Alex Gounares

CEO in Seattle, Washington

Alex Gounares

CEO in Seattle, Washington

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Alex Gounares is the founder and CEO of Polyverse Corporation, the makers of Boost: Automatic Application Modernization. Through a suite of AI-powered tools, Boost assists in modernizing software applications even to applications decades old. Alex is also the founder of SimpleSecure.me and writes regularly at https://www.thoughtfulbits.me.

Previously, Alex served as AOL's Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he led all aspects of AOL's technology strategy, platform development, and external technology partnerships. He was responsible for all of AOL's global engineering, IT, and operations functions. In addition, he served as a member of the company's Global Executive Operating Committee.

Alex joined AOL from Microsoft, where he was Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the company's Online Services Division. During his tenure at Microsoft, he led significant strategic and technical operations for some of the company's most important projects, including Microsoft's global advertising platform, Bing search, MSN, and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Alex also served for three years as Technology Advisor to Microsoft Chairman and founder Bill Gates, as well as Corporate Vice President of Corporate Strategy in Microsoft's Finance Department.

Prior to joining Microsoft in 1993, Alex worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has founded four startups and is also an inventor on more than 200 U.S. patents issued or pending. Alex holds a bachelor's degree cum laude in Computer Science from Princeton University.

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    • Polyverse Corporation