Advisors

Serial entrepreneur and investor. Founder of Schlund + Partner AG (Hosting) — acquired by 1&1 in 1998. CEO of 1&1 — the largest webhosting company worldwide — from 2000 to 2008. Cofounder of ACAN Invest AG. Consultant to United Internet and many other companies

Entrepreneur and investor. Founder of Schlund + Partner AG and subsequently CTO of 1&1. Cofounder of ACAN Invest AG. Consultant to United Internet and many other companies

Entrepreneur and investor. Founder and Chairman of the Board of Softline — the largest software reseller in Russia & CIS. CEO of Softline from 1993 to 2008. MS, PhD Computer Science, Moscow State University

Oleg Tscheltzoff is one of the top serial internet entrepreneurs but also a successful angel investor with over 30 investments, board member, serious innovator, provocateur, disruptor, and connector. As an entrepreneur, Oleg has leveraged a global vision and knowledge of international business, management and marketing to develop successful online businesses. In 2004 Oleg co-founded Fotolia.com, the first global online social marketplace for creative digital stock images. As president, he led the company to the world’s largest microstock photography site. Prior to Fotolia, Oleg co-founded Amen, the leading Internet hosting company in France, which was sold in 2004 to Vianetworks (NASDAC Symbol VNWIE).

Entrepreneur and investor of Begun.ru, Softkey.ru, Alawar and ElcomSoft, President of ElcomSoft, co-founder and chairman of ISDEF (non-profit international Independent Software Developers Forum association).

Well-known Russian software developer and researcher, author of 'Dr.Web' antivirus software (the most popular antivirus in Russia). CTO and founder of Dr.Web company. Graduated from Leningrad University of Aerospace Instrumentation. Worked as engineer in Soviet aviation defense industry. Develops antivirus software since 1990

Senior Executive with broad finance and operational experience. Recent assignments: CFO & COO at Parallels and EVP at FAST (sold to MSFT for $1.2B). Strategy Consultant at Bain & Co; Dartmouth MBA.

Mr. Tsypliaev has over fifteen years of experience as a successful entrepreneur and business executive of software companies with a proven track record in building successful global organizations. As a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Acronis, he grew it to a multimillion dollar global company to become a market leader in backup/disaster recovery and storage management solutions.