Ilya Alshine is the Founder of imageSurge Inc. As its President, Ilya drives the company’s technology vision and strategy to continue setting imageSurge apart as the leader in digital signage industry. Ilya drives the company’s technology vision and strategy to continue setting imageSurge apart as the leader in digital signage industry. In 2012, he conceived and led development of imageSurge’s patent-pending, through-window touch-sensing technology. Prior to imageSurge, Ilya spent over 20 years at the intersection of media and technology, spearheading international operations for global leaders such as Sony-BMG, BBC, Caesar’s Entertainment, MTV, Playboy, CTC Media and EF Education, as well as several successful entrepreneurial ventures. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Oleg A. Vyadro is the CEO and Co-Founder of imageSurge. Oleg oversaw the company’s initial go-to-market activities, and is responsible for managing operations, business growth, and organizational development. Prior to imageSurge, Oleg co-founded and served as Managing Director of inSegment, Inc., a New England full-service digital marketing agency, recently ranked #1,069 on the 2015 Inc. Magazine 5,000, and #174 in Advertising & Marketing. Oleg started his professional career as a corporate attorney at the Boston firm Goodwin Procter, specializing in start-up formation and funding, IPO registrations and ongoing public company compliance, and investment company regulation. He is a graduate of Boston University and Harvard Law School.

Joe spearheads product development and drives the architectural vision of the imageSurge platform. He has over 15 years of software, multimedia, and web development experience, producing innovative digital solutions for companies such as Nike, Sony Music, the Gap, and Disney. Joe served as lead interactive developer on websites for Electrolux, Cotton Incorporate, and Maybelline, and worked on online campaigns for Nike, NASCAR, and the Versus Network. He is a graduate of Connecticut College where he studied Graphic Design and Computer Science.

Delida Costin is an accomplished attorney and seasoned technology executive with twenty years of Silicon Valley experience. She has a track record of transitioning fast-paced, high growth companies from venture-backed to public. In her capacity as General Counsel at Pandora Media, Delida built and led the legal team that took the company public in 2011. Previously, she was vice president and assistant general counsel at CNET Networks, which was subsequently purchased by CBS. Most recently, Delida served as general counsel at Lynda.com and assisted with the company’s sale to LinkedIn. She has been named one of Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business in 2012 and 2013 by the San Francisco Business Times. She gets excited by products that rip through culture, changing consumer expectations and behavior. Full bio here: DelidaCostin.com.

Semyon Dukach is a serial entrepreneur who studied computer science at Columbia University and MIT. He has co-authored work on virtual worlds at IBM Research and wrote the Simple Network Payment Protocol, which was one of the earliest ways to transfer money on the Internet. During grad school at MIT, he joined the now-famous MIT blackjack team that has had their story told in bestselling novels and Hollywood hits.