Ilya Sokolov

Ilya Sokolov is VP, Product and Engineering at servers.com by Nexcess, where he leads product, project, and engineering teams. He has spent more than 10 years in the hosting industry, progressing from lead developer to executive leadership while helping build and scale the company’s bare-metal, cloud, and network automation platforms. Ilya’s work has included automating server provisioning, billing, and network operations, launching managed Kubernetes and load balancing services, and restructuring teams to improve ownership, collaboration, and speed to market. He also led post-acquisition integration work, developed new data warehouse capabilities, and introduced AI-assisted workflows across teams. His approach centers on building organizations that can make decisions quickly, ship consistently, and connect product and engineering priorities to clear business outcomes.