Leadership

Valeriy Kutsyy holds a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics and an Executive MBA and joined Miratech in 1998 as a software engineer. He advanced through a range of positions with increasing responsibilities and began serving as CEO in January 1, 2008. Valeriy also is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). In 2017, he completed Harvard Business School Executive Education program for Leading Global Businesses.

Matthew Ainsworth served as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Empirix Inc., a privately held company, specializing in the end-to-end test automation, service performance monitoring, assurance and analytics. He was also responsible for the enterprise strategy and go to market of Empirix Testing as a Service (ETaaS) cloud offering, global alliances building OEM/Joint offerings with the leaders in communications.

Based in the UK, Nikki has a distinguished marketing career, with notable achievements in international settings. With experience spanning marketing agencies, Accenture, and B2B tech SaaS company Highspot, she also excels in sales enablement.

Nikki has a BA Hons in History and a CIM postgrad diploma in Marketing. She is also passionate about volunteering, having served on the board of trustees for Cambridge House, a London based Civil Rights and Social Action Centre.

Recognized for award-winning B2B campaign management, Nikki is set to drive Miratech’s growth and brand.

Justin Kearney is responsible for the People functions at Miratech. Prior to Miratech, Justin led the people function for Logicalis, an international IT services business, enabling business growth with Logicalis doubling in size during his tenure, as well as digitalizing the HR functions, and developing an international HR leadership team. Prior to Logicalis, Justin learned HR best practices from businesses such as GE, Sainsburys, and Invensys in a variety of industries.

Justin’s primary focus is to lead and cultivate Miratech’s organizational culture, strengthen employee engagement, and design and implement people practices that will enable sustained growth for our company.

Justin holds a BA degree in Psychology, an MA degree in Business Management, and a diploma in Personnel and Development.

Pete is responsible for the Finance, Accounting, and Legal functions at Miratech.  Prior to Miratech, Pete held finance leadership roles working with R&D, product management, and sales at OneSpan, a NASDAQ listed trusted identity solutions company.

Prior to OneSpan, Pete helped Groupon set up its international accounting organization in Switzerland as it prepared for its IPO.  Pete started his career as an auditor with Deloitte in Chicago and Zürich.

Pete is licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).  He holds a Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) and a Master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Iowa and an MBA from TRIUM, a joint program by the London School of Economics (LSE), New York University and HEC Paris.

Alexander has over a decade of successful experience at C-level. He is skilled at running high-achieving teams and implementing effective global business strategies in IT services, banking, and retail. Alexander joined Miratech in 2018 and was responsible for overseeing the delivery of multiple programs and projects for a number of Miratech’s Fortune 500 clients. In June 2021, he was appointed SVP of Global Delivery, driving ongoing operational delivery excellence, ensuring continuous process improvements, and optimizing Miratech’s customer experience solutions to help its clients differentiate in a highly competitive and disruptive environment.

Olga Skydan holds a Master’s of Science in automatics and computer control systems, an Executive MBA, and a Ph.D. in mathematic modeling. She launched her career in IT at a product development company in 1998 and became the organization’s CEO in 2006. She joined Miratech in 2014 as Vice-President of Business Development in Telecommunications and became responsible for the engineering and recruiting organizations within Miratech at the beginning of 2015.

Alexandra holds a wealth of expertise and experience in managing legal and compliance matters in high-paced private and publicly traded international companies. Prior to Miratech, she held an executive leadership role at an international communications platform provider (CPaaS) for enterprises and an international messaging service provider for mobile network operators across the world. Before that, Alexandra worked at OneSpan, a NASDAQ-listed trusted identity solutions company, as their first Director Contracts & Compliance where she established strong and reliable legal, contract, and compliance processes, which she later automated in 2011. In her entrusted role as Compliance and Data Protection Officer (DPO) for over 10 years, Alexandra helped companies manage risk and safeguard, amongst other, international trade and data protection compliance.

Alexandra holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from the University of Fribourg, an LLM degree with specialization in European Law from the University of Leven (Belgium) and is admitted to the Zurich Bar.

Derek Elder brings extensive global technology experience, including being a NASDAQ-listed CEO and Public and Private-company Independent Director. Alongside an outstanding business career at the forefront of technology and technological change, he is well-known for delivering operational efficiency and driving profitable business growth.

Mr. Elder currently serves as President of Sercomm Technology, a subsidiary of Sercomm Corporation, which designs and manufactures cutting-edge broadband technology for Tier 1 and Tier 2 broadband providers.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of Vecima Networks (TSX: VCM).

From the very outset of his career to today, Mr. Elder has reliably delivered successful results by combining his technology and business expertise. He holds both a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration degree from Pennsylvania State University. A respected NACD Governance Fellow with the National Association of Corporate Directors, he is also a patent holder and maintains an active secret security clearance.

Valeriy Kutsyy holds a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics and an Executive MBA and joined Miratech in 1998 as a software engineer. He advanced through a range of positions with increasing responsibilities and began serving as CEO in January 1, 2008. Valeriy also is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). In 2017, he completed Harvard Business School Executive Education program for Leading Global Businesses.

After a highly successful academic career in IT, Nikolay founded Miratech in 1989 and developed the company into an IT leader in the industry with qualified personnel and international projects and representation. He subsequently served as Miratech’s CEO until December 1999.

Mr. Royenko obtained his Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1980, and his PhD in Computer Science from V.M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of NAS of Ukraine in 1983.

From 1983 to 1989, Nikolay served as Head of Laboratory and Deputy Director at the Institute of Software Systems of NAS of Ukraine. Mr. Royenko was a visiting researcher at the University of Zurich, and participated in the Young Scientists Summer Program at the International Institute for Applied System Analysis in Vienna, Austria.

In 2004, Nikolay was elected Charter President at IT Ukraine, a leading industrial IT association, and was subsequently reelected four times in a row.

Hanna first joined Horizon back in 2017. During her tenure at Horizon, she focused on tech portfolio companies and new business development leads, playing a key role in value-added projects for Horizon.

After leaving Horizon in 2019 to pursue her Master’s degree in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Hanna went on to co-found Pawa, an AI-focused venture studio. As the Managing Partner and CEO, she was instrumental in setting up studio operations, developing its strategy, and establishing international partnerships. Under Hanna’s leadership, Pawa secured funding from international investors and incubated several AI startups.

Ms. Shuvalova holds an MS in Management degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Stewart H. Christ has been a Board member since 2013 and is the head of Miratech Business Development in North America. With more than 30 years of experience in business development, management and technical skills, his role is primarily to support corporate leadership in the execution of Miratech’s business development strategies in the US markets. Stewart is also a chapter chairman from the Washington D.C. and Baltimore chapters of the World Presidents’ Organization and a graduate of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Stewart’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance.

Accomplished and intuitive executive, with an award-winning 37- year track record in optimizing sales and channel/indirect routes to market to achieve the scaling of business results at companies like HPE, Avaya and Genesys. Recognized “Industry Thought Leader” on “Partnering” and the optimization of partner eco-systems. He has been recognized multiple times by Channel Reseller News (CRN) as one of the top channel executives in the technology industry.  

In Ken’s career he has extensive experience in managing various types of channel partner organizations from VARS, Managed Services Providers, Hyperscalers, Distributors, ISVs, Alliance Partners, BPOs, Telcos, Master Agents and vertically focused partners. Additionally, Ken also has the unique experience of having been the CEO of a multi- million-dollar Managed Services Partner, so he truly understands the  needs of the partner community from both a manufacturer and a partner perspective. 

Strong troubleshooting, problem solving and investment case development abilities. Proven track record of successfully securing major funding for growth/expansion while driving efficiency, innovation and operational agility to deliver long term shareholder and stakeholder value. 

Cultural transformation driver and change enabler, who combines strategic abilities with commercial acumen and influential leadership skills to maneuvers businesses and functions through periods of exciting innovation, M&A, turnaround, and growth. Empowering, inspirational, and empathetic leader who harnesses talent, operationalizes strategies, builds high caliber, committed and engaged teams, resulting in a strong people culture and low organizational attrition.

Wes Hayden is currently EVP of International at Afiniti and is responsible for commercial operations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

Wes brings over 40 years of experience in Sales and Executive Management with technology companies.  Early in his career, Wes led sales teams with a number of iconic organizations like Digital Equipment Corporation, Sun Microsystems and Informix software.  For the past 20+ years he has held Executive roles in the contact center infrastructure space as a division President at Nuance and LiveOps and as CEO of Genesys and Virtual Hold Technology.

Wes holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  He is on the board of the International Women’s Democracy Center in Washington, DC. and is an avid wakesurfer, paddleboarder, and beginning pickleball player.