User:Ijablokov
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[edit] Igor Jablokov
| Igor Jablokov | |
| Born | 1973 Poros, Greece |
|---|---|
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Occupation | CEO |
Mr. Jablokov serves as CEO of Yap Inc., a privately funded startup in the mobile speech and wireless technologies spaces, which is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
As former Program Director of IBM's multimodal and voice portal initiatives, Mr. Jablokov led a worldwide team focused on developing speech technology for IBM's On Demand vision, opposing Google's Dr. Kai-Fu Lee's proprietary SALT approach while he was at Microsoft and working hand-in-hand with Dr. TV Raman (now at Google Research) on XHTML+VoiceXML. His responsibilities included extending speech to perform enterprise transactions, as well as enabling multimodality, a capability that allows users to intuitively access information through a variety of channels. Key customers included General Motors OnStar, Honda, and Pioneer Electronics, with Japan's Access Co. and Norway's Opera Software serving as his primary partners. With over a dozen patent disclosures pending, Mr. Jablokov had his work featured on ABC News, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC News, Red Herring (magazine), Wired News, and similar outlets worldwide.
Additionally, he served as a business mentor for IBM's Extreme Blue internship program and represented the Company on the board of directors for the VoiceXML Forum, an industry group driving an open standards-based vision of speech computing. He was that organization's second Chairman.
Previously, Mr. Jablokov held positions with IBM's Pervasive Computing, PartnerWorld, Global Industries, and Microelectronics divisions. He holds an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.
