# Alex Batyrev

> Alex Batyrev is the President and CEO of AB Soft, a roughly 150-person software services firm headquartered in Odesa, Ukraine, with an operating presence in South San Francisco. For more than a decade his Odesa engineers have been a long-running build crew behind RingCentral's cloud communications stack. A mathematician by training, Batyrev has spent his career stitching American product ambitions to Ukrainian engineering bench depth.

- **Role:** President and CEO at AB Soft
- **Organizations:** AB Soft, BVG Software Group, YM Service
- **Nationality:** Ukrainian
- **Education:** PhD, Mathematics, Odessa National University, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Taganrog State Radio Technical University, Odessa National University of Economics
- **Known for:** Has led AB Soft for more than a decade as President and CEO., Built and held together a roughly 150-person engineering organization in Odesa., Sustained a multi-year delivery relationship with RingCentral, a major U.S. cloud communications company.

## Career timeline

- **1982-1987** — Studies Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Taganrog State Radio Technical University.
- **1995** — Joins YM Service as a director.
- **2005** — Becomes Director of the Odesa team at AB Soft Ukraine.
- **2007** — President and CEO at BVG Software Group.
- **2011** — Named President and CEO of AB Soft.

## Achievements

- Has led AB Soft for more than a decade as President and CEO.
- Built and held together a roughly 150-person engineering organization in Odesa.
- Sustained a multi-year delivery relationship with RingCentral, a major U.S. cloud communications company.
- Earned a PhD in mathematics before turning to operational leadership.

## Links

- Website: https://ab-soft.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-batyrev-611b831b
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AB_Soft
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/AB-Soft/111358299028017

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Last updated: 2026-05-15