| Website | ijablokov.com |
| @ijablokov |
| Pennsylvania State University, BS | 1997 |
| Computer Engineering | |
| University of North Carolina, MBA | 2000 |
| Technology Management |
Igor served as CEO of an institutionally funded venture that pioneered cloud-based speech recognition. His firm first envisioned blending that with messaging experiences, something now prevalent in devices powered by Apple and Google. In recognition for their innovations, the Company was a finalist in Silicon Valley’s elite TechCrunch event and was awarded North Carolina’s Early Stage Company of the Year. Igor was also a founding member of the Speech Technology Consortium, to allow companies and research institutions a more open working environment.
As Program Director of IBM’s multi-modality initiatives, he led a worldwide team focused on leading edge UI technologies, ultimately culminating in the creation of the world’s first ever speech-enabled web browser. Additionally, Igor served as a business mentor for IBM’s Extreme Blue internship program and as chairman of the VoiceXML Forum, an industry group driving an open standards-based vision of speech computing.
Previously, he held positions with IBM’s Pervasive Computing, PartnerWorld, Global Industries and Microelectronics divisions. With over a dozen patents granted and pending, Igor was named an industry luminary by the editors of Speech Technology magazine. He holds an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.
