Oleg Melnikov

As Chief Technology Officer, Oleg is responsible for leading Acronis' scientific and technological vision, including strategy development, innovation policies and alignment between teams.

Before coming to Acronis, Oleg co-founded Parallels (aka Odin, SWsoft), where he spent more than 20 years leading cross-cultural teams in designing, architecting, building and supporting Odin Automation, a complete Cloud Service Provider platform. After IngramMicro acquired Odin, Oleg served as Chief Development Officer, where he led a team of more than 300 product and program managers, developers, developers-in-test, and technical writers.

Since 2010, he's also served as CTO for Runa Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. In this role, Oleg ensures a thorough due-diligence of companies being considered for investment, and mentors companies in the portfolio regarding product management, software engineering, and product delivery.