Arden Agopyan is an experienced entrepreneur and perfectionist engineer with a proven track record. Prior to founding HotelRunner, he led IBM’s Cloud Computing Software technical sales and market creation activities across Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Africa. Focusing on building and leading international multicultural teams, corporate development, M&A, corporate finance, and law, and strategic marketing in HotelRunner, his areas of expertise also include business development in technology, business operations, enterprise sales, and growth hacking. 
 
As an engineer and cloud computing veteran with over 25 years of business experience in technology, Arden holds a BSc in Computer Engineering and an MBA. He speaks five languages and, as a Ph.D. candidate in Finance, he is the co-author of a book, academic journals, and articles.