Zhenya Mirkin

Technology 

Mr. Mirkin is a seasoned software builder. He led development of predictive text input software that shipped on all Motorola phones worldwide. He built the HIPAA-compliant data platform at Castlight Health. He led engineering at Wearable Intelligence, a data analytics company in the energy and manufacturing space, which was recognized by Google as a top partner in the Glass at Work program.

Mr. Mirkin founded several companies, including a flight bookmarking travel site and a real-time web scraping platform. Mr. Mirkin is originally from Moscow, Russia, where he attended Bauman Moscow State Technical University before moving to the USA. He holds a Bachelor's degree with highest honors from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a Master's from Cornell University, both in Computer Science.