Alex Kurganov

As a co-founder of Parus and its principal software architect, Alex is responsible for driving Parus’ leading edge technology. An expert in retail systems, speech recognition technology and customer contact center infrastructure, he has over 20 years of experience as a software system architect and developer. In 1990 he built the UNIX-based computer telephony system for Dytel Corporation (the first creator of Auto-Attendant) and went on to design advanced software systems for Motorola, Interactive UNIX Corporation and Ardis. Alex led the development of Parus’ Unified Communications technology while serving as CTO of Vail Systems, a leader in the IVR/Internet Enhanced Telephony industry.

Alex holds an MS in Computer Science from the Institute of Technical Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnical Institute in the former USSR.