Ashkhen Zakharyan
Customer Development
Ashkhen has a master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and speaks seven languages fluently: Armenian, English, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Norwegian and Faroese. During her many travels and multicultural experiences, she has worked with people from different backgrounds and cultures, and has amassed an extensive network all across the globe. At AIVA, she works as a Sales Manager, focused on the growth of the business and customer development.
Halil Erdogan
Research & Development Engineer
Halil joined the team in January 2019 after graduating with BSc in Electronic Engineering at Sabanci University. During his studies he gained experience interning and publishing papers at international research institutes and developed an interest in machine learning for music. Halil is currently working on music engine optimization, data extraction and machine learning development.
Alexander Sigman
Research & Development Engineer
With a unique background in music composition + technology, cognitive science, and data science, Alex has been active internationally as an interdisciplinary researcher, software engineer, composer, performer, and educator. He has published and presented extensively on a broad range of research topics, including music information retrieval, innovative auditory warning design, technical and aesthetic aspects of robot opera, and approaches to creative audiovisual media integration. His compositions have been featured on a number of commercial releases, including portrait recordings on the Carrier and New Focus labels. He joined AIVA in October 2020 as a member of the R&D team.