Artour Baganov is a seasoned international business development and operations expert with over two decades of experience serving clients from various sectors. He is the founder and CEO of Global TechInnovations, a leading international business development, financing, and M&A consulting company. Artour has worked with prestigious clients like Microsoft, Amazon, and University of Washington, among others.

Artour is an active private investor, board member, and advisor to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. He co-founded Microsoft Seed Fund, where he served as the Managing Director and Investment Committee Board Member. Artour is also one of the founding members and an executive and screening committee board member of the Alliance of Angels, one of the largest organizations of individual investors and representatives of investment corporations in the US.

Artour's technical expertise spans a wide range of areas, including data analytics, cloud computing, AI/ML/DL, mobile, blockchain, and robotics, among others. He is a trusted and renowned lecturer on angel, VC, and PE investing, having delivered talks in various parts of the US, Canada, and Europe. Artour has been quoted in Worth Magazine, Dow Jones & Company, Business Journal, Venture Capital Analyst, and many other publications.

Artour has served on the boards of over twenty companies and organizations, and he has successfully managed two public company's turnarounds. He holds two degrees in mechanical and computer engineering from Polytechnic Institute and the University of Washington. With his cross-cultural experience in EMEA, Americas, and Asia, Artour is renowned as a strategic leader who is results-oriented, excellent in dealing with ambiguity, defines goals, and delivers high quality even under pressure.