Started 9 companies, including ABBYY, world leader in OCR, NLP, AI, 1,300 employees, 16 offices, 13 countries, named "Technology Pioneer" by the World Economic Forum, author of multiple patents, publications and a book.
Ulf Persson has been a member of the ABBYY Group Board since 2002. In March 2015, Ulf became the Chairman of the Board. In 2017, he was appointed as the CEO of ABBYY Group.
Flint Capital, a Boston based investment company supporting entrepreneurs in the US and Europe. Andrew brings deep consumer startups expertise and serves on the boards of several other companies. Before becoming an investor, he as an entrepreneur had successfully built and sold one of the Groupon clones for Eastern Europe. Andrew holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Applied Physics and Mathematics, and Innovation Management Professional degree.
17 years of experience in banking and finance with a focus on financing growth. Brings strategic financial approach combined with operational excellence and strict risk management. CFA Charterholder, MBA degree, B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics.
David has been an investment professional in the technology sector since 2006 and has a long operational experience at the early stage of startup companies and as a board member putting them on track for growth acceleration. He is focusing on startups that involve essential shift or disruption in technology, business model or consumer behavior, and brings expertise in sales and marketing operational excellence, setting up agile sales organizations and scaling up SaaS businesses.
Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, mentor, author, speaker, board member advisor, educator, partner, spouse, parent, and general enthusiast. Not always in that order.
Rick has developed and led critical security programs at one of the largest Fortune 5 companies in the world, Apple Inc., and was the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at eBay. He is one of the top recognized global experts in security with over 20 years of experience.
Business development and corporate strategy executive. Private Equity investments manager with a vast experience of sourcing, structuring and adding value to deals. Strategy visionary with effective hands-off management approach in portfolio companies, enabling rapid capitalisation growth.
25+ years scaling SaaS startups and Fortune 500 companies (IBM, Oracle, SAP, GE) with the focus on Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Operations. Yan has been an integral part of 4 successful exits (1 IPO, 3 acquisitions). He is actively involved in startup community; advising, coaching and mentoring entrepreneurs.
Started 9 companies, including ABBYY, world leader in OCR, NLP, AI, with 1300 employees, 16 offices in 13 countries, "Technology Pioneer" by the World Economic Forum, author of multiple patents, publications and a book.
17 years of experience in banking and finance with a focus on financing growth. Brings strategic financial approach combined with operational excellence and strict risk management. CFA Charterholder, MBA degree, B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics.
With more than 20 years of high tech sales and sales management, Brent leads the expansion of the North American sales organization and establishes best practices to drive revenue growth. Prior to joining Yva, Brent held senior positions at leading technology companies including Authoria, Kronos and Replicon.
Previously worked on leading positions at AlfaStrakhovanie, Svyazoy group of companies, Bank of Moscow, Wells Fargo, BearHug Foundation. Marta has 10+ years of building distribution channels, building successful teams, and launching new products both in Russia and in Silicon Valley.
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Started 9 companies, including ABBYY, world leader in OCR, NLP, AI, 1300 employees, 16 offices, 13 countries, "Technology Pioneer" by the World Economic Forum, author of multiple patents, publications and a book.
Co-Founder of 7 startups including GVA LaunchGurus (Top accelerator), IPO (CKSW), Co-Chairman of the Year AmCham Innovation Committee, TEDX speaker
