Sergei Azernikov

Sergei Azernikov, PhD, serves as the VP of CAD/CAM Software Development at Glidewell Dental since July 2012, overseeing the entire CAD/CAM software development cycle and managing geographically distributed teams for both cloud-based backend and user-facing frontend applications. Prior roles include Sr. Director of AI Business Strategy, where collaboration with startups and academia focused on AI technologies for the dental industry, and ML Team Lead, responsible for building a machine learning team to deliver AI-empowered products. Earlier experience includes roles at Dandy, Conformis, Siemens Corporate Research, the University of Michigan, and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where contributions spanned software engineering, research, and innovative technology development. Azernikov earned a PhD in Computer Graphics and CAD from Technion.