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The team Behind daGeek

	Einar Sigvaldason - Chief Executive Officer Thirteen years general management, marketing, finance and entrepreneurship. Co-owner and CEO of Peocon retail intelligence. Founder and CEO of Skandinvest venture capital fund of fund in cooperation with Frjalsi Investment bank. Co-founder and CEO of the Swapfish online seafood exchange portal. International stock exchange trader at Fjarvangur (now Kaupthing) serving as the exclusive representative of Fidelity Investments in Iceland. MBA from Berkeley. MS in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Iceland and Universidad de Complutense in Madrid. Certified stock exchange trader. Fifteen years of various psychological coursework. Volunteer psychological advisor for the Red Cross. Passionate about movies and music. Speaks five languages. "I founded daGeek because I desperately needed movie and song recommendations from someone who I can trust to think like me. I’ve also always loved self-psychoanalysis. I felt there was a need for an online application; not just personality tests but also a way to rate my likes, dislikes and life experience in order to map myself more deeply than before.”
	Mikhail Benkovich - Chief Technology Officer Software Developer in the field of Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics with emphasis in High-Performance Computing and Cryptography. Team leader and project manager of Notando Ukraine team. MSc in Applied Mathematics. "I use the activity page to get a read on whats going on, are there new books or music albums that might be worth checking out."
	Dmitry Khrysev - Software Developer Over 7 years experience in the field of Software Development. Expertise in Software Architecture, Object Oriented programming, Designing & Prototyping, Database designing. Software developer for Nontando, developed online service for managing/tracking shipping containers. MS in Computer Science Donetsk State University, Mathematics Faculty. "On daGeek I learn about new movies and watch trailers of the ones I want to see. Having Wikipedia, YouTube and Amazon on the same page gives me everything I need without jumping around from site to site."
	Andrew Zavadsky - Software Developer More then four years engaged in professional development of Internet applications based on PHP technology. Web developer for Notando Ukraine, developer of Xbokhald accounting system. "The greatest thrill for a programmer is to have his work be popular. I hope daGeek is succesful and that many users get enjoyment from using the social network. Personally I use Movie and Music Twins to find and rate my favourite films and artists."
	Eggert Claessen – Chairman of the board Founder and investor in a number of companies in the field of computer hardware or software. In Iceland, the chairman of GoPro ltd., an IBM and Microsoft partner, and chair of the Association of Icelandic IT Companies. In Scotland, associated with Metis Partners as a non-executive director on matters relating to leveraging non balance sheet assets. Executive chairman in EJS UK ltd., a MBS business partner at Amivox ltd., a mobile solutions company. A non-executive director in Formedix ltd., a software company. A qualified partner with the Scottish Co-Investment fund and a member of Connect Scotland and LINC, the association of Scottish Business Angels. Holds a doctorate in business administration from Henley Management College, U.K. “What I love about daGeek is that its not just about one domain – genre, I can use it for several things. Since I joined Einar in the spring of 2007 I’ve been amazed by the depth and yet structural simplicity of our software.”
	Sigurður Arnljótsson – board member Investment Manager at Hringras Investments. Former CEO and co-founder of CCP the creator of Eve Online currently the third largest massive multiplayer online game in the world. CFO of Industria a leading IPTV solutions provider. Consultant for Nysir and Lazytown. H older of an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Iceland. “When I travel I want a hotel with a view, with no houses surrounding, not old unless its Victorian style and no more than 5min walk from a tranquil pedestrian town centre. If its in a big city, then it can have houses around it but must be new on the inside. I can use the travel category on daGeek to rate these preferences and find someone who shares my opinion. Then use her top ratings to select hotels in a city where she has been and I plan to visit. I will do the same for Restaurants and I will rate my top cities, countries and geographical areas to get new ideas where to go. From someone with proven preference resemblance to mine -- not just a friend, a family member or a travel agency representative. None of whom resemble me in any details."
	Ingvar Gudmundsson – board member Founder of Bepaid.com, where users would get paid for watching advertisments -- previously the 200th most visited website in the world. Founder and CEO of Notando online accounting software (currently under development). Founder and CEO of Skjavarpi.is, Xbokhald.is, Handtak.is and Logiledger.com. Investment partner at Skandinvest. MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iceland. Manages those daGeek programmers that work in the Ukraine. “What I want to use daGeek for is similar to Bepaid.com in that in the future I want to tell advertisers that I love to ski but can’t stand the cold, have back problems, and am basically a risk-averse adventurer. Then I want to rent this information out. What I want to get from this is some money and narrowcasted ads more tailored to my needs. It could be an ad promoting a cold-protected ski suit and a trip to Alaska this winter to a health spa with scooters and exciting but easy ski-walking mountaineering trips.”
	Páll Kolbeinsson – board member CEO of Element Software company from 1999 to 2005. Managing Partner at Harbourvest Venture Capital Partners. Degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. “I constantly look for new authors and book titles to read. Especially in airports, I find myself staring at the book covers not knowing what I might like. I want to be able to use my blackberry to type in the title of the book I have in my hand to know how my twins rated it. Or simply ask daGeek for my twins’ top 5 list. But it must work smooth. Meaning I must be able to narrow down my twins recommendations to the titles that are likely to be available in the airport store (in other words, the most popular books).”