Vladimir has extensive engineering and management experience in consumer video electronics, networking equipment, and computing -- from the trenches of board and ASIC design to the management of diverse engineering teams. Most recently, Vladimir was a Product Development Manager at Digeo, where he led a multidisciplinary hardware team responsible for all aspects of the system design of Digeo's Emmy winning MOXI media centers. Prior to Digeo, Vladimir was a Hardware Engineering Manager at Cosine Communications, where he and his team built fully integrated system solutions for the IP services market. Previously, he held various senior engineering positions at Tandem Computers (acquired by Compaq), where he designed boards, ASICs, and systems for the company's flagship fault tolerant server products.

Vladimir has a Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.