Appendix: Biography - Mark D. Minevich

Visionary and Goal oriented technology executive with demonstrated experience and credentials looking for an opportunity to drive growth of domestic and multi-national corporations by employing sound thought leadership, market research, strategy, talent for leveraging business needs and technological innovations, capabilities, and expertise building top-performing organizations.

• Start-Up & Growth of Technology Organizations

• Entrepreneurial & Corporate Experience • P&L Management

• Cross-Functional Team Management

• Global Perspective/Experience

• C-Level Relationships

• Innovation

• Commercialization•International Offshoring

•Business Development•Strategic Alliances

Executive Summary

• Fuel revenue growth and provide companies with competitive advantage through sound leadership and strategic planning in planning, development, and implementation of technology and innovation initiatives. Employ a direct, decisive leadership style critical in translating organizational vision and strategy into actionable plans that achieve aggressive business goals. Excellent business, technology and strategic thinker with win-win results driven business leadership and creative problem solving in times of stress and change.

• Provide World Class expertise on Innovation and Commercialization. Formerly a global CTO and Strategist for IBM Corporation Worldwide Incubator and Commercialization Program. Involved in setting up a world wide Commercialization and Incubator program for the IBM Corporation

• Maintain extensive set of global and domestic C-level strategic, IBM, business, and technology leadership influencer relationships. Extensive credentials, track record and experience in global and domestic business development

• Leverage technical, business, and entrepreneurial skills in tackling complex technology challenges, linking new technologies and innovations with market and customer needs, and developing/building technology organizations and professional services groups. Experience and proven skills in market research, technology audits, assessment of IP value, strategy, market intelligence and risk management, analysis, innovation, new product Development and Project Management. Extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of technology players, market, key issues, identifying new and emerging technologies, viability of proposed enterprise solutions, globalization, emerging business models, emerging markets, development of future strategies, and strategic alliances.

• Top-rated speaker at internationally renowned technology conferences and seminars, including Internet World , US Russian Venture, International Conferences, US Commerce/State Department Workshops, Universities, and Corporations. Presented Strategic CTO Whitepaper to InfoWorld Magazine and Infoworld CTO Forum (April 2003)

• Chairman of Technology Leadership Council and Author of upcoming book on Next Generation CTO as a Change Agent

Biography

Mark is a managing principal in Marksoft Holdings, an international technology management firm focusing on globalization, incubation, commercialization, outsourcing, and international strategy. Mark is currently a consultant Director of Global Strategy for an international technology off shoring firm focused research, on demand prototyping, and custom software development based in New York, London, San Francisco and St.Petersburg, Russia. Mark is responsible for global strategy, market -competitive intelligence, strategic alliances, and C-Level Business Development for the international technology offshoring firm.

Mark is also serving as a strategic advisor and consultant to Medisource Ventures Group and MEC Equity Partners related management consulting, business development innovation and commercialization in Moscow, Russia. Furthermore, Mark is a strategic advisor and consultant to Global Southern Ventures, based in Houston, Texas in the innovation enterprise creation and management consulting. Mark has formed, and is an active Chairman of New York- New Jersey Technology Leadership Council. Mark is a member of US Russian Business Council, CIO Collective, and National Business Incubation Association.

Mark has advised US Government/Department of Commerce on technical policy, technology acquisition and technology ventures via the bilateral relationship with Eastern Block Countries and Russia.

Mark has recently served as a CTO and Incubator Strategy Director at IBM. Throughout his career, Mark has served as a CTO and a Strategist for several public and private companies. He has guided investments in venture opportunities that serve the strategic, portfolio, and growth ambitions of IBM partners and clients. As a Global CTO and Incubator Director at IBM Next Generation, his responsibilities ranged at worldwide level for one of the leading technology firms in the world. He has created benchmarks and critical success factors for ranking VCs, incubators and influencers. In his work, he was also responsible for creating vendor alliances and strategic relationships with investment banks and global analysts. In IBM Corporation, he created strategy, roadmap and thought leadership for worldwide Next Generation, Emerging Business opportunities, Going Global and Incubator Program. He has effectively positioned the roadmap in IBM Corporation for corporation incubation for leverage within large multi national corporations.

During his tenure at USWEB/CKS, he has acted as Global CTO, where he has managed the operational infrastructure, development methodology, and technical resources. He was responsible for leading the business and technical strategy throughout the organization. He led the implementation of multiple, high profile e-business technical solutions. Prior to USWEB/CKS, he has held a number of technology and strategic management positions within VitaSave, Qwest communications, Geotek Communications, Huffmann La Roche, and Comcast.

Mark has advised the US Government/Department of Commerce on technical policy, technology acquisition and technology ventures via the bilateral relationship with Eastern Block Countries and Russia. His expertise, experience, and skill-set are focused on globalization, incubation, strategy, technical direction and forecasting, technical management, and strategic partnerships and alliances. Mark has performed key leadership roles at Fortune 100 and emerging companies, combining strategy, business development, organizational design, strategic alliances, market intelligence, management, emerging business, and technology discipline. He has conducted due diligence, business and technical strategy. As an executive-strategic consultant, he has led incubation and business strategy movements for emerging growth companies and ventures. He has participated in the staffing of the management teams, creating a business vision, and all of the necessary relationship and partnership agreements for e-business ventures. His assignments have ranged from strategic-growth consultations and new-business creation to development of emerging market, business opportunities, and growth strategies and leadership coaching. Over his career, he has created technical methodologies, and managed the architecture of complex systems and solutions.

Mark is a world recognized speaker at universities, venture capital roundtables and United States Government events, and maintains extensive relationships with Analysts and Investment Capital, Technology companies, and Professional Services. He has participated in several key government workshops/seminars, and has been quoted in technology publications such as Infoworld, Microsoft Press for .NET solution, several international Technology Venture forums and events. Mark has participated in Sr. Government US-Russian Venture Workgroup.

Mark is currently authoring a book on Next Generation Technology Executives and Global Innovation.

Mr. Minevich holds a B.S. in Computer Science, Montclair State University and an M.B.A. in Information Management, Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr. Minevich is currently pursuing a Federal CIO Certificate at the University of Maryland.

• Active Member of the CIO Collective, US Russian Business Council, the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia and the US-Russian Technology Roundtable

• Founder and Chairman of the Technology Leadership Forum of Greater New York and New Jersey

  • Hosted the TLC Global Change Executive Forum www.tlcexecutivesummit.com in October 2003

• Member of the Technology Leadership Council and Member of InfoWorld CTO Network

• Member of the National Business Incubation Association

• Continue to maintain business and C-Level relationships with IBM network of contacts.

• Presenter and Guest Lecturer to United States Government, Department of Commerce and Department of Defense. Lectured at universities and academic institutions on the venture investment, strategic consulting, and CTO related topics.

• Mentioned in the press and media: InfoWorld, Quoted by Microsoft .NET article, International Venture Forum, and USWEB/CKS press and US Department of Commerce Public Relation

  • US Dept of Commerce US /Russian Venture Summit

    • www.ta.doc.gov/reports/International/US-Russia020315.pdf

  • CIO Collective

    • http://www.cio-collective.com/who.html

  • CTO to CEO Transitio

    • http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/31/05ctceo_1.html?s=cto

  • CTO Strategy

    • http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/22/030122ctstrats_1.html?s=cto

  • Microsoft Case Study

    • www.microsoft.com/servers/evaluation/casestudies/Comedy.doc

    • www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=12260

Honors & Awards & Books

• Award Best Internet/Intranet Portal, Microsoft (1997)

• Leadership achievement award from IBM Corporation (2001)

• Awarded an opportunity to author an upcoming book on a CTO job manual: Next Generation CTO as a Change Agent (Winder 2004)

• Presented a whitepaper on CTO role - InfoWorld (April 2003)

• http://www.infoworld.com/cto/cto_crn_hom.html

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Internet World (New York)

• International Venture Forum (Palms Springs, CA)

• US Dept of Commerce/US Russian Government Venture Roundtable (Washington, DC)

• US Dept of State Entrepreneurship Conference (

• SABIT/Dept of commerce Training (Philadelphia, PA)

• National Business Incubation Conference (San Jose, CA)

• New York Venture forum (New York)

• New York University and Farleigh Dickenson University

• Technology Leadership Council (New York)