Kovacs joined IBM in 1990, where he eventually became Worldwide Program Director for the software division, based in New York. Kovacs moved to
Macromedia in 2003, working as Vice President of Product Marketing. When
Adobe acquired Macromedia in 2005, Kovacs became vice president and general manager of product management and marketing for Adobe's mobile and devices division From 2009 to 2010, Kovacs served as Senior Vice President of Markets, Solutions, and Products at
Sybase, through its acquisition by
SAP. Kovacs previewed Firefox OS at
Mobile World Congress 2013, garnering commitments from 18 major worldwide mobile operators. However, Firefox OS proved to be a failure and was discontinued by Mozilla after Kovacs's departure. In 2012, he gave a
TED talk, "Tracking the Trackers", explores issues of
Internet privacy in an increasingly connected world. At the
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2012, he presented on strategies for creating a resilient cyber economy amid economic, security, and privacy obstacles. He was a keynote speaker at the Mobile World Congress 2013. In April 2013 Mozilla announced that he would step down as CEO of the corporation later that year and until March 2014 he was part of Mozilla's board of directors. On July 30, 2013, Kovacs joined
AVG Technologies as CEO. In September 2016, AVG Technologies was acquired by Avast Software for US$1.3B. Kovacs employment with AVG Technologies was terminated in December 2016 In April 2017, Kovacs filed a complaint in the San Francisco County Superior Court against AVG Technologies USA Inc. and Does 1-50 alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and other counts. The suit states the defendants fabricated a sham reason to terminate the plaintiff's employment and terminated him in December 2016, allegedly to avoid paying him his severance, bonus and other amounts due to him. Kovacs served as the CEO of
Accela, an American private government technology company, from December 2018 to January 2024. == Personal life ==