Mr. Vachnis is a seasoned multidisciplinary R&D leader with more than 17 years of experience in designing, developing and delivering SW and HW products. Avi have a vast experience in early-stage start-ups, building full-stack SW, mobile, web, DevOps and cloud infrastructures, drives evolving design, prototypes and MVPs into a full-fledged product launch. His expertise and passion are focused on cloud solutions, highly available distributed systems, big data, AI/ML and algorithms.
Prior to joining IR-Med, Avi was a VP R&D at OUTLOCKS. He has led the company transition from an electro-mechanics outdoor locks manufacturer to a world leader access management solution provider, delivering a cloud-based platform that provides a highly secured access solution to mission critical sites and assets. Previously, Avi has led the R&D at Lumos-Global, build a globally distributed cloud platform that brings an affordable and green electricity to the ~1.3 billions living off grid. Prior to Lumos-Global, Avi joined the foundation team of CloudBand at Alcatel-Lucent, build the first NFV cloud platform that orchestrates distributed datacenters for tier-1 carriers.
Avi has a BSc in Software Engineering from Ort Braude College of Engineering, Israel.