Our leadership team

Alex Babin

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Alex is ZERO’s co-founder and CEO, responsible for everything from strategy to finance to relationships with major customers and partners. Alex has a degree in Applied Communications. ZERO is his second startup.

Gevorg Karapetyan

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer

As ZERO’s co-founder and CTO, Gevorg leads our long-term technology vision and is responsible for the direction, coordination, and delivery of technology. Gevorg holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and has more than 10 years of experience in developing intelligent automation systems.

Trevor Bell

Chief Customer Officer

As ZERO’s Chief Customer Officer, Trevor is responsible for the entire journey for each customer, ensuring a single vision across all methods of customer contact. Over his 20+-year career, he has had the unique opportunity to work in many different roles, including an accountant, technology specialist, business transformation specialist, project manager, people manager, organization leader, and consultant. He also has a passion for supporting his community and those he interacts with and is a Fire Fighter with his home municipality.

Joey Perez

Vice President of Revenue

As Vice President of Revenue and Partnerships, Joey is responsible for all revenue-generating processes. Joey owns ZERO’s revenue growth and marketplace strategy in present and new market sectors, and helps to shape teams, create processes, and produce frameworks that align the customer’s experience with ZERO’s revenue goals.

Joey has nearly 30 years’ experience in providing advanced technology through direct sales and strategic partnerships. Through the years, Joey has worked with top Global 100 Law Firms, Accounting, and Management Consulting Leaders to analyze areas of potential improvement that would better the organization’s operational effectiveness and increase revenue.

Victoria Vendolin

Head of People Operations

Victoria is an HR professional with over 7 years of experience, particularly in the world of high-tech. She is responsible for establishing and implementing internal processes, managing candidate and employee experiences, and defining HR operations. Throughout her career, Victoria played a leading role in systemizing the HR function in a startup environment and scaling operations as headcount grew. She is also experienced in both US and international team collaboration, immigration, and relocations.

Kimone Gooden

Vice President, Operations

Kimone is responsible for ensuring the smooth execution of ZERO’s business operations: driving initiatives around planning, enablement, alignment, internal communication, and analytics. Kimone has over 20 years of experience in business operations in high-tech, oil and gas, government and mid-market: launching, scaling and operating enterprise-level global programs for Fortune 100 companies and high-growth startups. She is originally from Jamaica and immigrated to the US to attend Stanford University. Kimone is deeply committed to service and spends much of her free time volunteering. She is a two-time recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.

Mari Mikayelyan

Director of Product

As ZERO’s Director of Product, Mari is responsible for managing the product development team with a focus on enhancing the growth of the product in the market. She is also tasked with aligning a company’s product strategy with the overall business goals. Mari has a degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science and has been a chess player and a chess lover for years.