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Introduction

Alexander Mashinsky is a founding creator of VOIP and a telecommunications pioneer who engineered the wireless systems within the New York City subways.

Early life

Alexander Mashinsky was born on October 5, 1965, in Chernovitz, Ukraine. In XX, his family relocated to Israel in 1972, when he was 7 years-old. Later, he served in the the Israeli military from 1984 through 1987.

Education

Mashinsky attended Tel Aviv University and The Open University in Tel Aviv, Israel between 1982 and 1984, concentrating in electrical engineering and economics.

Career

In 1996, Mashinsky founded Arbinet - TheXChange, an electronic marketplace for communications trading, raising $240M prior to launch. He served as the CEO until 2000, when he disembarked to VenturiFX. Founded in a partnership between Mashinsky and partner Jeff Parness, VenturiFX set forth with the intention of developing cutting edge telecommunications companies; inevitably, it would provide the seed funding for Mashinsky’s next venture, Elematics, founded in 2001.

Mashinsky is also the founder and creator of Limores, a business-to-business global ground transportation service in use at 5,000 airports across the globe, as well as GroundLink, a global technology company that aggregates, manages and executes ground travel services worldwide.

He is also a founding member of the venture capital fund Governing Dynamics, as well as the current CEO of Novatel Wireless (MIFI).

NYC Subway Wireless Technology

In 2004, Mashinsky launched a $200 million project funded by Governing Dynamics to bring GSM/CDMA/WiFi and other wireless services to the New York City subway system, under the name of Transit Wireless. Transit Wireless is a neutral host operating service on behalf of AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint.

Patents

Since the mid 1990s, Mashinsky has consistently filed for and received patents on emerging telecommunications technologies. As of 2015, he has successfully been issued 25 patents in the United States.

Awards & Recognitions

In 2010, Mashinsky was named a top entrepreneur by Crain’s New York Business. The same year, Business Insider included him in The Silicon Alley 100: New York’s Coolest Tech People round-up.

Personal Life

Mashinsky married Krissy (Meehan) Mashinsky. The couple have six children and reside in New York City.