Management Marketing

Igor Barash

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SENIOR OPERATING EXECUTIVE

With Over 15 Years of Executive Leadership and a Track Record of Success.

Career Profile

Co-founded CyberDefender Corporation (NASDAQ: CYDE) – reaching over 100 million users worldwide.

Responsible for growing revenues from $0 to over $64m per year and growing company valuation 20x within

just a few years of going public. Grew the company to over 700 employees and contractors and was ranked

98 by Deloitte (http://bit.ly/rsWXeA), as one of the fastest growing companies in North America in 2011.

Results driven senior executive experienced in operations, online and direct response marketing (radio and

TV), technology development, P&L, and e-commerce. Proven ability to develop and direct highly successful

departments and groups. Able to produce dramatic increases in sales, revenue and profitability through

customer acquisition and cost reduction. Years of experience with managing department and company

functional divisions, including business development, marketing, software development and call center

operations. Experienced in creating and implementing policies and procedures, building partnerships and

negotiating business contracts. Experienced in leading company mission, vision, strategy and

technologies. Able to bridge the gap between the technical and non-technical departments and

stakeholders. Outstanding presentation, motivation, and communication skills.

Core areas of expertise include:

Direct Response Marketing Direct To Consumer Acquisition Organizational Design & Restructuring

Business Development Executive Management Team Building & Leadership

Time and Resource Optimization Business Analytics New Product & Technology Launch

eCommerce Strategy and Delivery Creative Strategy Strategic Partnerships

Call Center Operations Revenue Growth Vendor & Contract Negotiations

Professional Experience

M-THEORY GROUP / SINGULARITY VENTURES – Los Angeles CA 2013 - Present

Chief Operating Officer

A dynamic emerging growth company that serves an array of industries such as Finance, IT, Food,

Healthcare, Venture Community, Manufacturing, Business services, Entertainment, Legal, Gaming

and Telecommunications. M-Theory designs, procures, installs, maintains and finances Technology

Infrastructure, accessories, security and other technology related services for small and medium size

businesses. Delivering managed applications and services covering a wide range of mission critical

technology needs of a business including operational management, network infrastructure and

telecommunications.

• Introduced new marketing channels

• Directly managed entire technology team

• Redesigned and launched new website

• Implemented new structured affiliate and reseller programs

• Implemented full CRM process for customer lifecycle tracking

• Results driven, interactive “Team Management” philosophy and leadership style, which has yielded

rapid growth and organizational development.

• Open communication, hands on, highly visible leadership and management style that has been

extremely successful reaching and motivating all levels of the organization.

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Professional Experience Continued

CYBERDEFENDER CORP – Los Angeles, CA 2003 – 2012

Co-founder / Chief Operating Officer

Direct to consumer marketing company of desktop computer software for internet security, PC optimization

and remote pc repair services primarily through its brands, MyCleanPC.com, MaxMySpeed.com,

DoubleMySpeed.com and USTechsupport.com. Marketing brands online and through direct response radio

and TV.

• Leading customer acquisition with 12 quarters of consecutive revenue growth.

• Driving key business functions to eventual listing in NASDAQ in 2007.

• Direct oversight of all technology including development, IT and call center systems.

• Reduced overhead by $1 Million per month after taking ownership of key departments and vendor

relationships.

• Results driven, interactive “Team Management” philosophy and leadership style, which has yielded

rapid growth and organizational development.

• Open communication, hands on, highly visible leadership and management style that has been

extremely successful reaching and motivating all levels of the organization.

• Strategic and tactical business plan, product and process development focus and account abilities,

both internal and external to the organizations.

• Cultural and Organizational Change.

BARASH CONSULTING – Los Angeles, CA 2000-2003

President / Chief Consultant

Network and systems consulting of both LAN and WAN based companies. Restructuring of implemented

systems including provisioning of web based hosting systems, protocols i.e. (http, ftp, mail, ssh, security, etc)

within multiple operation systems. New infrastructure design including migration of existing systems.

Key Results:

• Expanded companies internal infrastructure to accommodate new technologies

• Implemented 3rd party data warehousing and backup solutions

• Server and data security auditing

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Professional Experience Continued

MICRON PC 1997-2000

Technical Director

Managed newly acquired Florida Acquisition. Responsible for integrating core company infrastructure and

technologies into main corporate network. Implantation of new company direction and creation of new

company technical manuals. Conversion of offerings from 100% Windows based server hosting to 100 Linux

based hosting platforms. Bring data center and technology departments to fully 24/7 operational status.

Hiring and training of management and administrative staff. Automation of technical operations.

Key Results

• Incorporated Linux hosting platform in previously windows only hosting environment

• Reduced server creation time by 75% by implementing new imaging technology

• Hired and trained new and existing staff on Linux administration and support

PATENTS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN ANTI-MALWARE NETWORK

ON A CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM

EDUCATION

Cal State Northridge, Northridge CA

Business Economics / Computer Science - (1988 - 1992)

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