Alex Pinchev President & Chief Executive Officer

Alex Pinchev joined Acronis Inc. as the president & chief executive officer in January 2012, and has served on the Acronis board of directors since November 2010. Prior to joining Acronis as president & CEO, Alex was the executive vice president and president, global sales, services and field marketing at RedHat where he led that organization’s worldwide sales, services and field marketing organizations and activities. In this role, he was instrumental in driving the company’s growth into the world’s leading provider of open source solutions and its expansion into emerging markets. During the course of his 25-year career, Alex has leveraged exceptional entrepreneurial and international acumen and led several successful start-up companies, including MainControl, Inc., where he served as chairman, president, CEO and founder. Mr. Pinchev also serves on the board of directors of Qualys, Inc., a provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance solutions, and of LogiXML, a provider of Web-based business intelligence software.

Anthony Folger, Chief Financial Officer

Anthony Folger has served as Chief Financial Officer of Acronis since October 2008 and prior to that as Acronis’ Corporate Controller since June 2006. As Chief Financial Officer, Anthony plays a leadership role in determining financial strategy by directing and overseeing all financial and fiscal management aspects of Acronis’ operations. Anthony joined Acronis from Starent Networks Corp (Nasdaq: STAR) and prior to that held senior management positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers, MarketMax (a retail planning and intelligence software company, now a division of SAS) and Deloitte. While at Deloitte, Anthony participated in the firm’s global development program living and working in Singapore to assist Asian based companies with U.S. filing and SEC reporting requirements. Anthony earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in Accounting and Economics from the College of the Holy Cross and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ed Benack, Chief Information Officer/Chief Customer Officer

Ed Benack has served as our Chief Information Officer and Chief Customer Officer since January 2008. Prior to joining Acronis, Ed was the Senior Vice President of the Customer Experience and Service for Monster Worldwide. Between 1996-2005, he served as Microsoft Corporation's General Manager of Customer Service for North America and Asia where he delivered award-winning service. He also held senior roles within Microsoft's Information Technology Group. Prior to that, he was a Staff Director of Engineering for NYNEX Corporation (now Verizon). Ed served as a US Army Officer including German Military and Government Liaison and anti-tank platoon leader. Ed holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Theoretical Mathematics & Political Science from Bucknell University and an MBA in Computer Information Systems from Hofstra University.

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Alain Gentilhomme, Senior Vice President, R&D

Alain has served as the Vice President of Product Development of Acronis since May 2007. Prior to joining Acronis, Alain spent 12 years with Microsoft Corporation. He initially started working on the adoption of Microsoft technologies in the developer community in Europe and then led a group of Architects for the Microsoft European Headquarters. In 2000 Alain transferred to Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, WA as a Director in the Visual Studio and .Net Framework group. Prior to leaving Microsoft, Alain was a Group Program Manager responsible for the Management technologies in Windows and specifically for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Alain grew up in Paris, France and holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master in Electrical Engineering. He then obtained a Ph.D in Artificial Intelligence applied to electrical engineering. After college, he worked for various companies in France on the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques in the telecommunication areas and, later on, moved on the design of Unix-based mission critical distributed software systems.

Dmitri Joukovski, Vice President of Product Management

Dmitri Joukovski has served as Vice President of Product Management of Acronis since January 2009. Dmitri joined Acronis from open source backup solutions provider Zmanda, where he served as Vice President of Product Management. Prior to Zmanda, he was in product management at EMC and Legato focusing on backup and recovery software. Dmitri holds a Master's degree in Physics from St. Petersburg University in Russia and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Max Lyadvinsky, Vice President of Engineering

Maxim Lyadvinsky has served as the Vice President of Engineering since 2008 and has been the Director of Engineering with Acronis since 2001. Prior to joining Acronis he was a freelance software development consultant where he worked with companies such as Paragon Gmbh and Invincible Data Systems, Inc. Before that Maxim was a Windows NT Device Driver Lead Developer for Vested Development Inc., as a Senior Software Developer for Ancud Ltd., as a Software Developer for both Decima Ltd. and MIEE. Maxim graduated as an M.Sc in Computer Science with honors from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering.

Laurent Dedenis, President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing

Laurent Dedenis was named President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing in December, 2010, with responsibility for global Sales and Marketing activities. Prior to that time, he served as Executive Vice President, EMEA at Acronis beginning in November 2008. Responsible for leading the company's strategy and business across EMEA, he oversaw the sales, marketing and product localisation functions in the region. He first joined Acronis in December 2004 opening the Singapore office to develop the company's business in the Asian market. In 2006, he moved to Europe to establish Acronis' presence in EMEA which has experienced phenomenal growth under his leadership. Acronis now has over 150 employees in Europe with offices across nine countries. And, according to Gartner, Acronis is now the world's largest privately-held storage management software vendor.
Prior to Acronis, Laurent held the position of General Manager of Microsoft Solomon Software Asia and previously held several top international managerial positions in the company formerly known as SWsoft, today Parallels Group. Laurent holds a Ph.D. in International Business Administration from the International University of America in San Francisco and a Masters degree in Economics and Management from the University of Paris XI in Paris, France.

Bill Taylor-Mountford, General Manager of APAC / ANZ

Bill Taylor-Mountford has served as the General Manager of Acronis ANZ since April 2007. Bill joined Acronis from Veritas (now part of Symantec), where he served as Regional Manager of Enterprise Sales. Prior to his time at Veritas, he served at Dell for 6 years in several executive roles, concluding his time there as General Manager. Before joining Dell, he served as a Sales Director at Cabletron, as a Regional Sales Manager at Memorex Storage and as an Assistant Treasurer at Chase Manhattan Bank. In addition to his experience in Australia, Bill has worked in London, New York, California, Singapore and Malaysia.

Ismail "Izzy" Azeri, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas & Business Development

Ismail ("Izzy") Azeri was named Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Americas in December, 2010. He is responsible for the Americas business broadly, including sales, channels and marketing to help drive Acronis as the leading Backup and Disaster Recovery software vendor in the Americas region. Izzy joined Acronis in July 2009 and served as Vice President of Business and Corporate Development, responsible for technology partnerships and overall product strategy through December 2010. Prior to joining Acronis, Izzy was at VMware, where he led the Corporate Business Development team which was responsible for acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships. Prior to VMware, Izzy was at EMC in several roles within Corporate Development and Finance. In addition to his General Manager responsibilities at Acronis, Izzy is also responsible for Corporate Partnerships, Acquisitions, the OEM business as well as playing an integral role in driving corporate strategy. Izzy holds a Bachelors degree in Finance from Bentley College where he graduated with honors in 3 years.

Tadashi Murakami, Managing Director & Representative Director Japan

Tadashi Murakami has served as Managing Director & Representative Director of Acronis Japan Co., Ltd since September 2008. Tadashi joined Acronis from J-Trust where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to serving at J-Trust, he served as President and Representative Director for Agile Japan K.K (a company specializing in enterprise software solutions for Product Life Cycle Management, now part of Oracle). He also served as President and Representative Director at Ascential Japan K.K.(ETL and EAI enterprise solution software) until its acquisition by IBM. Prior to Ascential, he served as Country Manager and Representative Director at Interwoven Japan K.K. which specialized in web content management solutions and is now part of Autonomy. Prior to this, Tadashi was also with PTC as a Senior Regional Director and with SAS as a Sales Director.