Summary
Alexey Skutin is a Ph.D.-educated technology leader and serial entrepreneur with eight years of documented experience building and scaling security- and cloud-focused products from startup to acquisition. As Co-Founder and CTO of Legacee AI and prior founder roles including Jelastic and TouchVPN, he combines deep systems engineering—large-scale VPN and security platforms serving tens of millions of MAUs and 1K+ servers—with product instincts that drive rapid user growth and strategic exits. He has led engineering organizations of 20–30+ engineers, delivered high-availability B2B services (98% SLA) for marquee partners, and repeatedly optimized cost, risk, and compliance across global deployments. Based in Pacifica, CA, he also runs AideAI, applying contextual AI to personal productivity, and has a track record of shipping consumer products to hundreds of millions of users with minimal marketing spend. His background in radiophysics and a Ph.D. in technical sciences underpin a rare mix of research rigor and operational execution that surfaces in both infrastructure and AI-driven consumer experiences.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Project Management, Project Management at University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Technical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Technical Sciences at Tomsk State University
Russian, English