Management Team and Key Persons

Alexey Makarov

CEO

Alexey Makarov serves as CEO of Qulix Systems and is one of the Company founders. Alexey has more than twenty years of experience setting up and running profitable, high growth information technology companies. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of ZapSib , a well-known technology company and leader in IT management market from 1992 until its acquisition by BelTelecom in 2000. Prior to that, Alexey spent more than 10 years at Tech Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of electronic design products and services, in a succession of executive management positions leading to his role as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Alexey holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in electrical and computer engineering.

Alexander Arabey

Director of Business Development

Alexander Arabey is Director of Business Development at Qulix Systems and one of the Company founders. Before that Alexander was senior QA Manager for Idiom Corp. and was responsible for quality initiatives management, including general quality strategy, audit, and certification. Prior to the QA position, Alexander held Senior Project Manager Position for this company and supervised several software projects. Alexander holds a Master's Degree in business administration and a Bachelor's Degree in computer sciences.

Valery Tikhonovich

Director of Solutions Development Department

Valery Tikhonovich has more than 12 years of management experience across multiple manufacturing and high technology positions. He is the designer of high-end applications development running at Qulix Systems. Valery manages content, design and development of in-house products including the definition of integrated solutions such as ERP application, business intelligence solutions, and custom .NET/JavaEE application development. A graduate engineer by education, Valery has worked as an electrical and electronic design engineer, as General Manager and VP of a publicly-traded company, President and CEO of a software development company, and for the past 4 years as Vice President at Qulix.

Igor Sheverov

CTO

Igor Sheverov serves as General Manager and Vice President of Research and Development at Qulix, with responsibility for all research and development (R&D) operations. Since teaimg up with Qulix in April 2000, Igor has held numerous positions, including Vice President of Application Management and various engineering management positions. Igor obtained an M.B.A. from the IPM University and a Bachelor's Degree in computer engineering from Belarusian State University.

Alexander Zhendinsky

QA Manager

Alexander Zhendinsky is Qulix' Chief Quality Officer, responsible for the establishment of wide corporate quality practices and methodologies. This includes capturing and monitoring of business processes that affect Qulix' performance and risk management. In addition to that, Alexander ensures Qulix' compliance with new global corporate-governance requirements. He brings over 8 years of technology-industry experience to the job. During his five-year tenure at Qulix Systems Alexander held different positions. Most recently he filled the position of Division Director in Software Testing. Alexander also held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Araco, an IT services provider, which was later acquired by ConsoftSys.

Anton Pechinsky

Senior Projects Manager and Senior JavaEE Architect

Anton Pechinsky is Senior Projects Manager and Senior JavaEE Architect at Qulix Systems. Anton has more than 10 years of experience in research, design and programming of large-scale software projects. Being a person of great ability and talent Anton became one of the leading developers at Qulix. Prior to signing up with Qulix, he was Head of System Programming Department in JSSB Belarusbank, where he was responsible for a full development cycle including database design and programming. He also held a position of Software Programmer in a large software company with responsibilities for project management and system administration. Anton Pechinsky holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in applied mathematics from Belarusian State University.

Sergey Pupkevich

Senior Projects Manager

Sergey Pupkevich works as a Project Manager and carries out the responsibilities of a leading JavaEE Developer and JavaEE Architect at Qulix Systems. Before teaming up with Qulix in 2001, Sergey served as Software Developer in Reliable Software, Inc. where he gained experience in product architecture development and production environment maintenance. Sergey also worked as a Senior Software Developer at Engineering Technical Center. His brilliant professional skills in software development and scheduling estimation make him an excellent Senior Project Manager and help him lead all Qulix projects successfully. Sergey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. He is also a prize-winner of the Republican Competition of Scientific Research Works on the Development of the Automation System for the Atomic-Absorbing Spectrometer.

Alexander Sliborsky

Director of MS Technologies Department/Senior Projects Manager

Alexander Sliborsky brings extensive experience in .Net technologies to Qulix since 2002. He previously served as Software Developer in Bank Technologies Center where his responsibilities included design and implementation of software products. At Qulix Alexander succeeded in several hi-tech projects with primary assignments on common architecture and design, workflow implementation, new technologies investigation and code refactoring. Alexander has a Grade A Diploma and a Bachelor’s Degree from Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, is a participant of several international conferences in Artificial Intelligence.

Dmitry Yankovich

Director of Mobile Solutions Department / Senior Projects Manager

Dmitry Yankovich works with Qulix Systems for several years as Senior Projects Manager in Wireless / Mobile Solutions area. Starting from 2006 he serves as Director of Mobile Solutions Department. He controls and manages all operations within that sector, supervises running projects, goes into innovations and develops people’s skills. Dmitry has more than 15 years of experience in IT sphere, including embedded systems, development for Symbian, Palm, Windows Mobile and other platforms.

Serge Zhirko

Senior Projects Manager

As Senior Projects Manager, Serge Zhirko takes charge of the activities in a variety of running projects. Serge contributes to the planning of Qulix' development strategy and positioning, as well as to the Company internal organisation and growth. Along with strong managerial skills, Serge brings to Qulix his vast experience in team building and supervision, training and people management. For more than 12 years, Serge has been active in the software industry, performing a variety of roles, such as a researcher, developer, analyst, team lead, project manager, etc. Serge has deep insight as to software engineering and project management processes, methodologies, practices, software quality systems, incl. ISO 9001, CMM/CMMI. Serge holds a PhD Degree in Computer Science from Belarusian State University.

Yulia Migalenya

Marketing Manager

Yulia Migalenya works as a Marketing Manager at Qulix Systems. She is responsible for analytical investigation of additional market channels and search for new business opportunities for the Company as well as for development and fulfilment of its marketing strategy. Yulia also takes care of all Qulix’ media resources and marketing documentation. Yulia’s sociability, versatile mind and inquisitive powers help her achieve success in her professional activities. Yulia possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in economic science and linguistics.