Summary
Artyom Agafonov is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years in senior technology roles and a two-decade career shaping product development, R&D, and engineering strategy. As Vice President of Engineering at Action1 and formerly at Netwrix, he drives global engineering strategy, hires and scales teams, and oversees product and technology research for security-focused software. He has a proven track record of organizing workflows, budget planning, and executing complex projects from his earlier R&D and management roles at Security Code, Quest Software, and Aelita. Comfortable at the intersection of executive decision-making and hands-on technical leadership, he consistently translates strategic goals into operational processes and product roadmaps. Based in New York, he brings deep experience in security and enterprise software with a knack for building disciplined hiring and HR processes that sustain fast-growing R&D organizations. Less obvious: he combines long-term architectural vision with day-to-day operational rigor, enabling teams to deliver reliable, research-driven products at scale.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer