Igor Pavlov (‹See Tfd›Russian: Игорь Павлов, Igor' Pavlov) is a Russian[1] freelance programmer, the creator, and the maintainer of the file archiver 7-Zip. He is also the creator of the 7z archive format,[2][3]and a few experimental programs including 7-max, 7-benchmark, UFA, 777, and BIX.