Alex Kurzhanskiy

Alex Kurzhanskiy is an experienced engineer and entrepreneur currently serving as an Associate Research Engineer at the University of California, Berkeley since August 2003, where contributions include generating $2M in research funding and co-leading projects focused on connected and automated vehicles. Prior roles at Berkeley include Assistant Research Engineer, Postdoc, and PhD Student, with notable achievements in developing the Aurora© system and authoring CTMSIM©. Additional experience includes co-founding LiveBook Labs, Inc. as CEO, providing innovative online education solutions, and consulting for Iteris, Inc. on agriculture data analysis. Earlier career roles include Senior Research Engineer at Iteris, Co-founder and CEO at Relteq Systems, Inc., and network and software engineering positions at Ditech Networks and DataX/Florin. Academic credentials include a PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MS in Applied Mathematics & Computer Sciences from Lomonosov Moscow State University.