Balkanski, Alexander "Alex"
name: label: Collection Interviewer
content: Allison, David Kite
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content: Velasquez, Steve
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Yeingst, William
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
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content: 55.45 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:00:34, audio/mp3)
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content: 2014-11-18
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content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: Oral history interview with Alexander "Alex" Balkanski, CEO of Picarro, Inc. and founder of C-Cube. Originally from France of Moroccan and Bulgarian ancestry, Balkanski recounts his parents' backgrounds; moving to the United States to attend Harvard University; his wedding ceremony; working at Boston Consulting Group before moving to California to found C-Cube; working at Benchmark and Picarro, Inc.; family and homelife; collecting art; and identifying as American.