New Advanced Technologies International Fund - NATIF

Boris Petrovich Simonov, Ph.D., from 2004 to 2014 led the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent), and also headed the Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology. In 1998-2003 he headed the partnership "NP Innovative Agency", whose goal was to create conditions and provide services for the commercialization of the results of intellectual activity of scientific organizations and innovative firms.

Boris Simonov is known in Russia and abroad as one of the leading professionals in the field of assessing new technologies and transactions with intellectual property, has a wide range of business ties among heads of state institutions, scientists and experts.

The unique experience of Boris Simonov includes the creation and consulting of start-ups, the introduction of innovative solutions to the market, interaction with government agencies.

He is a specialist in foreign trade activity, marketing and production. Since 1995 he has been the Director General of the company "Tekhnokon M Ltd", engaged in the manufacturing and supply of spare parts for railway transport. The owner of the award "Honored Worker of Russia’s Trade", of the Order for outstanding achievements in foreign trade - "IMPORT EXPORT AWARD" and of the medal "Labour Glory". He received the title of "Chief of the Year 2016" according to international economic rating "League of the Best Russian Enterprises".

He has been working in the team of NASER Project from the day of its foundation that makes him second to none expert on the entire spectrum of company’s activities and products.

The experience and achievements of Dmitry Salnikov speak for themselves. He is a true professional who knows how to negotiate at the highest level and develop strong business contacts. He is a leader who will certainly lead his projects to success.

He was born in 1962 in Novosibirsk. He graduated Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Postgraduate Course (electrical engineer in automation and computer technology) with honors. He is engaged in scientific, educational, industrial and commercial activities.

He has been involved in business activity for more then 30 years – in 1988 he became founder and Chairman of one of the country's first independent cooperatives. Since 1989 he has been the commercial Director of joint USSR-Switzerland venture enterprise "DIAG INTERNATIONAL".

He used to work in the banking system as a chief of Authority for project financing.

Currently he is the the Managing partner in NASER Technology OÜ. Naser — Nanowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

He is the author of 6 patents and over 20 published research and practical works in environmental engineering.

His personal qualities are: ability to analyze, organize and administrate; sociability and friendliness, negotiation skills.

More than 20 years he has been involved in project management including 6 years that were closely associated with the area of energy and the introduction of the latest developments in this field. He led experimental-technological area of energy supply systems (Agro-industrial sector State Science Agency All-Russian Institute for Electrifying of Agriculture Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences) and was the head of the Center for innovations of the Fund for Assistance in Development of Education, Science and Ecology. He used to be engaged in the development of technology for recycling of carbon-containing wastes and on its basis he elaborated modular solutions for different types of raw materials.

He established himself as a great strategist and analyst able to build highly effective work-plans as well as sustainable engineering and IT infrastructures.

His leadership and organization skills, an extensive diverse experience and a systematic approach to business help him to be a successful leader able to find the best solution in any situation.

Doctor of technical Sciences and a leading expert in the field of ion-plasma technologies and equipment, academician of the Ukrainian Academy of National Progress, head of the research projects in the framework of the Federal target scientific and technical program of Russia. The Director of the organization called Surface Engineering within Laser Association of Russia.

He is the head of the Radio Electronics, Telecommunications and Nanotechnology Department. He is a scientific consultant of doctoral theses. As a result of his activities he has more than 300 scientific papers.

Available vast experience allows him to assess the prospects and efficiency of technological solutions of the projects, as well as to highlight the most promising strategies for their development, to organize the diverse expertise and researches aimed at improving of the optimal performance characteristics for each of the projects.

He has PhD in Economics, is an Expert in scientific and technical sphere of the Federal Registry of Experts, Expert and mentor of MGIMO business incubator, RVC Expert, General Director of Innovative Technological Center at Russian State University of Technology. Also he has the international certificate of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) that confirms his skills in the field of management of business incubator.

Since 2003 he has been professionally engaged in financial and investment consulting in the field of innovative technologies as well as structuring of investment projects and commercialization of technological start-UPS.

Professional competence and the experience of realization of dozens of projects (including international ones) allow him to efficiently organize the project activities of a startup, to optimize time and cost and thus significantly increase the chances of project success.

He is an engineer-physicist and engineer with over 30 years of experience in laser and energy-information technologies, PhD of technical Sciences. More than 15 years he has been head of the departments of state bodies of the Agency and the Ministry of Energy, has worked as a counselor to the General Director of the state oil company State Unitary Enterprise "Zarubezhneft", the head of the Department of the development and implementation of programs in the consortium "Kazneftegazmash".

Since 2008 he has been engaged in business activities related to the development and implementation of new technical and technological solutions in the oil and energy industries including alternative energy.

He is a high-class specialist with rich experience in the development and application of new technologies in projects that he has been involved in. He has more than 40 publications as well as his own inventions.

He has a Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences and has been engaged in scientific activity for more than 50 years. He is a leading specialist in research of photo-stimulated processes of heterogeneous systems. He has been heading the sector of photonics of surface phenomena in the Research Institute of Physics of St. Petersburg State University for almost 30 years. He is the co-founder and general director of the scientific and technical entity Aquadget LLC.

He ran research and creation of the aerospace equipment complex, system development (under the order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation), which were successfully tested and accepted by the Russian army. He is also a co-author of the practically used device and method of effective photo-chemical water purification.

He is a true veteran of scientific work with colossal experience, having published more than 90 scientific papers, many of which have already become classical in the concrete fields.

Jorge Lange is an independent consultant based in NY, focused on advising technology companies as well developing business plans for industries including general aviation manufacturing, energy, real estate, forestry and agriculture.

Experience includes work at Citicorp Industrial Credit -- leveraged lease financing of commercial aircraft, and early application of leveraged lease financing structure in the power industry. This was followed by work at Ogden Projects, which built bond-financed municipal waste-to-energy plants ranging in size from $50 million to $250 million.

At California Energy, Inc, Jorge worked on development and financing of geothermal power plants. The Company was later sold to Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Company. Together with California Energy, Jorge explored power plant project opportunities in Russia in the very early 1990, then set up a firm, Russian American Science, which, working with Chernogolovka, offered certain advanced technologies to western companies.

Most recently, he worked at Siguler Guff & Co., a New-York-based private equity firm which, in 1994, set up the $150 million Russia Partners fund.

Peter Lindholm, an expert at the World Bank, has been advising scientific, financial and manufacturing companies and startups in the field of innovation, commercialization and technology introduction for more than 20 years.

Since 1993, he worked in several countries of the European Union, the post-Soviet space, South-East Asia and South America.

His basic experience includes financing innovations, primarily seed and venture capital, managing existing projects, establishing technology transfer centers and commercialization centers.

Peter also acted as a business angel in 8 startups, which he oversees at the moment.

Michael serves as the CEO of Blockchain Ventures International, CEO of ICO Management Ltd, CEO & Publisher of "Blockchain Daily News", Executive Member of The Blockchain Council, and President of Bryant Trust Ltd. He additionally serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the BBILLER.com ICO, and as an Advisory Board Member for IPCHAIN Database and LightCash.io

Michael also serves as an Adjunct Professor of “International Corporate Finance” and “International Financial Accounting” in the Masters in International Business Program at Moscow's Higher School of Economics (HSE), and as a guest lecturer on Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies at the Moscow University of Finance & Law (MFUA);

Michael is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA); and a Certified Blockchain Expert (CBE). In addition to acquiring eleven late stage companies during his career, with revenues ranging from $2 million to $120 million, Michael was the founder of six startup companies, with activities ranging from 4-D Printing and online mining supply, to Education & Training and Musician Promotion.

Michael began his career in 1982 with a BSc. in Finance & Accounting from the University of South Carolina, after serving as a White House Intern in the Ronald Reagan administration. During his career he furthered his education by earning a MBA in International Business from Georgia State University, and a MA in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Harvard University and Tufts University.

She is a recognized expert in the field of intellectual property on trademarks and appellations of origin of goods. For 7 years she has headed the Chamber for Patent Disputes, she knows all the details of the mechanism for decision-making by the administrative authority.

Work in the Department of methodology of FIPS allowed Natalya to thoroughly examine the appellations of origin of goods that helps her to use efficiently all the advantages and disadvantages of this object of legal protection.

Great experience allows Natalya to develop a sound evidence base and to successfully defend the client's interests in disputes at courts, Rospatent and Federal Antimonopoly service.

Russian Patent attorney No. 1906, a certified mediator.