Executive Management

Mark McGee, Managing Director of Global Operations
Mark joined Quantum Art in 2006 as Director of Professional Services after a five-year tour in Germany, where he worked as Senior Product Manager at Intershop Communications, an enterprise e-commerce software developer, and as the EMEA program lead at Hewlett-Packard for PRM Integration. While in Germany, Mark attended the Euro*MBA program  and earned an International MBA. Previously, Mark cut his teeth in enterprise consulting as Principal Consultant for Intershop San Francisco. Prior to Intershop, Mark worked as Director of Program Management for SBC Internet Services (now AT&T), and as Project Manager / Business Analyst at Franklin Resources Sales & Marketing. In addition to helping customers find success with content management and e-commerce solutions, Mark is a CRM business process and systems expert. Mark grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and studied Philosophy and Business Economics at University of California Santa Barbara.

Wayne Chambliss, Managing Director of Business Development
Building on a decade of software entrepreneurship and executive experience, Wayne has been a key force in developing and sustaining an extensive roster of satisfied Quantum Art clients in North America and around the globe. Before Quantum Art, Wayne was an analyst for Capstone Ventures, a VC firm focused on high-technology investments. Prior to that, he was the Technology Strategy Director for Gene Security Network, a biotech start-up funded by Sequoia and Claremont Creek Ventures. Before that, he was a co-founder and Vice President of Business Development of Nomea, LLC (now ConnectAndSell, based in India), which at that time focused on maximizing sales through business process outsourcing for a portfolio of clients in the biotech and software industries. His background also includes a stint as Sales Director for Tamarind, Inc., which produces corporate social utility software. Wayne attended Stanford University, where he pursued dual degrees in Symbolic Systems and English & Italian Literatures. When time permits, he is a widely published poet, translator of Italian and Russian poetry, and media critic.

Aparna Iyer, Vice President of Services
Aparna is an accomplished strategist and leader in innovating robust business solutions and state-of-the-art web technologies. At Quantum Art, she combines research and analysis of customers, opportunities, competitors, technology, and market trends to manage the next generation of the company's CMS products and solutions. Prior to Quantum Art, Aparna led the technology and operations of Sun Microsystems' Sales and Marketing portals. There she evangelized and led cross-department initiatives on social networking, championed a green data center, and built efficient and cost effective applications. Before joining Sun, Aparna worked as a Senior Program Manager at Pro Unlimited, a global workforce management company. There, programs she led for clients earned her the "Rising Star of Technology" national award from Career Communications Group for Excellence in Science and Technology. Previously, she pioneered various key technology initiatives for large-scale projects at business solutions leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and India-based CMC Limited, an end-to-end IT solutions provider. Aparna has an engineering degree from Mumbai University, India. She is a cheerful optimist who loves to spend quality time with her family and travel the globe.

Board of Directors

Eugene Nikiforov, Chairman & Co-Founder
Eugene is a seasoned international business leader, and has been involved in electronic commerce since 1996. Prior to co-founding Quantum Art in 1998, Eugene was Director of Multimedia Development at Fountainhead Management. There, he oversaw a wide portfolio of clients including market leaders such as Canon and Simon and Schuster, enabling each to determine appropriate Internet strategies, evaluate applicability of software solutions, and assess and project long-term performance. Prior to joining Fountainhead, Eugene managed a long-term consulting engagement for Citibank, working with the internal technology division to develop the bank’s first Internet-based global financial platform. Prior to Citibank, Eugene served as Senior Financial Advisor at Interpegro Trading Company, managing the firm’s international financial transactions across a wide channel of partners, and supporting the firm’s Moscow, London, Berlin, Warsaw, and Zurich offices. In addition to his role as chairman and founder of Quantum Art, Eugene is also the founder and CEO of Ixtens, an ecommerce and product lifecycle solution provider. He holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy and Sociology from Moscow State University, and speaks 7 languages.