Hovhannes Avoyan
Founder of Picsart
Hovhannes Avoyan
Founder of Picsart
North Miami Beach, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
CEO and Founder
2011 - Current
PicsArt is the world’s #1 creative platform and social editing app leading the visual storytelling revolution. With more than 150 million monthly active creators, the PicsArt community creates, remixes and shares nearly 1 billion images every month. The company has amassed one of the largest open-source collections of content in the world, including free-to-edit photos, stickers and more. PicsArt is available in 30 languages for free and as a subscription on iOS, Android and Windows devices. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Yerevan, Armenia; Moscow; Beijing; Tokyo; and Los Angeles, PicsArt is backed by Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, and Siguler Guff and Company.
Member Board Of Trustees
2020
Advisor
2020
Board Member
2014
Advisor
2020 - 2022
CEO and Founder
2005 - 2016
Sourcio is a software R&D company and startup incubator. Sourcio focuses on mobile and SaaS startups.
President
2000 - 2015
Armenian IT association (www.uite.org)
CEO and Founder
2007 - 2014
A leading provider of IT and business performance monitoring solutions. Provides monitoring SaaS targeting small and mid size enterprises, value added resellers, managed service providers and ISPs. Allows integrated monitoring for servers, website, network, devices, web traffic, website position on search engines, and custom key performance indicators on real time dashboard.Provides SLA reporting. Acquired by TeamViewer/GFI Software in 2011.
General Manager
2002 - 2005
One of the largest Internet search companies in early 2000. Lead large web consumer product development and operations team - mail, search, games, dating, messaging and e-commerce products.
Visiting Lecturer
2003 - 2004
Education
Master of Arts (MA)
1993 - 1995
Bachelor's degree
1982 - 1987