Anton Grachev SIT Advisor to the Chairman. Speaker at the World Economic Forum Meeting 2017 in Davos, Switzerland. Former CEO of Kazan IT Park, COO of Innopolis-City, Member of the Global Shapers Community, and Deputy Director of Treasury Department at Tatfondbank, TFB. Ph.D. in Marketing (ongoing).

Fabio Pammolli Fabio Pammolli is a member of SIT Strategic Advisory Board. Professor of Economics, Finance and Management Science at Politecnico di Milano. Founding Rector of the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies in Lucca. Guest lecturer at Sciences Po (OFCE), the London School of Economics (Sticerd), Harvard University (Econ), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (LIDS), University (Dept. of Physics), Northeastern University, and the Italian Institute of Technology. Since 2015, Member of the Investment Committee of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) at the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg.

Serguei Beloussov Serguei Beloussov is the founder of SIT. Singaporean tech entrepreneur and thought leader on virtualization, cloud automation, and cyber protection. Founded 20+ companies, including Acronis, Parallels, Virtuozzo, , Runa Capital, Phystech Ventures, and Qwave Capital venture funds. Filed 200+ patents (USPTO) with an H-index of 37. Currently focused on Acronis, a rapidly growing global leader in cyber protection. M.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering, cum laude, Ph.D. in Computer Science, and D.Sc. (hc) in Computer Science.

Ilya Baimetov Chief Product Officer of SIT Alemira. Former product manager/architect at ’s Azure WAN development. Responsible for product and technology ideas at the bases of Mighty Call, Parallels Desktop, Virtuozzo, Odin Cloud Blue, and Acronis Cyber Protect. Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIPT. Based in Seattle.

Ilya Shimchik Team Principal at Acronis SIT Autonomous. Passionate about autonomous racing, robotics, and engineering best practices. Former Chief Robotics Officer at REMY Robotics. Founder of the Atlas racing team, which won 2nd place in the Didi-Udacity self-driving car competition on vehicle detection and tracking in . 2020 Roborace contestant. MSc in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Philipp Boksberger Philipp Boksberger is the Managing Director of SIT Academy. CEO of the Lorange Institute of Business Zurich. CEO/President of the new CEIBS Zurich Campus, responsible for the Global Executive MBA Program. Ph.D. in Consumer Behaviour from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. At SIT, Philipp oversees executive education programs.

Elena Novoselova SIT VP of Communication, Outreach, and Grants Management. Former Head of Dissemination at Graphene Flagship, a European Union-funded €1 billion scientific and technology project. At SIT, Elena manages the outreach portfolio by organizing SIT Insights in Technology Talks, SIT annual Science & Technology conference, and other educational events. Laurent Dedenis CEO Alemira and CEO and co-founder of Chainstack. 20+ years of experience managing teams and technology companies such as Microsoft Dynamics, Parallels, Acumatica, and Acronis, both at start-up and growth stages. Until 2019, Laurent was the Chief Revenue Officer of Acronis. Ph.D. in International Business Administration from the International University of America in San Francisco. Based in Singapore.