Mr. Ratmir Timashev served as Board Member at 5nine Software. Mr. Ratmir Timashev Co-Founded ABRT Venture Fund. He was a Board Member at N2W Software. He is also a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member and Executive Vice President at Veeam. He has more than a decade of entrepreneurial experience. In 1993, he founded Midwestern Commerce, the predecessor of Aelita Software, and in the capacity of CEO has led the company to an extraordinary growth. In 2004, after Aelita was acquired by Quest Software, Timashev took the position of General Manager of Microsoft Business Unit at Quest. Having worked in Quest Software for about a year, Ratmir founded new company-Veeam Software and headed it as president.He also serves on Board of N2W Software. Ratmir Timashev possesses a rare combination of proven business savvy, forward-looking technical knowledge and market vision. Ratmir brings to bear more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience building, advising and investing in successful technology companies. As Veeam Software's Co-Founder and Executive Vice President (EVP), WW Sales and Marketing, Mr. Timashev is responsible for global go-to-market functions including Sales, Alliances and Marketing. In 1997, he founded Aelita Software, provider of award-winning Windows Server systems management software. In 2004, Aelita was acquired by Quest Software, and after ensuring the successful continuation of Aelita's products and strategy at Quest, Ratmir founded Veeam Software to provide similar systems management solutions for modern virtualized data center infrastructures. Over the last decade, Ratmir's vision and drive has seen Veeam to become one of the largest private software companies in the world with revenue booking projected to reach $1 Billion in 2018 and 3,000 employees worldwide. Veeam has become the leader and the innovative provider of data management and protection by creating a new market category of Availability for the Always-On Enterprise. Ratmir earned a master's degree in Chemical Physics from the Ohio State University in 1995. He continues to share his knowledge and ideas to fuel innovative IT solutions around the world.