Aparna Iyer
Managing Director 
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
Co-Founder and Board Member
Eugene is a seasoned international business leader, and has been involved in electronic commerce since 1996. Prior to founding Ixtens in 2000, Eugene was the CEO of Quantum Art, an on-demand business solutions company, which he still chairs. Prior to founding Quantum Art, Eugene was the Director of Multimedia Development at Fountainhead Management (acquired by Intershop Communications in 1998).

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. Eugene holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy and Sociology from Moscow State University, and speaks 7 languages.

Edward Shenderovich
Co-founder and Board Member
Edward Shenderovich co-founded Ixtens in 2000, together with Eugene Nikiforov. He has since moved on to other ventures, but is an active board member of Ixtens. Since 2008, Edward is the Managing Director of Kite Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm based in Moscow, which he founded. Prior to Kite Ventures, Edward was one of the founding executives and Head of Strategic Development at SUP, a Moscow-based online media company, which runs LiveJournal.com, Gazeta.ru, and other leading Russian media brands. Prior to SUP, Edward was the CEO of Quantum Art, an on-demand online business solutions company he co-founded. Before Quantum Art, Edward worked at Silicon Valley Bank as the Industry Analyst in Communications and Online Services. Edward graduated from University of California, Berkeley, and is a fellow and a professor of business modeling at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy.