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TUMO
16 Halabyan Str.
Erevan, Erevan
Armenia

Ben Toker

Founder & CEO of Checkup

Ben is a serial entrepreneur passionate about digital health. His mission is to empower people to take charge of their health via measurable and actionable data. He is the Founder & CEO of Checkup, data-driven health management company that provides smart phone based testing, monitoring and interpretation. Prior to that he worked with organizations like U.S, Department of Health & Human Services, Google, Cisco. He has been in Apple ecosystem for over 15 years and launched one of the first apps in AppStore which reached 110M+ users. He serves on the board of AGBU-Silicon Valley, AVC and HyeTech as well as advises and mentors successful startups. In his spare time, he tries to explain the world to his twin boys. In his really spare time, he roasts his own coffee and makes different kind of home based pickles. His goal is to create world's first "Instant Khash".

Henri Arslanian

PwC FinTech & RegTech Leader, China/HK

Henri Arslanian is the PwC FinTech & RegTech Leader for China/Hong Kong and U.S. Liaison. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches graduate courses on Entrepreneurship in Finance as well as the first FinTech university course in Asia. Henri is a TEDx speaker with his last talk being the most watched FinTech video on YouTube. He is also a published author and is currently working on his next book to come out in early 2018. He also sits on the board of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and the board of the International RegTech Association. He holds a Masters in Chinese Law from Tsinghua University; a joint Global Executive MBA from Columbia Business School, London Business School, and Hong Kong University; a Masters in Transnational Law from the University of Sherbrooke; and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Montreal (Dean’s List of Excellence).

Nairyan Ensemble

Ensamble

Nairyan Ensamble was established in the framework of one of the culture projects implemented by Mugdusyan art center. The aim of the ensamble is to present Armenian music. Since 2015 the ensamble conducts some trainings for kids from disadvantaged families and creates opportunities for them to get education at Mughdusyan art center.

Narek Margaryan

Comedian

Narek Margaryan is an Armenian comedian, screenwriter and a passionate ice cream aficionado. In 2009, he co-created ArmComedy, the first satiric news site in Armenia, giving a fresh, funny, and controversial interpretation of current Armenian social and political developments. The site soon evolved into a television show that has satirized Armenian politics for over 5 years, and reaches viewers around the world. Narek also performs stand-up comedy and is a screenwriter credited for movies such as A Knight’s Move, Head of State and Honeymoon (expected to be released in 2017) Narek holds a Ph.D. in English and for several years lectured at the Yerevan State Brusov Linguistic University.

Narek Vardanyan

Founder of thecrowdfundingformula.com

Narek Vardanyan is a crowdfunding expert and consultant. His strategies and advice created 2 crowdfunding millionaires and many 6-figure campaigns. Narek recently demonstrated how to correctly use crowdfunding and benefit from it, with his Volterman Smart Wallet campaign, which raised $1.2 mln. within 45 days. He is the author of 57 Secrets of Crowdufunding guide and founder of thecrowdfundingformula.com, where he shares his strategies and tips.

Pyramidz Band

Music Band

The members of Pyramidz, the only electronic group of Tumo, got acquainted in December of 2013. As a result of the Tumo’s musical trainings, the group has been working for more than 3 years on the creation of electronic music and performance. During this period, Pyramidz managed to record one album, shoot three video clips and have a concerts in New York, Gyumri and in Yerevan under the guidance of group leader Shahen Khandkaryan, who is the trainer and electronic musician in Tumo. Pyramidz’s musical plans look farther as they are going to release another album, which, in their words, is a good example to show the development of the group in recent years. By using the latest technology in creation of songs and live performance, the members of the group want to be competitive in the international market and develop electronic music sector in Armenia.

Serge Kassardjian

Global Head of Media Apps for Google Play and Android

Serge Kassardjian is the Global Head of Media Apps for Google Play and Android. He currently leads global business development efforts with Media companies including Entertainment, Video, Sports, News, Virtual Reality and Cable verticals. He was on the launch team for Daydream Virtual Reality, Android TV and various Nexus devices. He formerly worked on incubation businesses in Google’s GeoCommerce division, focused on Payments and Offers and was a member of the original Google Wallet launch team doing merchant partnerships. He also was a Venture Capital Investor at Globespan Capital Partners and Corporate Development Director in Sony Music’s Global Digital Business. He started his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. He received his MBA from Harvard and Bachelors and Masters in Engineering from Stanford.

Taron Lizagub

Founder of Knoxlabs

Taron was born in Yerevan and moved to coastal Yerevan (Glendale) at age eleven. He successfully failed three or more startups and struck virtual with Knoxlabs in 2015, a virtual reality headset lab and one of the first Google VR partners. Then he founded Rodin, a platform for developing virtual and augmented reality applications and democratizing the field. He likes long walks on the beach and serious biographies and is driven by the passion of bridging how our senses interact with technology in creating everyday products that are emotional extensions of ourselves.

Tigran Sloyan

Co-founder/CEO of CodeFights

Tigran is the co-founder/CEO of CodeFights, a technology company on a mission to discover, develop and promote tech talent all over the world. Since its launch in September of 2014, CodeFights has attracted $12.5M in investments from some of the most prominent Silicon Valley investors and over a million engineers from more than 200 countries becoming one of the largest developer communities in the world. As a school student, Tigran represented Armenia in multiple international math competitions winning 4 medals and several other top tier awards in math. Tigran has Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from MIT and previous experience working at Google and Oracle.

Yeva Hyusyan

Co-Founder and CEO of SoloLearn

Yeva is the Co-Founder and CEO of SoloLearn, a global community of mobile code learners engaged in the most entertaining way to learn and simply hangout with each other in the coding world. With about 3M coder profiles, SoloLearn is becoming a popular spot for young people to improve their competitive ranking in today’s world. A varied background – ranging from startups (a founder of a startup accelerator), to corporate sales (Microsoft GM), to development assistance (US Government) – has made it certain that anyone’s passion can be encouraged by making things fun! Yeva holds an MBA from Maastricht School of Management (the Netherlands) and is an Executive Program graduate from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. She is married and has two daughters and a son. She loves travel, sunny weather, and positive people.