Parallels is led by a proven team of seasoned executives, successful entrepreneurs and world-class software engineers who have proven track records in growing and managing global software companies.

Serguei Beloussov

Mr. Beloussov is a successful self-made entrepreneur and business executive with an outstanding 15-year track record in building, growing and leading high-performing, multi-national high tech companies in North America, Europe and Asia. Since 2003, he has been the Chairman and CEO of Parallels, a global leader in virtualization and automation software for consumers, businesses and service providers. Under Mr. Beloussov’s leadership, Parallels has quickly grown to profitability and #1 market positions with its innovative desktop virtualization, OS containers and control panel product lines. He is also a Founder and major investor in Acronis, a global leader in storage management and disaster recovery software for consumers, SMBs and large enterprises. Previously, Mr. Beloussov co-founded and helped grow a PC manufacturing business to $150 million in revenue in less than 3 years, the S&W electronics company to over $500 million in only 8 years, and Solomon Software SEA — each of which has become profitable in the first year since inception. He holds a B.S. in Physics, an M.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering with High Honors, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Jack Zubarev

Mr. Zubarev is a founder and the president of Parallels’ Service Provider division worldwide including sales and operations for hosting and software-as-a-service (SaaS). Since the company’s founding in 1999, he has held multiple leadership roles within the company including chief operating officer, sales engineering, product marketing and business development. Zubarev has been instrumental in building the company from its start to today with more than 700 employees. Zubarev was also a founder of Acronis and helped establish the storage management company’s sales and marketing organizations in the United States. Previously, he handled product marketing for Pervasive Software and brought its first Linux product to market. Zubarev holds a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Peter Bauert

Mr. Bauert leads all general and administrative functions at Parallels, including finance, legal, HR, and IT. Prior to joining the company, he was EVP of Strategy and Operations at Fast Search & Transfer (FAST). In his role at FAST, Mr. Bauert was instrumental in growing the company from less than $30M revenue to almost $200M revenue, which ultimately led to the acquisition of FAST by Microsoft for $1.3 billion. Prior to joining FAST, Mr. Bauert held executive positions at various early-stage technology companies, including CFO at SalesDriver (sold to Carlson) and VP Corporate Development at Cybergold (sold to MyPoints). Mr. Bauert holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from University of Central Florida, and an M.B.A. from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College where he graduated with highest distinction as a Tuck Scholar.

Jim Herman

Mr. Herman is responsible for leading the worldwide sales and business development organizations at Parallels. Previous to Parallels he had an eleven year tenure with Symantec, where he served in a number of leadership roles in Sales, OEM and Business Development. Most recently Mr. Herman served as the Vice President of Sales for the End-Point Management business unit. In addition to his career at Symantec, he has also made significant leadership contributions with technology pioneers NCR and Informix Software, driving results in the areas of sales and business development. Mr. Herman holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Evergreen State College.

Matt Domo

Mr. Domo leads the technical strategy and architecture for all Parallels products. He previously held the positions of General Manager of SimpleDB as part of Amazon Web Services and Director of Enterprise Commerce Services at Amazon. As General Manager, he was responsible for the technical, operational and P&L aspects for SimpleDB. Amazon SimpleDB is the first cloud computing database creating a new database market category as part of the Amazon Web Services platform. As Director Enterprise Commerce Services at Amazon, Mr. Domo’s team launched seven Enterprise multi-channel ecommerce websites in the US and UK markets including bebe.com, Sears.ca, Mothercare.co.uk generating over $150 million in annual GMS and $42 million in annual revenue. Prior to joining Amazon, Mr. Domo held several senior engineering positions during his 14 year tenure within Microsoft Corporation. Mr. Domo was the Product Unit Manager for the Speech Server 2005 product that won several industry awards including Frost and Sullivan’s "Most Innovative Enterprise Infrastructure Product 2005". Prior to Speech Server, Mr. Domo was the divisional architect and Product Unit Leader for the bCentral web services platform within Microsoft. Prior to bCentral, Mr. Domo held several senior product engineering leadership roles within the SQL Server business unit. Mr. Domo holds a B.S. in Computer Science Engineering from Ohio State University.

Alexei Kandikov

Mr. Kandikov currently leads the development teams for Plesk products and support company wide. He was one of the founders of Plesk (which Parallels acquired in June of 2003) and from day one was the head of R&D for the company. Since 1999, under his leadership, Plesk has developed and released a line of popular hosting automation solutions including all versions of the well-known and widely deployed Plesk Server Administrator (PSA, now named Parallels Plesk Panel). Kandikov has 10 years of experience in design and development of information systems as well as project management. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics and a M.Sc degree in Engineering and Information Technologies from Novosibirsk State Technical University. He is a member of the Russian Union of Designers.

Stanislav Protassov

Mr. Protassov currently manages the Parallels development team dedicated to Parallels Desktop, Workstation, Virtuozzo Containers, and Infrastructure Manager. He has also overseen the development of the HSPcomplete solution. Earlier, Mr. Protassav managed several engineering projects for Parallels involving leading software and operating platforms such as Cassandra, an option risk management software, Solomon IV, BeOS, and Pervasive. In 2000, he led the development of ASPLinux, a version of the Linux O/S which is now shipped in three editions in ten countries. He brought to Parallels many years of relevant experience in software engineering in a wide range of development environments such as Windows, Novell Netware and UNIX operating systems. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Oleg Melnikov

Mr. Melnikov currently manages the team of developers working on Parallels’s System Automation and Business Automation solutions. Previously, he architected and managed the HSPcomplete solution for nearly 3 years. Melnikov has in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in Internet technologies, Internet applications design and development, e-business and hosting automation solutions. He has managed several engineering projects for Parallels, including the release of version 2.8 of the Solomon IV software, the e-commerce application for Pervasive South East Asia. Under his management, Parallels’s Web portals ASPstreet.com and HSPstreet.com performed well within the target markets, giving rise to a powerful search engine. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Craig Bartholomew

Craig Bartholomew brings 25+ years of experience in building strong teamwork to deliver differentiated products that meet customer needs. Prior to Parallels, Craig was a Partner-level General Manager at Microsoft, where he worked for 21 years before joining Parallels. At Microsoft, he started and led the Encarta project for many years, which produced over $1B in revenue for Microsoft over its lifespan. He then led server-based and web-based product development for the Education vertical at Microsoft. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and speaks Russian (more and more of it lately). He splits his time with Parallels 75% in Seattle and 25% in Russia. In his role, Craig leads the Development team and Product Management for Parallels Plesk Panel, Parallels Small Business Panel, Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder, and Parallels Plesk Billing.