5. Services - 2
7. Interim executive leadership
8. Website/literature/product localization
9. Supply chain and back office outsourcing
10. Business partner, employees, and support
services (attorneys, accountants, HR, real
estate, etc.) suggestions/selection
6. Offices
• Silicon Valley (HQ)
• China
• Greece
• Russia
• UK
7. Principals
EMEA, Australia Russia & Canada, Central
Asia
& New Zealand Eastern Europe & South America
Ed Jeannine Yakov Chuck
Chang Athas Soloveychik Erickson
Keith
Blackey
• 11 Languages
• 150 years cumulative experience
Chuck
Erickson
8. Jeannine Athas, Principal
• Geographic Focus
– UK, France, Southern Europe & Silicon Valley
• Specialties
– Uncovering, initiating & growing business opportunities
– Corporate & partner networking
– Program Management
• Special Experience / Skills
– Business fluency in 6 languages
– UK, Greece & US residences
• Education
– MBA, INSEAD
– Middlebury College MA, Spanish
• Fulbright Scholar - Abraham Lincoln Grant, Republic of Mexico
• LinkedIn Profile: http://bit.ly/5JjKVc
9. Keith Blackey, Founding Principal
• Geographic Focus
– Australia / New Zealand, APAC, EMEA & Silicon Valley
• Specialties
– International Funding, Distribution, Development Agency &
Academic Relationships
– International marketing & sales strategy
• Special Experience / Skills
– 20 years experience managing national & global operations
• Opened 13 international offices / Lived in 7 countries
– 20+ years at VP & C-level positions
• Education
– MBA, Northeastern University, Boston
– BSEE, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston
• LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/kblackey
10. Ed Chang, Principal
• Geographic Focus
– APAC
• Specialties
– Engineering partnerships
• Special Experience / Skills
– Business fluency in Chinese & English
– Thirty years experience in computer & software industry
– Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) & Six Sigma
expert
– Project Management
• Education
– MBA, University of Houston
– MIE (Industrial Engineering), Arizona State University
• LinkedIn Profile: http://bit.ly/8tvpbv
11. Chuck Erickson, Principal
• Geographic Focus
– Canada, EMEA, Central & South America and Silicon Valley
• Specialties
– Executive Coaching, Mentoring & Startup Guidance .
– US Strategy & Business Mentoring
• Special Experience / Skills
– Executive Director & CEO of Silicon Valley-based environmental, technology &
international business incubators for 10 years.
– Helped over 150 companies secure >$750,000,000 & successfully enter main-
stream commerce
– Helped over 50 International companies successfully enter the US market
– 20+ years at VP & C-level positions
• Education
– Completed post-graduate studies at University of Chicago
– BSEE, Illinois Institute of Technology
– Taught at IIT, Penn State University & San Jose State University
• LinkedIn profile: http://bit.ly/5Fd6Tc
12. Yakov Soloveychik, Principal
• Geographic Focus
– Russia, Eastern Europe and Silicon Valley
• Specialties
– Access to Eastern Europe & Russian
markets, innovators, venture capital firms & angel investors
– Corporate Coaching & Training
– Operations & Business Process
• Special Skills
– Business fluency in Russian & English
– 20+ years at VP & C-level positions
• Education
– PhD, Central Institute of Telecommunication, Moscow
– MSEE, Rigas Tehniska Universitate , Riga, Latvia
• LinkedIn Profile: http://bit.ly/4CJ3id