Gene Avakyan has 26 years of experience in all aspects of technical leadership and innovation, leading teams and projects in Government, Entertainment, Medical, and Cybersecurity industries. Gene has earned his Aerospace Engineering bachelor’s degree from UCLA and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Gene has developed and supported procurement and contract management systems that power the City of Los Angeles and the Federal Aviation Administration’s procurement and invoice management systems, managing over $9 Billion in combined contracts. He has been awarded for his design and development of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office T.O.U.G.H. nuisance property abatement system used to integrate City, State, and Federal law enforcement efforts in fighting local organized crime and for his work on the City of Los Angeles LABAVN contract management system.
In the private sector, Gene is the CEO and co-founder of VUGA Enterprises Media Group and Edison Aerospace, and the CTO and co-founder of 24Fashion TV and celebrity reality television Gossip Stone TV. Earlier, Gene worked with dot com giants TrueCar, Zag, and Spark Networks in managing high-availability production systems with millions of users.
Edison Aerospace is an electric aviation and aerospace innovation company currently designing the next generation and first-of-its-kind agricultural spraying aircraft to perform aerial application over crops and forests in the US and internationally. The first commercial product from Edison will be a full-size fixed-wing electric autonomous UAV that will carry a 200-gallon payload and will provide coverage of 250 acres within its endurance time. With a wingspan of 36 feet and gross weight of 3,000 lbs, this is the first a aUAV vehicle on the market that can replace manned GA aircraft currently performing agricultural work. The designs created by Edison Aerospace are patent pending.
VUGA Enterprises Media Group wears many hats: Television, PR, Advertising, Art & Entertainment, and even Aviation. VUGA Enterprises owns a network of 60+ online newspapers and magazines with over 6M unique monthly visitors.
Gossip Stone TV is an American TV channel on ROKU TV, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV with a combined maximum platform reach of over 150M households worldwide. Availible in 100+ countries. Gossip Stone TV reality shows explore the worlds of ultra-luxury extravagance that is usually hidden behind tall fences. The mystical and often misunderstood world of master hypnotists, and the world of influence, confidence, and con artists, along with an interview series featuring sit down interviews with top A-list celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and others.
24Fashion TV is an American media and entertainment network delivering video content for the International Fashion Industry. The network includes a Television channel, an online social media application, an international registry of fashion industry professionals. 24FASHION TV has been a media sponsor of various shows for Miami Swim Week, New York Fashion Week, Los Angeles Fashion Week, Dubai Fashion Week and many other events.
Gene Avakyan co-produced the media campaign around a 2016 US Presidential Candidate during the election campaign and produced the live VR broadcast from the 2018 Critics’ Choice Awards.
Gene received an award from MOSAIC federation (international organization of CIA, FBI, and other intelligence and law enforcement agency) for helping in the fight against human slavery and trafficking.
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