Alexander “Sasha” Galitsky, PhD,
Investment Committee Member and Advisor
Alexander “Sasha” Galitsky
  • Almaz Capital Partners: co-founder and managing partner
  • Russian Technologies: partner (2005-07), private investor (2003-07)
    • Board/advisor: Acronis, SJ Labs, PGP, Parallels, Magnifire (now F5)
    • Private investor: Parallels, Start-Telecom (now Synterra), NavMaps (now TeleAtlas), S-Terra, EzWIM, Elvees-Elka
  • Founder & CEO: 5 successful start-ups; pioneer in WiFi & FW/VPN, obtained first investment by Sun Microsystems outside US (1993)
  • Soviet Defense Industry: head of digital communications and computer systems for several Soviet space programs
  • TechTour: president, ~250 Russian/CIS tech co’s, co-sponsor: EVCA
  • Technology Pioneer, World Economic Forum, Davos 2000
  • Ph.D., CS, Defense Research Institute, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (1983)