About AVIcode

Management Team

Mike Curreri, CEO and President

Mike Curreri brings to AVIcode his experience as a successful technology entrepreneur, business/team leader and intellectual property attorney. Prior to founding AVIcode, Mike gained national recognition as a pioneer in the development of Internet-based collaborative networking tools. Under his leadership as CEO/President, his first of four start-ups, TrialNet, became the nation’s leader in collaborative networking for the legal community. His most recent company, TyMetrix, was acquired by CT Corp in 2003.

Mike’s industry leadership and community involvement is reflected in his volunteer participation as:

• Co-Chairman, Governor’s Workforce Investment Board for IT
• Board of Directors, Greater Baltimore Technology Council
• Finance Committee, Greater Baltimore Technology Council
• Board of Directors, Maryland Business Council
• Co-Chairman, Advisory Board, U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1973)
• Former Chairman, Naval Academy Executive Roundtable
• Member, Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree

Mike is a cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, a magna cum laude graduate of George Washington University, and has a B.S. in applied computer applications from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was highly decorated for his combat service as a Naval Officer and went on to lead the national litigation law firm of Wright, Robinson, Osthimer, and Tatum before leaving the practice of law to begin his entrepreneurial ventures.

Mike is also a US Coast Guard licensed Captain, holding a Masters license for 100 Gross Ton vessels.

Victor Mushkatin, CTO

An expert software architect, and adept business manager and leader, Victor has developed a variety of software components, communications libraries, and XML schemas for Internet business portals to include integration with a variety of financial systems, government systems, and communication networks. As business manager for AVIcode’s predecessor company, he was directly responsible for P and L and overall leadership of the company. It was under his management that the foundations of the current company and Intercept Studio itself were built.

Alexandre Zakonov, Chief Architect

Alex has over 10 years of experience in software industry. His main area of expertise is software manageability. Through the multiple years in software industry he worked on multiple mission critical systems, first as software engineer, later as software architect. Alex was involved not only in development side of those projects, but also in operations and support side. That gave him unique prospective on interconnections between development and operations and on what it takes to have a successful manageable system. His involvement with manageable systems spans across multiple vertical industries including monitoring software for energy management, data processing software for telecommunication industry, business automation software for legal industry. That experience resulted in the creation of AVIcode software, which is based on unique patent pending inventions in software monitoring. Currently, Alex is actively involved with Microsoft products groups in the area of software manageability. He works with Windows Management team for operations aspects of software manageability and with Visual Studio Team System Team for development aspects. That work led to the offering for Addison Wesley to write a book “Designing Software for Manageability” that outlines industry direction for the manageable software.

Stephen Pelletier, Founder / Director of IT

As one of the four founders, Steve’s vision for AVIcode was instrumental in its inception and development, taking leadership in the formation of the company’s early relationship with Microsoft and its positioning in the market. As an accomplished information systems architect, network manager, and successful Internet entrepreneur, Steve continues to guide the all important technical infrastructure of the company across eight time zones. But, most of all, Steve is our resident visionary, with a keen appreciation for the needs of clients and the true value of innovation in a sea of dire needs.

Scott Harris, Chief Operating Officer / VP Sales

Scott Harris joins AVIcode with a 23 year track record of success as a business leader, manager, and entrepreneur in software technology . He has a history of driving revenue growth, expanding business development, and improving processes across an organization to drive down costs and improve efficiency.

For the past three years, Scott served as president and COO of Avatech Solutions, a publicly-traded software and consulting firm. Under Scott’s leadership, company revenue doubled, employee headcount increased by 30%, and the company’s stock price increased over 500%. Prior to Avatech, Scott served as president and CEO of a major provider of fiber optic and cabling solutions to the telecommunications industry where he managed all aspects of the business and implemented new processes which dramatically cut operating costs while growing revenue over 25% to $30M in just one year. As the founder of The Harris Group, Scott grew the electronic document management company from the ground floor to a multi-million dollar organization with over 200 Fortune 1000 customers, and eventually sold to Bell & Howell. Scott began his professional career with IBM where he worked his way up the ranks from systems engineer to national account sales manager to business partner manager, all the while receiving numerous awards for his achievements.

Scott earned his B.S. in computer science and business, graduating cum laude from Tulane University. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. Among Scott’s personal accomplishments, he has raced in the New York City Marathon and completed a series of triathlons.
 

Marty Brandwin, VP Marketing

Marty is a veteran software marketing expert with over 14 years experience conceptualizing and implementing aggressive lead generation and public relations programs targeting multiple vertical markets and Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to joining AVIcode, Marty's lead generation and nurturing campaigns at Jinfonet Software garnered national recognition and earned him an invitation to join the CMO Council, a thought leadership group of technology marketing executives. During his career, Marty has managed multi-million dollar branding campaigns, guided pre- IPO marketing and public relations strategies, and managed co-marketing partnerships with companies such as Microsoft, AOL/Time Warner, Research in Motion, E*Trade, and Amazon.com.