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Management
Team
Renat Khasanshyn,
Founder and Chairman
Mr. Khasanshyn is a subject matter expert on data mashups and open source business models, and speaks frequently at a wide rage of events. Most recently Mr. Khasanshyn was selected as a finalist for the 2007 Emerging Executive of the Year award by Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. In 2006, Mr. Khasanshyn founded Apatar, the world's first on-demand, open source data mashup software company. Prior to founding Altoros in 2001, Renat was VP of Engineering for Tampa-based insurance company PriMed, Inc. Renat has a passion for emerging techologies and won the 2007 IBM Business Mashup Challenge. Mr. Khasanshyn is a co-founder of Belarusian Java User Group and studied Engineering at the Belarusian State Technical University. Andrei Yurkevich, President and CTO Mr. Yurkevich serves as President and Chief Technology Officer and responsible for outsourcing program execution. Prior to Altoros, Mr. Yurkevich was Program Manager for Tabak Invest Ltd., a leading tobacco equipment distributor in Eastern Europe and SIC, and worked with Philip Morris, Reemtsma and tobacco equipment manufacturers such as Celanese Acetate, USA, Tobacco Products International Ltd., UK and Hauni Maschinenbau A.G., Germany. Mr. Yurkevich holds B.S. from Belarusian State Technical University. Chad Huemme, Vice President of Business Development During a 25+ year career in
IT industry, Mr. Huemme co-founded one successful startup,
performed two successful turnarounds and one IPO. Prior
to joining Altoros, Mr. Huemme was General Manager for Interactive
Media division at Banta Corporation. In November 2006, RR
Donnelley aquired Banta Corporation for $1.3B. Prior to
Banta Corporation, Mr. Huemme was COO at On-Demand Solutions,
Inc, Managing Director at KAO Infosystems, Inc. Mr. Huemme
started his career at Lotus Development Corp. Mr. Huemme
holds MBA in Finance from Northeastern University,
BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Southland University
and BA in Business Management from Westminster College. Ken Ashley, Vice President of Sales Ken Ashley brings to Altoros 25+ years of sales and business development experience.
Prior to joining Altoros, Mr. Ashley was a co-founder of Modern Age Books (now Skillsoft), an early pioneer in electronic book technology.
Prior to Modern Age Books Mr. Ashley was Managing Director/President of UbiQ Inc. Mr. Ashley has a proven track record of building successful worldwide sales and distribution organizations. Jerry Katzke, Vice President of Business Solutions Mr. Katzke is responsbile for design, planning and delivery of specialized technical solutions and services. Mr. Katzke brings over 30 years of experience in the enterprise software to Altoros. Prior to Altoros, Mr. Katzke was the Director of Engines at Profitlogic where he successfully drove cross-functional product teams to deliver significant releases of the Calculation Engine and Pricing for Profit products. Prior to Profitlogic, Mr. Katzke co-founded Riverton Software Corporation where he was Vice President of Development. At Riverton Software Mr. Katzke was a driving force behind the product vision responsible for all aspects of product engineering. Prior to co-founding Riverton, Jerry also has been the Vice President of Development at Index Technology and Spinnaker Software. Mr. Katzke holds B.A. and M.S. Cum Laude with honors in Mathematics from New York University. Bill Kirtz, Vice President of Offshore Dedicated Solutions Mr. Kirtz is responsible for helping technology product companies design, execute strategic outsourced testing initiatives where Altoros provides the client with a dedicated team of engineers. Prior to Altoros, Bill was an Enterprise Account Manager for New England at Compuware Corporation. Before Compuware, he was Business Development Manager at ABLE Innovations, and International Technical Product Manager and Channels Manager at Sybase for eight years. Before Sybase, he was Affiliate Manager at Marcam Corporation and Channels Sales Manager at Varnet Corporation. |
