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ANDREY KUNOVPresident at Silicon Valley Innovation Center (USA) LinkedIn: Andrey Kunov |
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MARTA EMERSONManaging Director at Scaale Sales & VP at Scaale Group Marta Emerson is Vice President at Scaale Group, a Venture resource group dedicated to help companies grow and implement solutions for companies through capital, sales and talent. Headquartered in San Francisco, Scaale Group comprises of 7 companies and a team of 300+ employees spread over 7 countries. Thanks to her role as VP at Scaale Group, Marta frequently travels to large and exciting markets like India, China, and Latin America where Scaale has operations and teams. This allows her to constantly learn about new cultures, trends and ways to do business in different parts of the world. As part of her role, she works directly with the President of the group for strategic decisions on the growth of the Group, the creation of new ventures, opening new markets and the re-definition of work processes and methodologies. Marta is also manager at Cross Border Angels, the first investment network dedicated to cross border investments, and that is also a Scaale company. Founded in 2013, CBA has 150+ members from India, China, Europe, USA and LATAM. Marta has over five years of experience in angel investment as a founding team member and partner of one of the most successful investor networks in Spain. As an entrepreneur she founded and directed HCom, an agency specialized in social media and online marketing, that has been merged with Nexus Global Communications in 2012. Marta is currently non-executive partner at 3 companies in Spain: Keiretsu Forum Spain, Nexus Global, and Responsible Commerce. Marta has also been involved and coordinated with initiatives related to innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe, and in the last two years she has been speaker at over 100 conferences and workshops about angel investment, entrepreneurship and social media. LinkedIn: Marta Emerson |
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KAUSHAL CHOKSHIFounder and President at Scaale Group of Companies (USA) Serial entrepreneur, investor and businessman. Kaushal Chokshi has founded over 20 ventures across the USA, Europe and Asia with 3 successful exits and an IPO in 1987. Scaale Group comprises of 7 companies and a team of 300+ employees spread over 10 countries. Scaale is currently working for 100+ clients. LinkedIn: Kaushal Chokshi |
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RAFAEL MARTINS DE LIMA FERREIRAManaging Partner at Martinsdelima & Partners Hera: 8 years (Renewal Energy, International Business Development, Finance & Environment) Santander: 11 years (Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Risk Mangement) Amadeus: 1 year Business Development Manager McKinsey: 3 years Consultant (Banking, M&A, Travel, Telecommunications) Procter & Gamble: IT Departement Languages: English & Spanish (Fluent), French, Portuguese, Italian (Professsional working level) PhD in Finance/Economics, MBA INSEAD, MSc Industrial Engineering ICAI Specialties: Forensic Expert on Finance & Enginering, Corporate Finance, Business Development, M&A, Renewable Energy, Waste Management, Risk Management, Capital Markets LinkedIn: Rafael Martins de Lima Ferreira |
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BRANT COOPERNYT Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker; Founder, Moves the Needle Brant Cooper helps organizations with big and small innovations. He is the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller, The Lean Entrepreneur and is a sought after speaker, advisor and mentor. His clients include TEDxAFC, Ericsson, Pitney Bowes, Capital One, Qualcomm, HP, Agile Australia, and the Lean Startup Conference. LinkedIn: Brant Cooper |
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ASSET ISEKESHEVMinister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan Asset Isekeshev is the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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JOHN GOWERFounder & CEO of Dialect - San Francisco & London Entrepreneur and pioneer in the business of creating exceptional content marketing for a mobile world. John Gower worked on 3 continents for 20 years with the worlds biggest brands in virtually every vertical: games, tech, fashion, finance, the arts, automotive, sports, crafts, music, movies and many more. John Gower generated hundreds of millions of dollars of revenues for clients by driving love, loyalty and action from their customers. LinkedIn: John Gower |
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MARTIN SHERVINGTONSpeaker, Consultant, Coach, Movement Maker (UK/USA) Martin Shervington has a Law and Business Studies, LLB (Joint Hons), PG Dip Organisational Psychology, Master Practitioner NLP and have spent almost 20 years working as an executive coach, business consultant and marketing psychologist. LinkedIn: Martin Shervington |
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SANZHAR IZTELEUOVActing Chairman of the Board at National Agency for Technological Development Sanzhar Izteleuov is an Acting Chairman of the Board at National Agency for Technological Development |
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IGOR SHOIFOTThe Dude at TMT Investments, Chairman at Happy Farm Incubator Igor Shoifot is a co-founder at Fotki.com, the largest indi photo site (5-10M users, 2B photos). Also, he is a ex-CEO of Microsoft WebTV’s largest portal, EpsylonGames (6% of WebTV traffic). Launched profitable start-ups in games, education, VOD, VoIP and publishing. Founded and sold “vInternship” to Manhattan Institute. LinkedIn: Igor Shoifot |
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ZHUMATAY SALIMOVDeputy Chairman of the management board at NATD Zhumatay Salimov is a Deputy Chairman of the management board at National Agency for Technological Development. |
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JON NORDMARKCo-founder at Iterate Studio (USA) Over nine years, eBags sold 9.4 million bags, acquired 1.4 million customer-written reviews, and grew profitably in USA, UK, Germany & Japan. Lastly, eBags incubated and built 6pm.com within eBags, then sold it to Zappos in August 2006. Iterate Studio accelerate the pace of digital innovation for $50M to $180B companies (Members) while helping start-ups get early traction, faster. |
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CÉSAR SALAZARPartner @ 500 Startups (Mexico) César Salazar is a Partner at 500 Startups. Since 2011, he has led investments in over 80 early-stage companies in Latin America, Europe and the United States. In 2014, Revista Expansión — the most prominent business outlet in the country — recognised his contributions and potential, featuring him on the cover of its “30 Promesas en los 30″ issue. As a speaker César Salazar, he has been invited to present in forums such as EmTech by MIT Technology Review, Google, Stanford, Kellogg, Wharton, Harvard, and Spain Startup and Investor Summit. LinkedIn: César Salazar |
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ANDREI KOMAROVSKYFounder @ Cupli Surveys Founder and CoffeeLab (RU) Andrei Komarovsky is a well-known speaker with a huge experience in launching startups, a head of The Founder Institute in Saint-Petersburg, he’s also a co-founder of Coffeelab (community dedicated to creation and development of startups) and Cupli (high-tech platform for recruiting respondents for online research and polls). He is also an expert in the fields of marketing research and startup development. LinkedIn: Andrei Komarovsky |
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ANNA DEGTEREVACEO & Founder @ Happy Farm (UA/USA) Anna Degtereva — CEO and Founder of Happy Farm Business Accelerator. LinkedIn: Anna Degtereva |
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KRISTOFFER LAWSONFounder & CEO @ Solu, Public Speaker Kristoffer Lawson is a person with a big experience in product technology and technology innovation. He is a founder of a bank disruptor Hovi and of the largest digital art festival in the Nordics, The Alternative Party. LinkedIn: Kristoffer Lawson |
