Artour brings more than a dozen years of operational and advisory experience to technology related businesses such as Aliyance.

Artour is fluent in both English and Russian. He has the distinction of having completed a B.S. in Computer Engineering in the United States after having already earned a Masters degree in Russia.

Artour serves on the Boards of numerous companies and organizations. As an entrepreneur, he built and sold a leading network technology company.

Mitchell is an experienced entrepreneur with a reputation for business foresight in technology industries.

Mitchell established Venture Foundry and specializes in business formation and launch, including technology creation and acquisition, business planning, contract negotiation, and executive team formation.

Richard brings more than 20 years of experience managing and implementing complex software systems.

Richard can manage a wide variety of projects.

He has extensive consulting experience, both within Microsoft and as an independent contractor.

Sidney has over seventeen years experience in software sales, marketing and custom software development.

His management experience includes, P & L responsibility for a major consulting practice, heading up both International and U.S Sales activities for a database company, as well as manufacturing management of two $30 million divisions.

Artour Baganov brings more than twelve years of successful operations, finance, and advisory experience in the technology businesses and a variety of other economic sectors to his clients and fellow Directors. He has broad experience in various technologies, business models, negotiation, due diligence, investment valuation, financial analysis, outsourcing strategy, general and financial management. He is a proven high-tech entrepreneur with a reputation for astute business foresight in all aspects of the marketplace.

Mr. Baganov is currently Managing Director of Baganov International Group - an international consulting and private equity catalyst focused on emerging companies in Internet, security, telecommunications, software, wireless and e-commerce. He brings his clients substantial experience in due diligence, capital formation, technology, mergers, acquisitions, fund raising, and business development strategies.

He is a founding member (1997) and an executive board member (present) of the Alliance of Angels (a group of over 100 accredited investors and representatives of investment corporations interested in financing technology startups). In this capacity, Mr. Baganov nurtures the relationships between emerging technology based businesses and potential investors (VCs, investment banks, and angel investors) to insure orderly funding of promising new business ventures. In addition, he provides his due diligence abilities, investment knowledge and analytical skills for the benefits of young promising companies.

From 1994 to present, Mr. Baganov has served on the Boards of seventeen companies and organizations including The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, interGlobe Networks, SeattleOnline, American United Global, Express Technologies, Inc., NetAmerica, Venture Foundry, Inc., Escapia, Webworks and Scale Out Software. Responsibilities include : business formation and launch, raising capital, executive team formation, business planning, evaluation of new business opportunities, mergers and acquisitions, major transactions, PPM and contract negotiations, including due diligence.

Between 1996 and 2002 he was a founding Council Member for the Technology Alliance of Washington (founded in 1996 as a statewide consortium of technology-based businesses, Washington's leading research institutions, and high tech trade associations). He served on the Expert Panel to review the City of Seattle’s Information Technology Agenda. He was a part of the Review Panel (Northwest Regional Technology Applications Review) for the National Technology Transfer Center and Missile Defense Agency/Department of Defense.

From 1994 to 1998 he was co-founder and CEO of interGlobe Networks, Inc., Seattle, Washington. The Company developed an unsurpassed reputation for delivering high-quality solutions in network integration, security, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity, and network software development. Significant clients included Cisco, HP, CompuServe, Starbucks, Amazon.com, Eddie Bauer, Nordstrom, Apple, Alaska Airlines, and Real Networks. This highly successful and profitable Internet consulting firm was eventually sold to AUGI and eGlobe, Inc.

From 1993 to 1996 Artour was instrumental in the development of network and distributed computing for the University of Washington, Seattle and NorthWestNet. He managed the development of the University’s Internet under the National Science Foundation that grew from a single location to supporting universities and colleges in five northwestern states.

Mr. Baganov holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA – 1994 as well as a MS in Engineering from Kalinin Polytechnical Institute, Kalinin, Russia – 1988.

Mitchell London

Mitchell B. London is Chairman, CEO and President of Venture Foundry, Inc., Mr. London has more than ten years of experience managing high-growth technology businesses. Mr. London is also a former Microsoft employee, who had played a key role in the early development of its Windows operating environment.

Mr. London was founder and CEO of ConnectSoft Inc., a multi-divisional firm established in 1988 and based in Bellevue, Washington. Mr. London negotiated several financings and multi-million dollar business transactions. Mr. London spearheaded many innovative technologies, business practices, and marketing ventures, and has one US Patent to his credit.

In August, 1996 Mr. London effected sale of this prominent telecommunication software company to New York-based American United Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUGI) in a transaction valued at more than twenty million dollars.

In the spring of 1999, Mr. London resolved to harness his business development, management, and entrepreneurial skills in the operation of a venture incubator, ultimately leading to formation of the Venture Foundry and its portfolio of companies.

Mr. London is an original member of the Seattle Alliance of Angels (an accredited investor forum).

Education: Mr. London earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (1987).

Richard Saville manages all Venture Foundry concept-stage engineering projects.

Mr Saville is a senior software engineer and software development manager. He brings more than 20 years of experience, encompassing implementation and/or management of a wide variety of software systems.Most recently, Mr. Saville worked as senior web developer for Wizards of the Coast, where he helped to develop and manage a web based system which is used to orchestrate tournaments, matches, and ratings for approximately half a million players worldwide.

From 1996 to 1998 Mr. Saville worked for Microsoft Corporation as their Program Manager for Internet Technologies - Service Readiness.

From 1994 - 1995 Mr. Saville was a Senior Consultant working for Microsoft Consulting Services from its Oakbrook Illinois center, where he assisted several enterprise level customers to complete large software design and architecture projects.

For more than ten years, prior to his work with Microsoft, Mr. Saville was an independent software development consultant who assisted numerous clients with complex PC, Client/Server, and telecommunication-related applications. Mr. Saville also has extensive expererience creating real-time financial market information and trading systems. His career as a software engineer and manager began in the late 70s and early 80s, working for Paine Weber, Securities Data, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange implementing various systems to improve floor trading.

Education: Mr. Saville earned a B.S. in Engineering Science from Notre Dame University (1974).

Sidney Kent is Executive Director of the Aliyance Group focusing on Sales and Marketing. Most recently Mr. Kent headed up an Internet, E-Commerce Practice for Herrick Douglass Technology Development with responsibility for both business development and delivery.

From 1995 - 1999 Mr. Kent was with the Enterprise Consulting Division of BEST Consulting. As Director of the Internet, Application Development and System Integration Division, he had P & L responsibility for a multi million dollar consulting practice.

From 1987 to 1994 Mr. Kent was employed by Raima Corporation, a company that develops database software for C programmers. Mr. Kent was Director of International Sales with responsibility for opening and managing subsidiaries and resellers worldwide. Previously he was National Sales Manager with responsibility for managing sales in the U.S. and Canada.

For the previous 15 years, Mr. Kent was President of his own consulting firm, was head of manufacturing for two $30 million divisions in the apparel industry, and began his career as an Industrial Engineer.

Mr. Kent has a BA in Economics and a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He studied Industrial Engineering at F.I.T in New York.