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Senior Management
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Dr. Alexander Filatov - President and CTO
Dr. Alexander Filatov has been with Parascript since it was founded in 1996. His 20 years of research and development expertise in the fields of pattern recognition, image processing and artificial intelligence have proven invaluable in his leadership of the product development and engineering teams.
Prior to 1996, Dr. Filatov was a key member of the management team at ParaGraph International, known for its handwriting recognition technology used by Apple and Microsoft. Dr. Filatov received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Moscow State Technical University and earned his masters degree in Applied Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas.
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Bill Pearlman - CEO
Bill Pearlman was first president and CEO of Parascript when the company was started (from 1996 through 2000) and has since served on Parascript’s board. Bill Pearlman was one of the founders of Astarte, Inc., a venture capital company business incubator. Astarte, Inc. was very successful in starting up and growing a variety of businesses in the fields of agriculture, chemistry, telecommunications, fiber optic networks, pattern recognition and image analysis. He acted as president and CEO of Astarte, Inc., as well as each of its new start-up companies in their infancy, before turning them over to executives to take them to the next level of growth and success. He received his Juris Doctor degree from The Ohio State University College of Law.
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Dr. Ilia Lossev - Chief Scientist and Vice President, Advanced R&D
Dr. Lossev has over 28 years of research and development expertise in the fields of pattern recognition, computer vision and applying artificial intelligence technologies to real world problems. As chief technology officer at Parascript, Dr. Lossev is responsible for advanced research and development. Prior to Parascript, he worked for ParaGraph International, Silicon Graphics and Vadem.
Dr. Lossev holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Biophysics from the Institute of Biophysics of the USSR Academy of Science. His M.S. in Mathematics is from the Moscow State University.
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Mike Fenton - Vice President, Sales and Operations
Mr. Fenton has more than 25 years of experience in the industry with a focus in banking and financial. Mr. Fenton oversees strategic development, sales, and technical support. Since joining Parascript, Mr. Fenton has increased Parascript's revenues three-fold in the banking and finance market, making the sector the company’s second highest revenue stream.
Prior to joining Parascript, Mr. Fenton held management positions in sales, marketing and business development for Unisys, NCR Corporation and Recognition International (now BancTec). His MBA is from Syracuse University and he earned his BA in Banking and Finance from the University of Rangoon, Burma.
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Paula Barton - Vice President of Human Resources
Ms. Barton brings more than 30 years of human resources administration and management to Parascript. She provides leadership in all aspects of human resources management as it relates to Parascript's people and people-related processes and culture on a global basis. Her areas of responsibility include attracting, engaging, rewarding and retaining top talent, policy and procedure development and implementation, performance management, compensation planning, benefit plans, and corporate compliance with appropriate legal and regulatory requirements.
Prior to joining Parascript, Ms. Barton served as vice president of human resources for Astarte, Inc., which formed the Russian-based company ParaGraph International and later spun off Parascript as its own entity. She also held the position of senior human resources representative for Storagetek, where she helped the company meet heavy recruiting requirements for highly technical personnel.
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Brian Ball - Vice President
Mr. Ball has more than 18 years experience with high-tech firms and Internet startup companies including 5 years at Parascript. His primary responsibility at Parascript is the business development of key strategic partners. Mr. Ball provides technical consulting, product development and project management to Parascript’s newest product offerings and leads strategic development and new product concepts through collaboration with the product, marketing and engineering teams.
Prior to joining Parascript, Mr. Ball held executive positions in operations and business development for Worldres.com and MapQuest. He earned his BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Texas Tech University.
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