People

We are independent researchers and software developers working on next generation web and mobile technologies. We are specialized in a wide range of research and development areas including software development for web sites and mobile applications (back-end/front-end).
Our current focus is the development of community based web platforms, mobile geo-social networking applications and services with open standards and protocols.

Co-Founders

Narek Kostanyan - Co-Founder,
Research and Development Coordinator

• Professional software engineer with 9+ years of experience working in international organisations and start-up businesses located in Armenia, Europe and US.
• Research and development of Web 2.0/3.0 technologies, community based web and mobile applications, federated social networks, p2p systems, multi-agent systems, workflow management systems, folksonomies, etc.
• Several years of volunteer social work at NGOs, intentional communes and eco-villages in Italy, Germany, UK, Russia, India, Armenia
• PhD research work at University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Traineeship/work experience at European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate General, Brussels

Location: Paris, France

Contact: narekATTomplanetDOTnet

Alexander Yapparov - Co-Founder,
Marketing and Innovation Manager

• 9+ years of experience as an IT director and security specialist in international companies

Location: Moscow, Russia.

Contact: alexanderATThamaspyurDOTam

Supporting Developers

Suren Sargsyan - Senior software developer

• More then 20 years in Software Development Industry: PointSource Inc, Scopic Software Inc, Hitegrity LLC, CarShield Inc. Scientific research center of Development of Artificial intelligence System, Biomedical cybernetics and computer science, Credence Systems Armenia, Inet Technologies Inc.,
• Main skills: image recognition; embedded software; compilers development; system programming; enterprise resource planning.

Additional Trainings

• 2005, Synapse Communications, Inc. Tokyo, Japan. (Image recognition, processing)
• 2005, SZ Test system AG. Ameraang, Germany. (RF tester software development)
• 2003, Modulation Instruments, Inc. Colorado Springs, USA. (Testing object oriented software)

Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Tigran Barseghyan - Senior software developer

• 6 years experience in software development
• Specialized in Java, J2EE, .NET, C#, C++, PHP, Ruby on Rails, etc.
• Master's degree in Computer Sciences, Yerevan State Engineering University

Location: Yerevan, Armenia.

Contact: tigranATThamaspyurDOTam

Sedrak Araqelyan - Senior software design engineer

• Senior software development experience for more than 10 years
• Specialized in security and cryptography: public key infrastructure (PKI), Most popular algorithms (Deffie-Helman, DSA, DES, TDES, SHA), MS CryptoAPI
• Ph.D research work in Theoretical Physics, Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia.

Location: Yerevan, Armenia