About Acronis

Alexander “Sasha” Galitsky is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Almaz Capital, a venture fund headquartered in Portola Valley, CA and backed by Cisco Systems, EBRD and IFC, the latter of which he co-founded in 2008. Alexander is a well-known innovator, entrepreneur and investor in the U.S., Europe and Russia. Sasha serves as a member of the Skolkovo Foundation Board and on the Skoltech Board of Trustees.

Prior to Almaz, Sasha made a series of successful private investments. His past and current investments include Parallels, Yandex (IPO), QIK (sold to Skype), Vyatta (sold to Brocade), Acumatica, Jelastic, NavMaps (sold to TeleAtlas), Acronis, SJLabs (sold to VocalTec), EverNote, GridGain, WikiMart, CarPrice, StarWind, PIQ, and Good Data, among others.

Sasha also founded and served as CEO for five successful high-tech companies: ELVIS+, TrustWorks Systems (sold to Hamsard), EzWIM (sold to TMT Ventures), ELVIS Telecom (sold to Telenor) and NPC ELVIS. He was an early leader Wi-Fi and VPN technologies, and a pioneer of the Russian internet industry in the 1990s. Earlier, he served as one of the top technical executives in the Soviet space industry, working on the MIR space station and the Soviet “Star Wars” response.

Sasha holds over 30 patents for inventions in parallel processing, Wi-Fi and VPN technologies. He received his PhD in Computer Science by joint authority of the Defense Research Institute and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology’s physical sciences department.

Michael Inbar manages the Finance Department at Acronis and controls its accounting processes, including global revenue, payroll, cash management, FP&A activities and reporting. Prior to joining Acronis, Michael spent 11 years in public accounting with Ernst & Young in Israel and the U.S., serving clients in the technology, communications, entertainment and biotechnology industries for both public and privately held companies. Michael’s experience include technical accounting, FP&A, due diligence, global tax planning and strategic planning. He held prior finance leadership roles at Acceleron Pharma, GlassHouse and Aspect Software. Michael holds an MBA (Honors) from the College of Business Management, Israel, and a Certified Public Accounting license in the US.

Ezequiel Steiner is an Advisor to the Board and Executive Management Team and until 2016 he was the General Manager for the Access Business Unit as well as Head of Business Development at Acronis. Prior to joining Acronis in June 2013, Steiner served as CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board at Acumatica, Inc. From 2004 to 2009, he served as Senior Vice President of Business and Corporate Development of SWsoft, today known as Parallels. Steiner led Parallels' business development efforts and was responsible for its strategic alliances, technology partnerships, and acquisitions.

Previously, Ezequiel spent several years in sales management and business development positions at IBM, where he was awarded the IBM Role Model Award and was instrumental in the successful displacement of IBM competitors from major accounts. His career also includes having served as a Consultant of General Electric and assignments with Xerox and Direct SA. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires and an MBA from Harvard Business School.