Alexander Turkot has over twenty years of combined experience in the management of investment companies, Telecom, and IT projects on major international markets. He holds MSc in Computers & Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Economics. In 2008 he joined MySpace Russia (at this time world No.1 social network platform). Within the next 2 years, Alexander serves as CEO and Managing Partner of the Eastern European branch of MySpace. Alexander started his work in Skolkovo Foundation Russia Silicon Valley project, in November 2010, in the position of Executive Director of IT Cluster where he was responsible for all IT projects in co-operation with leading universities and companies such as MIT, MSU, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, CISCO, etc. In January 2013, Alexander established Maxfield Capital, an international VC firm with a focus on early-stage IT projects.