Igor Jablokov
Igor has served as Yap's CEO since its inception. Igor is a pioneer in speech technology, especially focused on human-computer user interfaces on mobile devices. Prior to co-founding Yap, Igor served as Program Director of IBM's multimodal and voice portal groups. During his tenure there, he led his team to create the world's first ever speech-enabled web browser. Additionally, he served as a business mentor for IBM's elite Extreme Blue internship program and represented the Company as chairman of the board for the VoiceXML Forum, an industry group driving an open standards-based vision of speech computing.
Previously, Igor held positions with IBM's Pervasive Computing, PartnerWorld, Global Industries and Microelectronics divisions. He has over a dozen patents pending in this field, was named an industry luminary by the editors of Speech Technology Magazine and was a Gaelen Entrepreneurship Speaker for Penn State's College of Engineering. Igor is a member of the Applied Voice Input/Output Society and holds an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.
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