# Sergei Dreizin

> Sergei Dreizin is the co-founder and CEO of Akvelon and a co-founder and CEO of MeowTalk. Raised in Moscow, he moved to the United States in 1992, earned a computer science degree at the University of Minnesota, and worked at Honeywell and Microsoft. His public career includes building an international engineering business, closing its Russian operations in March 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine, and helping establish United with Ukraine.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Akvelon
- **Organizations:** Akvelon, MeowTalk, United with Ukraine, Microsoft, Honeywell
- **From:** Moscow, Russia
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota
- **Known for:** Co-founded Akvelon in 2000., Contributed to Microsoft online services including Microsoft Passport., Co-founded MeowTalk, which had exceeded 20 million downloads in October 2024 reporting.

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Moved from Russia to the United States.
- **Before 2000** — Career included Honeywell and Microsoft; biography credits eight years at Microsoft and contributions to Microsoft Passport.
- **2000** — Co-founded Akvelon with Constantine Korovkin while both were working at Microsoft.
- **2015** — Akvelon reported ranking 50th on the Puget Sound Business Journal Washington private-company growth list; Dreizin also competed in the GeekWire table-tennis tournament.
- **2020** — MeowTalk launched in November; its current executive page identifies Dreizin as co-founder and CEO.
- **2022** — Akvelon closed its Russian operations on March 11 following the invasion of Ukraine; Dreizin also helped establish United with Ukraine.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Akvelon in 2000.
- Contributed to Microsoft online services including Microsoft Passport.
- Co-founded MeowTalk, which had exceeded 20 million downloads in October 2024 reporting.
- Helped establish United with Ukraine with Constantine Korovkin and Nina Shapirshteyn.

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Criticized Washington state business tax increases in an April 28 interview.
- **2025-03** — United with Ukraine’s fiscal-year 2024 filing, filed March 22, lists Dreizin as CFO, treasurer and secretary with no reported compensation.
- **2024-10** — Discussed MeowTalk in an October 23 feature; estimated more than a billion meows analyzed. Reported downloads exceeded 20 million at that time.

## Links

- Website: https://akvelon.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeid

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