Alex Vasilevsky founded his newest company, Virtual Computer, a venture funded company founded in 2007 to improve the manageability, reliability, and security of personal computers through advanced virtualization technology. Prior to that he was founder and CTO of Virtual Iron Software (acquired by Oracle), a leading provider of server virtualization. Previously, Alex was CTO at Ucentric Systems (acquired by Motorola), a leading provider of home media software for media centers. An expert in virtualization, open source, parallel processing, video systems, and advanced optimizing compilers, Mr. Vasilevsky held senior engineering and management roles in leading technology companies, such as Avid Technology and Thinking Machines. He is author of numerous papers, patents (seven granted and twenty pending) on a number of datacenter and networking topics including security, network and server virtualization, resource optimization and performance. He is listed in The History of the Development of Parallel Computing, and is the winner of three IEEE Gordon Bell Awards for practical applications of parallel processing research. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, Master's degree in Computer Science from Boston University and Professional Program at Standford University.

Alex Vasilevsky’s Specialties:

Expertise in server and desktop virtualization, open source, parallel computer architecture, grid run-time systems, advanced superoptimizing compilers and in video system architecture

Additional Information

Alex Vasilevsky’s Websites:

• My Company

Alex Vasilevsky’s Honors:

Listed in The History of the Development of Parallel Computing

Winner of three IEEE Gordon Bell Awards for practical applications of parallel
processing research (1989 First place in the Performance category, 1990 First place in the Compiler category, 1990 Honorable mention in the Performance category)

Six Patents Awarded (5,148,547; 5,274,818; 5,347,654; 5,551,039; 6,052,508; 7,230,641)

Sixteen Pending Patents