Curriculum Vitae:

— Born in Helsinki, Finland, to a family involved in the arts, literature and journalism. Studied philosophy, French literature, mathematical logic, cognitive science, computing, information architecture. Early career in U.S. as artist (painter).

— Became headhunter specializing in IBM mainframe operating systems (Multiple Virtual Storage — "MVS").

— President and equity partner in MultiMate, leading word-processing software application for the IBM PC. Marketing, licensing, capital raising. Sold share of company (32.5%) to Silicon Valley & Boston venture capital firm Greylock Partners.

— International Marketing Director for Haka-Stroi (the Russia unit of Haka, then Finland's largest construction company); catalyst in formation of joint ventures bringing together leading U.S. firms (United Technologies, Parsons Corporation). Haka-Stroi built the Len Otis Lift (Russia's first digital elevator factory) for Otis Elevator.

— Arranged U.S.-Finnish partnerships in strategically important projects (e.g., repurposing of a Soviet era space and defense electronics plant of "Minradiokom," the Soviet Ministry of Radio Industry). Venture development to help U.S. role in Russia, accelerate capitalism, support reduction of WMDs. Worked in cooperation with the foreign trade agency of the government of Finland (Finland Trade Centers, now "FinPro") and McDonnell-Douglas.

— NCC Projects co-founder -- a Helsinki-based construction-engineering firm that combined Russia expertise with the financial resources of NCC Ab, the Swedish construction conglomerate. NCC is noted for infrastructure such as massive bridges and oil platform foundations.

— Developed U.S. energy and aerospace ventures in Russia and Kazakhstan (for example, Occidental Petroleum in Nizhevartovsk; the Chevron Tengiz-Korolev oil fields) and elsewhere in the Former Soviet Union.

— Leading role in arranging project finance for international construction via US government agencies (TDA, OPIC, Ex-Im Bank, USAID) and private sources (investment banks, major consulting firms).

— Speaker on technology, venture start-ups and innovation at national and international conferences, to industry, government and educational institutions, including Yale, the University of Michigan, the Finland Trade Center network (FinPro), the DMC (Defense Systems Management College ), the US Export-Import Bank, and Houston, TX oil and gas interests.

— Business development for EPS Software Corp., prominent software boutique focused on Microsoft-based "enterprise" custom software development. EPS is visible within the industry for its multiple Microsoft MVPs, its advanced .Net frameworks (Milos Solution Platform) and legacy migration services / tools (VFP to .Net conversions). The company publishes CoDe Magazine .

— Health care IT for Sogeti, part of Capgemini.

— Currently, Principal at Digital Greenfield LLC, technology and software consulting. Concurrent: Executive Director of the IICC Nanotechnology Fund at a Houston investment banking and private equity firm. Active in software, nanotechnology investments, energy, and securities markets (hedge fund strategies).