I have been working with amazing teams in more than ten tech and media companies in my career. All of them have had one thing in common - a quest to disrupt the status quo, create new industries from scratch or change the way things are being done. I strongly believe the companies must have an answer to the question "Why".

* Starship Technologies (COO, 2015-18) introduced the first new class of transportation devices after Segway and became the global leader in self-driving delivery robotics.

* MTVP (Managing Partner, 2004-present) is one of the very first venture capital companies in the Baltic states, Russia and Ukraine, introducing tech funding in the region that had almost no functioning VC industry

* MicroLink (CEO, 1998-2004) was a leading PC maker in the Baltic states that we turned into the largest enterprise IT services, online media, and tech investment company.

* Delfi (co-founder, Chairman, 1998-2004) created the online media industry in the Baltic states and continues to be a strong #1 on the market.

* Baltic News Service (co-founder, CEO, 1990-98) introduced Western-style, technology-based news reporting to the Baltics and is still #1 news agency in the region

* SAF Tehnika (Chairman, 1999-2004) became one of the global leaders in microwave radio links industry, and the first NASDAQ-listed tech company in the Baltics

* Reach-U (Chairman) is a leading location-based services platform company for mobile carriers

* Invisible.io (Chairman, investor) is passionate about "making enterprise software invisible"

* Reksoft (Chairman, investor) became one of the most respected software development companies in Eastern Europe.

I am passionate about hardware, online media, professional news and corporate intelligence, consumer-facing services, tech investments, aerospace, greentech etc.