Yury Averkiev
Chief Product Officer
SUMMARY
Product management executive with 20+ years of hands-on B2B SaaS experience, fueling $800M+ in cumulative ARR. Passionate about building high-impact product teams, architecting scalable platforms, and translating market problems into software people actually want to use. Known for bridging strategy and execution - whether integrating acquisitions, rebooting roadmaps, or leading transformation from the ground up. Equally at home digging into customer workflows or whiteboarding with engineers, and always focused on outcomes that move the needle for the business. Trusted partner to C-suite, driven by curiosity, and committed to continuous product innovation.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Product & portfolio strategy
- Pricing, packaging & monetization
- Org design, leadership & talent development
- M&A, integration & value realization
- Board & C-suite engagement
- AI & LLMs: prompt design, RAG, tool/function calling
- Cybersecurity: EDR/XDR, UEBA, SIEM, DLP, EPP, MDR
- Data protection & endpoint management: Backup, DR, RMM, PSA
- MSP & enterprise SaaS platforms
- Remote desktop, hypervisors & VDI
- User experience (UX) design
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Chief Product Officer
Acronis, Singapore
2025 – present
- Leading AI-first transformation of Acronis’ cyber protection platform.
- Own global product strategy, innovation, and roadmap for Acronis’ cyber protection portfolio serving MSP and enterprise customers.
- Accountable, in partnership with the CEO, CRO, and CFO, for portfolio growth, customer retention, and gross margin, with a focus on scaling ARR and gross margin.
- Align product, engineering, and go-to-market organizations around a unified cyber protection platform vision.
Senior Vice President of Product Management
Acronis, Singapore / Switzerland
2018 – 2025
- Owned strategy and execution for Acronis’ endpoint, backup, DR, cybersecurity (EDR/XDR/Email Security), RMM, PSA, and True Image portfolio, driving $500M+ annual revenue across MSP and enterprise segments.
- Led transition from backup products to an integrated cyber protection SaaS platform, helping reposition Acronis as a category leader and reach a $2.5B+ valuation.
- Delivered $500M+ in annual portfolio revenue with double-digit YoY growth and a larger recurring revenue share.
- Built and led a 40+ person global product management team with clear portfolio ownership and strong senior product leadership.
- Redesigned licensing, packaging, and pricing, reducing churn by 10%+ and improving ARPU and unit economics while sustaining double-digit growth.
Senior Product Manager
Parallels, Inc., Singapore / Seattle, USA
2012 – 2018
- Launched a new B2B focused product line and achieved $10M+ revenue by the end of the second year.
- Increased the revenue growth of the RAS product line by 40% by rebuilding the product strategy, GTM, licensing, and roadmap planning.
- Developed and maintained relationships across internal and external departments with stakeholders, partners, and customers.
- Established a partner advisory council that helped double the number of customer feedback and promoted the product with the community.
Founder and Director
SmartCode Pte. Ltd., Singapore
2004 – present
- Developed one of the first RMM (Remote management and monitoring) solutions, securing 500,000+ endpoints
Project and Program Manager
Parallels, Inc., Singapore
1999 – 2004
- Delivered high-profile software projects, with budgets ranging as high as $5M.
- Developed WBS, Project plans and best practices where none existed before.
- Designed and implemented a framework comprising more than 600,000 lines of C++ code.
- Mentored and coached staff.
Sr. Software Developer
Parallels, Inc., Singapore
1998 – 1999
- Designed an extendable application framework that became a foundation for multiple company products.
- Pioneered agile software development methodologies, such as 'extreme' and pair programming.
CERTIFICATIONS
- PMP, Project Management Professional
- Pragmatic Marketing
- Certified Scrum Master
- Introduction to Cybersecurity by NY University
EDUCATION
National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)
M.S. and B.S., Computer Science
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: Singaporean