ArmInfo. One of the leading IT specialists in Armenia, Executive Director of the Union of Information Technology Companies (UITE) Karen Vardanyan, passed away.
Karen Vardanyan's contribution to the domestic IT sector is invaluable. Being the Executive Director of UITE since 2007, thanks to his strategic management and skills, the Union has shown steady growth and implemented innovative programs throughout Armenia.
In October 2019, Vardanyan was awarded the "Outstanding Personality" Award of the World Information Technology and Services Union (WITSA), for which more than 20 WITSA countries voted.
The death of Karen Vardanyan was announced by the Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan on his Facebook page. <In our hearts, Karen will remain as a struggling, free and bright person. Mr. Vardanyan left a great contribution to the technology sector of Armenia, without his colossal efforts UITE, Digitec EXPO, Armath laboratory, Digitec business forum, WCIT and dozens of other projects and start-up programs for the development of the technological sector would not be complete. Rest in peace, friend>, Hakob Arshakyan wrote.