Dr. Alex Kapelevich operates the gear design consulting firm AKGears, LLC. He is a developer of modern Direct Gear Design methodology and software. He has over 30 years of experience in custom gear drive development, with particular expertise in gear transmission architecture, planetary systems, gear tooth profile optimization, asymmetric tooth gears, and gear drive performance maximization. Kapelevich is author of the book "Direct Gear Design" and many technical articles.