Mark Natkin - Managing Director
Mark Natkin has over 8 years experience working in East Asia for telecommunications and IT focused consultancies and various major multi-nationals, including Weyerhaeuser, Qualcomm, Motorola, and General Electric. He has a strong background in sales, marketing, strategic planning, and general management, and has led successful projects in manufacturing localization, distribution channels development, China wireless market entry, non-market strategy enhancement, and market research. He is a graduate of Princeton University, holds MBA and MA Asian studies degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, and is highly proficient in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.

Tao Li - Senior Consultant
Tao Li has over 9 years experience working in the telecommunications industry, including management positions with both Motorola and the China Putian Group. He is particularly skilled in technical roadmap development, R&D management, strategic planning, and general management, and has designed and led a variety of projects in software development, product planning, and market entry. He is a graduate of Shanghai Jiaotong University, a native Mandarin Chinese speaker, and is highly proficient in English.

Arden Koontz - Advisor
Arden Koontz has a broad range of experience, including high-tech product management and venture fund management positions for Macromedia and US Bancorp Piper Jaffray. He has held various Greater China-focused positions with the Dalian Institute of Technology, Cathay Overseas Trade, the World Bank, and Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company, and is proficient in Mandarin Chinese. Arden holds a BA in Psychology from Princeton University and MBA and MA Asian Studies degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.

Robert Tanner - Advisor
Robert Tanner has previously held a variety of China-focused positions, including Mobile Data Product Management Director for Siemens Shanghai Mobile, where he was responsible for the development of the company's mobile data strategy and sales, Executive Director of Business Development for eSAMSUNG China, where he devised eSAMSUNG's investment strategy and designed their Internet incubation development center for wireless/mobile start-ups, Consultant with Accenture's (formerly Andersen Consulting) China Strategy Group, and China Operations Supervisor for Baskin-Robbins International in Beijing. He has also led Chinese Internet market research studies and devised market entry formulations for eBay and CNK Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. He is a graduate of Wittenberg University (Magna cum Laude), holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a fluent Mandarin speaker.

Eric Rosenblum - Advisor
Eric is Chairman of Smartpay, China's leading mobile payment company, with over 150 employees. Prior to founding Smartpay, he was an executive with ChinaNow Ltd, a Shanghai-based media company (which built titles such as "Shanghai Weekly"). He began his career in China over 12 years ago with the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised multiple Fortune 500 companies on their China operations, and several Chinese state-owned enterprises (including the China Development Bank). He was also formerly a Strategist with IBM Internet Group, in Sommer, New York. He graduated from Harvard University (Magna cum Laude), received an MBA from MIT's Sloan School and is a fluent Mandarin speaker.